Stats – 5 October 2021
5 October 2021
Weather: ☁️ Cloudy. High of 17°, low of 8°
Number: $1,000,000. The amount of money that the Ottawa Police Service will spend to buy 200 new tasers. [CTV]
Ottawans Gatinois of the Day: Gilles Bilodeau, Aissétou Koné, Solange Lambert, Max E. Lescot, Michel Mayer, and Benjamin Oddo. The six have received the first ever Citizens of Merit awards from the City of Gatineau. [Le Droit]
Quote: ‘We met and just talked about our shared interest and [thought], “Wouldn’t it be great to have a course that explored the spiritual but also psychological dimensions of psychedelics?”’ – Associate professor with the department of classics and religious studies at Carleton University, Anne Vallely, on Canada’s first-ever microprogramme on psychedelic studies. [The Charlatan]
Sports: NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – Ottawa Senators 1, yesterday
