Monday May 2, 2022
Stats – 2 May 2022
Weather: ?️ 40% chance of showers or drizzle. High of 14°, low of 8°.
Number: 760. The number of traffic tickets issued over the weekend in the downtown vehicle exclusion zone, making the Rolling Thunder convoy a damp squib. [Ottawa Citizen]
Ottawan of the Day: Jacob Sugarman. The Dunrobin man has devised a non-bitter, caffeine-free, avocado pit tea. [CBC]
Quote: ‘Ottawa is a tough nut to crack for newcomers. Perhaps it’s my own personal failings or my lacking a local university social network. Nevertheless, Ottawa has felt too reserved, cliquey, and insincere for my overly creative and feeling self’ – Anthony Imbrogno, writing about why he is leaving Ottawa for Alberta. In 2018, Imbrogno wrote about moving to Lowertown. [Ottawa Citizen]
Sports: NHL Ottawa Senators 4 – Philadelphia Flyers 2, last Friday; CPL York United 2 – Atlético Ottawa 2, last Friday
