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• The net loss of workers in downtown Gatineau. In 2016, there were 36,070 people working downtown, in 2021, it had fallen to 14,460. A City-requested report from Observatoire du développement de l'Outaouais recommends supporting small business to stanch the wound. (CBC) (The Report [French only])

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Bonnie Rankin

• As a certified Canadian Quilters Association judge, the Stittsville resident has judged quilts and quilting challenges in Ontario, Québec, British Columbia and the US. She looks for ‘good balance, depth, movement, appropriate colours as well as ensuring that the techniques used are well done, appropriate and that the overall piece hangs well’. Rankin has been selected by the US-based North Country Quilting Guild to judge the 2024 biennial quilt show May 31–June 2 in Clayton, New York. (Lillian Knoops in Stittsville Central)
  

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Public servants deserve to be paid accurately and on time for their work

• In most situations, this would be an obvious and not-worth-mentioning statement but coming from Jean-Yves Duclos, minister of public services and procurement, it's good to hear it out loud. Duclos was discussing the possible replacement of the Federal government’s Phoenix pay system with another system, Dayforce. Dayforce is a Minnesota-based company formerly known as Ceridian. (Jim Wilson in Human Resources Director magazine)

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