Stats – 21 March 2022

21 March 2022

Weather: ☀️ Sunny. High of 6°, low of -8°. 

Number: 1,035. The number of children who will receive snowsuits this year from the Snowsuit Fund’s Snow Angel Challenge. which raised over $50,000. [Ottawa Business Journal]

Ottawan of the Day: Laura Orsatti. After Russia invaded Ukraine, the nurse travelled to Kyiv, and is now working at the children's hospital.  [CBC] [

Quote: ‘The fact that those records even exist already suggests that you might be talking about the top 10 per cent, 20 per cent of all long-term care homes in Ontario’ – University of Toronto engineering professor Jeffrey Siegel, who agrees with an assessment that the City's four municipal-run long term care homes – Garry J. Armstrong, Peter D. Clarke, Centre D'Accueil Champlain and Carleton Lodge – meet provincial standards.. [Capital Current]

Sports: NHL Ottawa Senators 1 – Montréal Canadiens 5, last Saturday

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