Monday November 29, 2021

Stats – 29 November 2021

Weather: ☁️ Mainly cloudy. High of -2°, low of -9°

Number: 220. The number of participants in Don’t Kick Chairs 2, a competitive tournament of Super Smash Bros. video game players. The rumble occured at The Collab Space in Nepean. [Capital Current]

Ottawan of the Day: Andrew Moodie. The actor stars in the first, live performance of a play – that's right, isn't it? – since the arts world shut down at the beginning of the pandemic. The Great Canadian Theatre Company’s co-production, Daisy, is about the first political TV ad, run during the 1964 US election between Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson and Republican senator Barry Goldwater. [Ottawa Citizen]

Quote: ‘It's tough, the problem with it is the unpredictability. You don't know what you're going to have week to week – Home inspector Mike White, who agrees that his colleagues in the business are suffering financially. Because of the  frenzy in Ottawa, home buyers are purchasing houses without having them inspected, rather than lose out to the next person. [CBC]

Sports: NHL Ottawa Senators 0 – Anaheim Ducks 4, last Friday; Ottawa Senators 2 – Los Angeles Kings 4, last Saturday 

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