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  Tuesday, December 7, 2021

The Ottawan


HELLO OTTAWA 

Tuesday Jobs

If, when your were a kid, your mom or dad said you'll never get a job wasting your time in the way that you happen to be wasting your time, here are some jobs that will prove them wrong. Okay, mom or dad?

▪️The City is looking for an indoor skateboarding attendent. Gnarly. $14.35 per hour, not so gnarly.

▪️The National Arts Centre is looking for a Principal Bassoonist, a Principal Bassist, and, if you didn't do your studies like you should have, Assistant Principal Bassist.

▪️Clipwire Games is looking for a video game tester.

▪️VitalAire Canada is looking for a sleep clinic consultant, since you're the expert.

▪️Continue building your Molson muscle as retail staff at The Beer Store. $14.25 per hour. 

We'll see you tomorrow – Martha and Darren


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STATS

Weather:  A mix of sun and cloud. High of -5°, low of -13°

Number: 23. The number of City-run facilities – including community centres, pools, and arenas – that are getting new free WiFi for the public. [CTV]

Honorary Ottawans of the Day: Alicia Kazobinka and Arnout van Krimpen. Kazobinka modeled the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress, created by van Krimpen, which highlights the persecution of LGBTQ2S+ people around the world. The dress, currently on a global tour, includes flags of the 71 countries where homosexuality is punishable by law. As countries change their laws, their flag is replaced by a rainbow. [Ottawa Citizen]

Quote: ‘This has survived. Somehow, it's passed through person to person to person to person, and it's ended up here, right here in front of me – Lili Miller, of Neqotkuk First Nation, who was one of 30 people visiting Mādahòkì Farm to relearn how to work with deer and moose hides and other lost cultural knowledge.  [National Observer]

Sport: NHL Ottawa Senators 3 – New Jersey Devils 2, last night
 

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Data is from this morning, comparisons are with yesterday
 

ONTARIO

caseschangedeaths
625,312? 92810,036?9
? Eligible people with one dose (5+)84.3% 
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (5+)80.0%


Ontario COVID Page    Ontario Vaccine Rates 

QUEBEC

caseschangedeaths
457,059?1,23411,594 ?5
? Eligible people with one dose (5+)86.6%
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (5+)81.1%


Quebec COVID Page     Quebec Vaccine Rates



OTTAWA

cases changedeaths
32,401?68

618 ?0


NOTE: Ottawa Public Health is now reporting 5 years +, instead of 12 years +

? Eligible people with one dose (5+)

868,379 (87%)
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (5+)815,587 (82%)


Ottawa Public Health     Ottawa Vaccination Rates.    Ottawa Wastewater 
 

OUTAOUAIS

caseschangedeaths
14,711?61223 ?0
? Number of doses of vaccine 630,781


As of December 3, 2021 Updated Weekly

? Eligible people with one dose (12+) 88%
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (12+)85.3%


Outaouais Public Health    Quebec Vaccination Rates
 

EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT

NOTE: Eastern Ontario Health Unit is now reporting 5 years +, instead of 12 years +

caseschangedeaths
6147?39131 ?0
  
? Eligible people with one dose (5+)170,370 (83.6%)
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (5+)163,334 (79.6%)


Eastern Ontario Health Unit  Eastern Ontario Health Unit Vaccination Rates

 

COVID-19 NEWS

⭕ Ontario has paused loosening any more COVID-19 restrictions for an indefinite time. The Province says it wants to monitor public health and the impact of the Omicron variant. [CTV]

⭕ As of December 23, people in Gatineau can gather in groups of 20, as long as they are vaccinated. The current limit in private households is 10 people from a maximum of three residences. Additionally, those 60 years and older can get booster shots in January. [CBC

⭕ Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg  has closed its two schools and daycare after a COVID-19 outbreak. [CBC]
 

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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

▪️The City has released their report of Ottawa’s 15 minute neighbourhoods, including maps. City staff scored each neighbourhood based on amenities (Grocery stores, parks, restaurants, bookstores, laundry/dry cleaners, bakeries, pet stores, bars, OC Transpo bus stops, doctor’s offices, dentist offices, and pharmacies, O-Train stations, community centres and libraries, schools, and child care facilities) versus how safe and pleasant the walk would be. In some neighbourhoods, particularly in old Ottawa (and Old Ottawa), it's already 15 minute everything. Out in West Carleton and Orléans, you are lucky to have 15 minute drive neighbourhoods. The goal of the report is to create a baseline of where we are now in 2021, and increase accessibility as time goes on. [15 Minute Neighbourhood Baseline Report (PDF)] [Visualizing 15 minutes in each neighbourhood (PDF)]

▪️The 2021 Ottawa Urban Design Awards winners have been announced. Categories are Urban Infill, Public Places and Civic Spaces, Urban Elements, Community Initiatives, and
Student Projects. [City of Ottawa] [The Pictures]

▪️The Planning Committee voted to make the pandemic-compliant restaurant patio rules pemanent. Previously, patios were rare and not considered a priority by the City. Throwing away rules to assist pandemic-hit restaurants meant that patios could be located in parking lots and near residential property, generally to the delight of citizens. The full council will decide tomorrow. [Ottawa Citizen]

▪️Car parks aren't just for restaurant patios, a mix of 8 to 20 storey buildings has been proposed near Dow's Lake. The Federally-owned Crown Lands Corporation wants to build the towers, which would include hundreds of affordable apartments and a new park on a former parking lot.  [CBC]


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