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HELLO OTTAWA

February is Heart Month, and you can get involved with the Wellington West Big Heart Challenge, running from Valentine’s Day to February 28. 

Pick a heart-healthy activity that you will do for 14 days, all while raising funds for the Ottawa Heart institute.

– Martha and Darren

 

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    • ☀️  Sunny. High of -6°, low of -15°. 

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    • ‘It's really not as gross as people think it is. Just sometimes [fruits and vegetables are] a little bit uglier than what they'd like to keep in the store’
    • – Health-care worker Grace Poland who is part of a group of current and former University of Ottawa students dumpster diving to reduce food costs and reduce waste. (Anchal Sharma at CBC)

    Sports

    • 🏒 OHL Ottawa 67s 4 – Sarnia Sting 3 last night
    • 🏒 OHL Ottawa 67s 5 – Saginaw Spirt 1 last Saturday
    • 🏒 QMJHL Les Olympiques de Gatineau 11 – St John Sea Dogs 3 last Saturday

      

    🚊 O Train promises to answer emergency calls, now

    🏈 Elegy

    • Ottawa Rough Riders hall of famer Kaye Vaughan has died at 91. Vaughn played with the Rough Riders from 1953 to 1964, winning the Grey Cup in 1960. TSN ranked Vaughn as #41 in it's poll of the Top 50 players. (The Canadian Press)

    🎁 Charity begins in the parking lot

    • A disregistered charity has been collecting items on City property for three years. The Humago Foundation had two bins in Orléans collecting clothing, both bins showed a now-deleted charitable registration number which the Foundation lost in 2019. The City, which has now removed the bins, only allows charitable boxes on its properties. The Montréal-based Foundation had no comment. (CBC)

    🛻 The Convoy

    • Convoy organizer Chris Barber has asked for a stay of proceedings in his upcoming trial. Barber says that his Charter rights were violated in an abuse of process and breach of privacy. Barber argues that his 4,000 text messages were made public by the Crown before his lawyer even got to see them. The messages are now sealed. Barber is charged with mischief, counselling to commit the offence of disobeying a court order, and counselling to commit the offence of obstructing police.  (Gary Dimmock in the Ottawa Citizen)

    🤞 Oath of Allegience 

    • The Town of Prescott, an hour south of Ottawa, is debating ditching the Oath of Allegience to King Charles for councillors, or at least make it optional. At the moment, any decision would be a suggestion as the Province makes promising an allegience to the Crown mandatory. Having just read the rules, there are two exceptions: First Nations persons do not need to make the Oath if they believe there is something wrong between the relationship between Indigeneous peoples and the Crown, nor do non-citizens if it would cause them to lose their original citizenship. (CityNews)

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    • Last Friday’s unreal temperatures burst the main water pipe in Gatineau's Astoria Bistro, and the resulting damage means a reno is underway. Watch for reopening news. 

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    Second Hand Stories is having a book collections event. The micro sanctuary has sets by Penny Vincenzi, Sharon Sala, Lynsay Sands, Stuart MacBride, LaHaye Jenkins, and Alex Kava, just to name a few. The best part: these collections of between five and 20 books are all just $10. For book lovers, this is an extraordinary deal.

    Tamar Kate of Vancouver is having a winter sale. 50% will be automatically taken off at checkout. 

    Kip Sleepwear is offering 20% off site wide, and if you order by February 8 you’ll receive your purchase by Valentine’s Day.

    It’s all about women’s pants at the Kollontaï sale. Save 30% on pants until 11:59pm on February 10, when you use the code SUPERPANTS30. (Note that pants from the SS23 collection are excluded.) 

    Enjoy an extra 10% off “Last Chance” womenswearpieces at Cokluch. 

    Just in time for Valentine’s Day, save 30% across the site at Horace Jewellery. The sale ends at 11:59pm tonight.

      

    Too much winter delayed the start of Winterlude, but it's in full swing now. Check out the rest of the week’s events.

    We will see you tomorrow  – Martha and Darren
     

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