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]