Tuesday February 15, 2022
What Ottawa is Talking About – 15 February 2022
▪️Gatineau police have someone is conducting a series of Facebook Marketplace and Kijiji. The person makes a deal online to buy an electronic good, and when the parties meet up the scammer hands over an envelope full of paper, or in one case, pepper sprayed the seller. [Ottawa Citizen]
▪️A developer wants to build a five storey, 51 rental apartment building on the former Gow's Restaurant in Bells Corners. The developer is asking for a zoning exemption as it wants to provide fewer parking spaces than units, citing the nearby bus stops. The restaurant itself has been closed for awhile. [Ottawa Business Journal]
▪️The Kitchissippi Museum has published another detailed history. This time it is of Hilson Avenue Public School. [Kitchissippi Museum]