Friday April 8, 2022

Stats – 8 April 2022

Weather: ?️ Chance of showers. High of 9°, low of -1°. 

Number:  $632,450. The cheapest single-family detached home in Ottawa is located in Nepean. On the other hand, a house in New Edinburgh was listed for $2.3 million and sold for $800,000 on top of that  [NarCity

Ottawan of the Day: Tomorrow is Isabelle Weidemann Day, in honour of the speed skater’s gold, silver, and bronze medals at this year's Winter Olympics. [CityNews]

Quote: ‘The fact that the official plan doesn’t recognize that Ottawa is a segregated city and that something needs to be done to desegregate it — that’s a level of 1990s colour-blindness that’s astonishing to see in 2022’ – Lawyer Daniel Tucker-Simmons, arguing that the same places where racialized people live in Ottawa tends to be where Ottawa redevelops low income housing into high priced housing. [Ottawa Citizen]

Sports: NHL Nashville Predators 3 – Ottawa Senators 2, last night

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