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Thursday, October 14, 2021

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~~Wednesday~~ Thursday food and drink

▪️New produce store and wholesaler Mangosteen Grocery opened mere days ago and already they’re creating a buzz with their huge selection of fresh fruit and vegetables. Right now they’re selling boxes of bright red sweet peppers for $4.99 each, and green clementines (their top seller) are $1.99 per pound. Those who like to create their own brine can buy raw olives, and the proprietors tell us that they’ll have mangosteen fruit in stock soon too. 1742 Bank Street, K1V 7Y6

▪️The Beechwood and Elgin Street outdoor street markets have now closed for the season, but shopping with their vendors is still very much a go online. You can order your weekly egg order, buy some jewellery, or plan a nice evening in with a ready made meal.

▪️Ottawa has a new steakhouse, Harmon’s, led by Chef Michael Korn, formerly a senior saucier at Beckta

▪️Bar Lupulus has been voted one of Canada's top 100 outdoor patios by the users of OpenTable (The List)

▪️Beandigen Café has been selected by Ottawa Sports & Entertainment for the pop-up shop programme at Landsdowne Park. The Café will feature Indigenous artists, Indigenous-designed merchandise, coffee and food.

Made in Canada Christmas Gift Ideas

Socks made in Quebec by Bas de Laine et mot coquin are cozy, colourful, and machine washable. Made of non-itchy lambswool and nylon, the makers say they’ll keep your feet warm and dry. $30 per pair.

We'll see you tomorrow – Martha and Darren

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STATS

Weather: ☁️ Cloudy. High of 22°, low of 15°

Number: 0. The number of 12 foot skeletons available for sale in Ottawa before Hallowe’en. [CTV]

Ottawans of the Day: Ayushi Dave, Ritesh Kotak, and Ryan Mosoff . The three University of Ottawa law students have created jusTech, a free website for small businesses to deal with breaches of their data. [Law Times] [jusTech]

Quote: ‘Lots of projects around the city are developed with more than one proponent, and it's not always a fifty-fifty split’ –Mayor Jim Watson on news that the Tewin project lands, billed as an act of reconciliation, are only one third owned by the Algonquins of Ontario. [CBC]

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Data is from this morning, comparisons are with yesterday

ONTARIO

cases	change	deaths
593,020	? 306	9,804 ? 12

? Eligible people with one dose		87.1%
? Eligible people with second dose		82.5%

Ontario COVID Page Ontario Vaccine Rates

QUEBEC

cases	change	deaths
417,188	?2615	11,429 ? 19

? Eligible people with one dose		89.7%
? Eligible people with second dose		85.3%

Quebec COVID Page Quebec Vaccine Rates

OTTAWA

cases	change	deaths
30,359	?43	601 ?3

? Eligible people with one dose		824,289 (89%)
? Eligible people with second dose		781,027 (85%)

Ottawa Public Health Ottawa Vaccination Rates. Ottawa Wastewater

OUTAOUAIS

cases	change	deaths
14,063	?137	222 ?0

? Number of doses of vaccine

591,979

As of October 13, 2021 Updated Weekly

? Eligible people with one dose		86.4%
? Eligible people with second dose		82.5%

Outaouais Public Health Quebec Vaccination Rates

EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT

cases	change	deaths
5539	?6	116 ?1

? Eligible people with one dose		164,476 (89.9%)
? Eligible people with second dose		154,938 (84.7%)

Eastern Ontario Health Unit Eastern Ontario Health Unit Vaccination Rates

COVID-19 NEWS

⭕ Yesterday morning, Quebec health workers were told that that must be vaccinated for COVID-19 by tomorrow or be suspended, later in the afternoon, they were told that they have an extra month to get the jab. [CBC]

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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

▪️Ottawa to appoint the City's auditor general to investigate the troubles of the O-Train. In a contentious meeting, several councillors preferred a judge-led judicial review but, eventually, a tied-vote, broken by Mayor Jim Watson, approved the investgation being done in house, without benefit of sworn testimony. Auditor general investigations are not public nor can the investigate the Mayor or councillors. [CBC]

▪️Massive buildings with flat roofs, vast surface parking lots, and little to no greenery can be 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the city. The City has created a heat map that shows where heat is being trapped, and the few places where it can be tolerable. [CBC] [The Map]

▪️A temporary road test centre is opening at Hunt Club Centre next Monday. Located at 3310 McCarthy Road, the centre will be open seven days per week and is intended to help deal with the hughe backlog of road tests created by the pandemic. [Stittsville Central]

▪️Ottawa Tourism has launched a new job board for people looking for work in the tourism industry. [Tourism Job Board]

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