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• The increase in the number of babies born at Almonte Hosptal in March's surprise boom. In real numbers, 33 babies were born, with more girls than boys. (Dylan Dyson at CTV)
  

ottawan of the day

Marilyn Mikkelsen

• One of the founders of Algonquin College’s journalism photography programme, Mikkelsen is retiring. ‘Shoot, shoot, shoot and have fun out there.’  (Sebastian Menendez in the Algonquin Times)
  

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They live in Quebec, they benefit from services in Quebec, they benefit from the roads, they benefit from public transportation. So they must also do their part to pay for everything they use

• President of the Société de transport de l'Outaouais board, Jocelyn Blondin, on a crackdown on Gatineau residents who keep their Ontario licence plates to avoid new renewal fees. (CBC)