Monday March 28, 2022

Stats – 28 March 2022

Weather: ❄️ 30% chance of flurries. High of -8°, low of -10°. 

Number: $370,714.82. The highest salary paid by the City of Ottawa, in this case to City Manager Steve Kanellakos. Chief Medical Officer Dr Vera Etches was paid $326,602.69. Mayor Jim Watson’s got $188,996.08. The info comes from the Province's Sunshine List, which publishes the salaries of all public employees in Ontario paid more than $100,000. [Ottawa Citizen] [Sunshine List <-- It wasn't working when we sent out the newsletter but it will probably work later on]

Ottawan of the Day (in absentia): Pascal Harvey. The urban planner says his Innu descent informs how he creates socially responsible land planning. [Globe & Mail]

Quote: ‘We are here to [let them know] that our promises are real, and we've respected our promises’ – Gwen Madiba of Equal Chance, part of the Ottawa-based “Global Black Coalition”, which has help 1,300 Black students escape Ukraine. [CBC] [Donate]

Sports: NHL Florida Panthers 4 – Ottawa Senators 3, last Saturday

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