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GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, OTTAWA Are you enjoying the ottawan? Then why not tell a friend about us? Today is the first Canada Take Out Day, to support food service workers and the restaurants that employ them. The plan is to make every Wednesday Canada Take Out Day. The restaurant industry has lost over 800,000 jobs in Canada, according to the restaurant lobby group and even when things go back to normal, there is a good chance many of those jobs won’t be coming back. So if you feel like dining out, at home, you can use the Canada Takeout Restaurant Finder, you can also use Uber Eats, Skip The Dishes, or Door Dash. But remember, it’s also best to get your restaurant food direct - the above delivery services charge the business about 30 per of the item’s price. Local Eats Ottawa, Apartment 13, Together Apart and SavourOttawa.ca also are good resources. But not everyone thinks this is a great idea. Alexandra Gill at the Globe &Mail thinks it’s absolutely boneheaded. Her argument is that if you want to support a restaurant, great. But if everyone does it at the same time, it overwhelms a skeleton staff that is barely hanging on in the first place. Spread your food ordering out. So whether you or in or out today, support your neighbourhood businesses, foody or not. We’ll see you Thursday — Martha and Darren
STATS Weather: Chance of flurries, at times heavy, with a high of 4° |
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Survey: What's Your Fave Ottawa Home Decor Shop ?️ Ottawa has some amazing local businesses that are struggling. New resources, such as Together-Apart and Yow Connect Local Business are springing up to provide Ottawa’s with an up-to-date list of those shops and restaurants that are open and delivering (or offering contactless curb-side pickup). We want you to tell us about your favourite local businesses. Today we want to hear about your favourite home decor/DIY shop. Maybe you’ve spent your isolation renovating your living room. Or you’ve taken up embroidery. Could it be that you built your dining room table? Tell us which Ottawa businesses helped you. Tell us why you love them. We’ll do a random draw and send one respondent an ottawan t-shirt. |
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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE There have been 619 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa and 12 deaths. |
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IN OTHER NEWS Unsafe at Home Ottawa
LIVESTREAMING ?1pm Parisian producers Blogotheque present a concert by Anna B Savage. [Blogotheque] THINGS TO DO ? It’s time to put on a puppet show, for your kids. Or for you. Here’s a video about making your own puppet: [YouTube] |
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