Thursday March 3, 2022

Stats – 3 March 22

Weather: ❄️ 30% chance of flurries. High of -11°, low of -19°. 

Number: $18.60. The living wage in Ontario, which ice cream shop Moo Shu has committed to paying its employees. This has resulted in the price of a pint of Salted Malted Caramel Brownie increasing from $12 to $15. Worth it.  [CTV]

Ottawan of the Day: Bella Crysler. The Westboro author has published her first book of poetry, Bubble Gum & Black Coffee. [Kitchissippi Times] [Amazon]

Quote: ‘He proposed the name Moosele, I came back with Beaverdle. Wordle-Eh was another one. And finally he suggested Canuckle and it just stuck’ – Game inventor Mark Rogers arguing with his brother over what to name his Canadian-flavoured Wordle knock-off. Canuckle has the same game play as Wordle but every successful word has a Canadian connection.  [CTV] [Canuckle]

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