Night owl jobs; New candidate for Mayor of Ottawa; People get rain cheques rather than rapid COVID test kits

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

HELLO OTTAWA

Jobs for night owls

The world is clearly wrapping things up for the year. Until January, there will probably be very few job applications processes going through: but here are two.

▪️Assemble medical devices at Adecco from 6:00pm to 6:30pm. $22.22 per hour, paid weekly.

▪️Coke Canada Bottling needs an experienced general labourer with a forklift certification to work the 2:30pm to 11:00pm shift. $17 per hour plus night shift premium

We'll see you tomorrow – Martha and Darren

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STATS

Weather: ❄️ 30 per cent chance of flurries. High of -3°, low of -3°

Number: $1,000. The price that some people in Ottawa are getting for selling their Monstera plants. [CBC]

Ottawan of the Day: Frannie Sheridan. The author, who grew up in Westboro, has released a harrowing memoir, Confessions of a Jewish shiksa. [Ottawa Citizen] [The Book]

Quote: ‘That’s fair for any operation that gets their business slashed in half. When you cut something in half, it affects families. It affects people’s livelihoods’ – Tyler Da Silva, co-owner of Thr33’s Co. Snack Bar, which is ineligible for Federal COVID-19 business assitance because it opened after the pandemic began. This week, all restaurants were ordered to operate at 50 per cent capacity. [Ottawa Citizen]

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Data is from this morning, comparisons are with yesterday

ONTARIO

cases	change	deaths
657,180	? 3,453	10,123?10

? Eligible people with one dose (5+)		85.9%
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (5+)		80.5%

Ontario COVID Page Ontario Vaccine Rates

QUEBEC

cases	change	deaths
495,337	?5,043	11,650?8

? Eligible people with one dose (5+)		88.8%
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (5+)		81.5%

Quebec COVID Page Quebec Vaccine Rates

OTTAWA

cases	change	deaths
34,608	?325	620 ?0

? Eligible people with one dose (5+)		888,599 (89%)
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (5+)		819,816 (82%)

Ottawa Public Health Ottawa Vaccination Rates. Ottawa Wastewater

OUTAOUAIS

cases	change	deaths
15,568	?349	223 ?0

? Number of doses of vaccine

661,627

As of December 17, 2021 Updated Weekly

? Eligible people with one dose (12+)		95%
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (12+)		92.4%

Outaouais Public Health Quebec Vaccination Rates

EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT

cases	change	deaths
6519	?120	134 ?1

? Eligible people with one dose (5+)		175,532 (85.6%)
? Eligible people fully vaccinated (5+)		164,219 (80.1%)
? Eligible people with booster shot		26,881

Eastern Ontario Health Unit Eastern Ontario Health Unit Vaccination Rates

COVID-19 NEWS

⭕ Dr Theresa Tam says Canadians must reduce contacts or else hospitals will be overrun with the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The Chief Medical Officer of Canada fears that restrictions beyond what the Provinces have instituted may be necessary. [CBC]

⭕ Hundreds of people showed up to the Minto Recreation Complex in Barrhaven this morning for their free rapid COVID-19 tests. Except the Complex had not received the test. Everyone was sent home with a rain cheque. [CBC]

SADLY, WE CAN’T GUARANTEE DELIVERY BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

▪️Another candidate has proposed themself for Ottawa mayor: Bryan Brulotte. The CEO of staffing firm MaxSys says his business experience in managing budgets through a crisis would benefit the city. [Ottawa Citizen]

+ We're not sure when Brulotte moved, but as recently as last April, his personal website said his family lived in Chelsea, QC. It now says Ottawa.

▪️Last year's yearbook, The Sh*tstorm That Was 2020, has a sequel: The Hot Mess that was 2021. Author Jon Sinden and artist Mark Lim review the past year with a gimlet eye and look at the world from a local perspective. [Apt 613] [Buy The Book]