Stats – 4 April 2022

4 April 2022

Weather: ⛅ A mix of sun and cloud. High of 10°, low of 0°. 

Number: 11. The number Ottawa – Carleton District School Board elementary school classes that had to be cancelled due to lack of staff. The Board did not know the reason for the staff shortage. [Ottawa Citizen]

Ottawans of the Day: The Carleton Ravens. The mens basketball team won their third U Sports championship in a row, defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies 85-72 yesterday. [CBC]

Quote: ‘It’s just crazy. It’s on a sloping hillside. It’s too small a site for the waste that’s been accumulated over the past 75 years’ – Dr. Ole Hendrickson, a researched with the Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County, who are against Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, upriver, from expanding their nuclear waste storage. [Capital Current]

Sports: NHL Detroit Redwings 2 – Ottawa Senators 5, last night

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