Friday, March 18, 2022

HELLO OTTAWA  

Weekend Plans

▪️The Virtual Sugar Festival at Muséo Park Vanier Museopark runs April 1st through 9th. (It’s virtual this year in order to give the maple trees a break.) While there are family activities and downloads each day during the festival, grownups might be especially excited about the 2022 Soup(e) Splash competition, which pits participating restaurants against one another for the top prize in maple-based soups. The winning soup will be decided by the voters who purchase the $30 Soup(e) Splash kit, containing soup from each restaurant, bread, a voting card, and the list of ingredients. You have until April 2nd to order your soup kit, and you can pick up your kit between 10:00am and 1:00pm that same day. Sample each soup, and vote by 11:59pm on April 3rd. The winner will be announced on the final day of the festival. A portion of the proceeds of kit sales will go to Partage Vanier Foodbank 

▪️Registration is now open for Spring Cleaning the Capital, running April 15th through May 31st across the city. 

▪️613Flea returns to Lansdowne tomorrow (Saturday March 19th). From 10:00am to 4:00pm you can shop with over 120 vendors. Admission is free and masks are mandatory. Aberdeen Pavilion, Lansdowne Park. 

On sale

Heirloom-worthy kitchen items by Le Creuset are on sale at Chef’s Paradise on Bank Street. Save 15% until March 31st.

We'll see you Monday – Martha and Darren

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STATS

Weather: ☁️ Cloudy. High of 8°, low of 2°. 

Number: 76. The per centage of the $36.3 million in Trucker Siege costs that were police salaries, accomodation, and food, or $27 million. [The Guardian]

Ottawan of the Day: Kyle Braatz. The CEO of Fullscript has orchestrated a takeover of New Hampshire-based Emerson Ecologics, bringing his online nutrition company to $500 million in annual revenues.  [Ottawa Business Journal]

Quote: ‘I worked with staff to find a solution that addressed accessibility with a third arm rest but (is) also long enough for someone to lie down. Anti-homeless hostile architecture be gone!’ – Somerset ward councillor Catherine McKenney on new street benches that are long enough to sleep on. McKenney is opposed to ‘anti-homeless architecture’, public amenities that are purposely designed to discourage people who have nowehere else to go. [Capital Current]

          

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Information is as of this morning. Changes are relative to yesterday.
 

ONTARIO

Hospitalization data is not available today

Ontario COVID Page    Ontario Vaccine Rates 

QUEBEC

Quebec COVID Page     Quebec Vaccine Rates

OTTAWA

Ottawa Public Health     Ottawa Vaccination Rates.    Ottawa Wastewater 
 

OUTAOUAIS 

As of March 8, 2022 Updated Weekly

Outaouais Public Health    Quebec Vaccination Rates
 

EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT

The Health Unit is changing the way they report. In the meantime, they are reporting only selected information. 

Eastern Ontario Health Unit.   Daily Stats  

COVID-19 NEWS

⭕ The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says children aged 6 to 11 years-old should take the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine over the newly approved Moderna. The committee says that as Moderna  has a slightly higher risk for the heart in adults, caution is recommened. The committee also says Moderna is acceptable if Pfizer is not available. [CityNews]

⭕ The City will be removing all COVID-19 restrictions. As of April 4, vaccination will not be mandatory, allowing around 600 employees to return to work. Mandatory masking and physical distancing will also be over on Monday, in line with Provincial rules. [CTV]
 

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

▪️Ottawa Police Officer who said ‘white man's day is done’ has been charged nearly three years later. The officer was unaware he was caught while on duty on a camera in 2019 when he complained about the white man's day and commented on how many mixed-race couples he saw in Toronto. He is being charged with discreditable conduct. [CBC]

▪️Larga Baffin tries again to build new residential care facility in Blossom Park. The organization had previously proposed the six-storey, 350-bed facility for Nunuvut residents referred to Ottawa for medical treatment but put it on hold after complaints from neighbours. [Ottawa Citizen]

▪️Is it Boundary Road, Ottawa or South Gower Boundary Road, Ottawa? When Ottawa expanded into the rural south, it ended up with two separate Boundary Roads, one for each previous municipality. One was supposed to be renamed South Gower Boundary Road, but delivery services, the fire department, and municipalities all have different ideas about what has changed. [Toronto Star]

▪️Westboro Beach will be closed for summer for redevelopment. The National Capital Commission will be renovating the grounds, making the washrooms accessible, and moving the parking lot to the south side of the the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. [CTV] 


            

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