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Tuesday, December 21, 2021
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 ? Is there something that Ottawa should know about? Email to us at hello@theottawan.com. We read every single comment. |
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]
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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Data is from this morning, comparisons are with yesterday ONTARIO
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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]
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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]
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