Tuesday January 18, 2022

Stats – 18 January 2022

Weather: ☀️ Sunny High of -13°, low of -18°. 

Number: 50 per cent and 91 per cent. The per centage drop in new home building in Ottawa and Gatineau, respectively, in December over last year. [Ottawa Business Journal]

Ottawan of the Day:  Donovan Makus. The University of Ottawa medical student is one of dozens who responded to a call from the Ottawa Hospital to help front line workers by doing basic care or running errands. [Ottawa Citizen]

Quote: ‘We're quite pleased with the service we were able to provide yesterday’ – City of Ottawa's director of transit operations, Troy Charter, impressed that the O Train operated in snow. [CTV

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