21 December 2021
Weather: ❄️ 30 per cent chance of flurries. High of -3°, low of -3°
Number: $1,000. The price that some people in Ottawa are getting for selling their Monstera plants. [CBC]
Ottawan of the Day: Frannie Sheridan. The author, who grew up in Westboro, has released a harrowing memoir, Confessions of a Jewish shiksa. [Ottawa Citizen] [The Book]
Quote: ‘That’s fair for any operation that gets their business slashed in half. When you cut something in half, it affects families. It affects people’s livelihoods’ – Tyler Da Silva, co-owner of Thr33’s Co. Snack Bar, which is ineligible for Federal COVID-19 business assitance because it opened after the pandemic began. This week, all restaurants were ordered to operate at 50 per cent capacity. [Ottawa Citizen]