In Today’s Edition → Public employee argues COVID 19 is ongoing to avoid return to office mandate, loses case → Miniature trains go on display at Canada Science and Technology Museum tomorrow → Deal of the Day on #madeincanada winter hats → 🌤️ High -3° Low -22° and partly cloudy. ☀️ 6:37 am 🌛 5:53 pm The Poll Yesterday, we asked ‘Are you consciously avoiding US-made products at the store now?’ 93% Yes
2% No
3% I think it is pointless That is one clear result.
We came across this web app over the weekend, SCANuck. Many non-Canadian made items say things like ‘designed in Canada’. Scan the barcode and SCANuck will – most of the time – show where it is actually made.
Today’s question:
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How difficult would your life be if your car was one of the fifty trapped in the Slater Street parkade? |
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NUMBER - $2 million
- – The amount of a new donation to the Senators Communty Foundation from Kyle and Rachel Braatz The Braatzes are minority owners of the Sens and founded downtown tech company Fullscript.
- NHL.com
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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY - Line De Matteis
- The public employee was picking up her car after work in the Slater Street parkade when she noticed huge cracks in the ceiling. She took a photo and emailied it to Indigo, the parkade owner. Ten minutes later, as she exited the parkade, emergency crews were already on site..
- Gabrielle Huston at CBC
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Finance and Corporate Services Committee
Tuesday, March 4 at 9:30 am - Motion - Plante - Alleged victim’s participation in third party harassment complaints
- Presentation - ITS work plan update
- 2024 Statement of remuneration, benefits and expenses paid to members of Council and Council appointees
- Report on 2025 Budget expenses pursuant to Ontario Regulation 284/09
- Comprehensive Legal Services report for the period July 1 to December 31, 2024
- Application for approval to expropriate lands - Baseline Transit Priority Phase
- Motion - Dudas - X-Corp
- Motion - Menard - Accessibility review at the Lansdowne site
📋 Agenda The Committee of Adjustment also meets at 9:00 pm and 1:00 pm. |
WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
🗳️ Public employee who refused to return to office over COVID 19 reasons has lost his legal case. - The chief of field programs at Elections Canada argued that COVID 19 continues to be a threat to health and refused to obey the return to office order by the Treasury Board, invoking his right to refuse dangerous work under the Canada Labour Code. Elections Canada subsequently investigated the safety of office work, releasing a report that said it met or exceeded guidance. Eventually, the case went to Federal Court where the judge employee said the employee did not demonstrate that the safety in the office was unreasonable.
Andrew Duffy in the Ottawa Citizen
🌊 Flooding - The City’s Environment and Climate Change committee has proposed rebates for homeowners on items to combat flooding. If approved by the full City Council, residents could apply for:
• $3,000 for a sump pump in a new sump pit or $1,500 for a sump pump in an existing pit • $2,500 for an exterior storm backwater valve • $1,000 for indoor backwater valves • 100 per cent of the building permit fee for protective plumbing work City of Ottawa
🏠 Rockcliffe Mansion - A battle over the redevelopment of a century-old mansion in Rockcliffe has been been settled by the Ontario Land Tribunal. The Tribunal ruled that two mansions, larger than the previous single mansion, could be built over the objections of neighbours.
Andrew Duffy
💰 Stittsville - If you are a Stittsville resident – and only a Stittsville resident – your local councillor might have $200 for you. Stittsville ward councillor Glen Gower annually gives out $2,000 in Community Micro-Grants, $200 at a time, for arts, culture, and heritage projects, including community events. Deadline is March 31.
Lesley McKay in Stittsville Central
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✳️ Means change from previous edition MONDAY 100 Women Who Care Ottawa has donated more nearly $425K since launching in 2014. Help to increase that impressive amount tonight's gathering, where members will hear from Foundation Miroir, SLAY Society, and House2Home. Learn about the 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s Disease at the What is Dementia? Information session in Kemptville. ByTowne Cinema: Conclave, A Complete Unknown Mayfair Theatre: The Last Showgirl, The Room Next Door, Bram Stoker’s Dracula Gigs Daisy Train Karaoke. The 27 Club Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster Plant Powered Performances by the UofO Animal Justice Association. LIVE on Elgin
TUESDAY
All aboard the world of miniature railroads. The temporary exhibitions hall at Canada Science and Technology Museum becomes transformed by tiny trains, tracks, and landscapes by members of Ottawa Valley HOTRAK Club. Included with your museum admission. Orpheus Musical Theatre’s production of Beautiful: the Carole King Musical runs at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe until Sunday (March 9). ByTowne Cinema: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Detour: Bound Mayfair Theatre: Sugarcane, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Blackenstein aka Black Frankenstein Gigs Federico Albanese. National Arts Centre Trivia Night. Moose McGuire’s Orléans
WEDNESDAY
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING Now in its 30th year, the Ottawa Nostalgia & Collectible Show brings more than 50 dealers under the Nepean Sportsplex roof, selling everything from old advertising to sports and stamp cards and ephemera. You can also expect Jazz records, antique and vintage toys, fishing gear, service station items, and lots more. 9:00am til 3:00pm on Sunday March 16. $8 to enter, or free after 2:00 pm (but at that point the pickings will be slim). Ottawa Street Markets has introduced a medium weekly produce offering called The Ontario Box, to be delivered (or picked up) for seven Saturdays starting March 22. Discover Technata Career Fair and Tech Expo welcomes jobseekers looking for a career, or a change in career, in Ottawa’s tech industry. April 2, Brookstreet Hotel, 525 Legget Dr, Kanata, ON K2K 3G4.
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