Stats – 7 March 2022

7 March 2022

Weather: ❄️ Periods of snow mixed with ice pellets. High of 0°, low of -6°. 

Number: 13 per cent. The number of Ottawa speeders caught on photo radar who got away with it due to delays at the ticketing centre. Ottawa contracts out ticketing to a system run by the City of Toronto. Tickets that are not sent within 23 days are tossed, as per Provincial guidelines. [Ottawa Citizen]

Ottawan of the Day: Elle Mills. The Barrhaven YouTube star has directed the new music video for Disney hearthrob Joshua Bassett, star of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. No, that is not a typo. [Barrhaven Independent] [The Video]

Quote: ‘That should keep me busy until my retirement’ – Serge Blais, director of the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute, on the department's new study probeing the disinformation driving the 'Freedom Convoy' [Ottawa Citizen]

Sports: NHL Ottawa Senators 1 – Las Vegas Golden Knights 2, last night

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