Friday July 23, 2021

Stats – 23 July 2021

Weather: ☔️ 30 per cent chance of showers. High of 26°, low of 13°

Number: $2 billion. The market value, in US dollars, of Kanata software services company N-able, which launched onto the New York Stock Exchange this week. [Ottawa Citizen] [NABL Stock Page]

Ottawan of the Day: Mairi Brascoupé. Brascoupé has been appointed artist-in-residence at the Diefenbunker Museum. [CBC]

Quote: ‘It's like Field of Dreams, but with poop’ – Ottawa Public Health, in a Tweet, reminding people that garbage left on Ottawa’s beaches brings in the birds, who befoul the water, and this ultimately results in swimming bans [Twitter]

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