Global News: Ottawa declares state of emergency amid trucker convoy protest. “The City of Ottawa declared a state of emergency on Sunday after over a week of trucker convoy demonstrations in the nation’s capital against COVID-19 restrictions. Mayor Jim Watson made the announcement in a press release issued late Sunday afternoon.”
Capital Current: ‘A living thing’: The capital’s museums and galleries kept their fires burning during the pandemic lockdown. “When Canada’s capital was in lockdown, the doors to the city’s national and local galleries and museums were closed, but much was still happening inside. Capital Current’s Preslea Normand interviewed numerous officials from some of Ottawa-Gatineau’s leading cultural institutions about how they faced pandemic challenges and adapted their curatorial work and public outreach to life in COVID times.”
CBC: Ottawa’s wastewater suggests COVID-19 levels are plateauing. “Scientists measuring the levels of COVID-19 in Ottawa’s wastewater say data suggests the recent surge of new infections in the city may be slowing, even plateauing. Tyson Graber, associate research scientist at CHEO Research Institute and co-lead investigator on the wastewater monitoring project, says the level of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material is levelling off in local samples.”
Ottawa Start: Help OttWatch enter data for 2018 municipal election donations. “After about two weeks of effort, OttWatch and volunteers have digitized almost all campaign donation records for the 2018 municipal election. The website for city hall nerds, run by Kevin O’Donnell, now has more than 2,700 (over 78 per cent) of 3,490 donations for the 2018 vote entered into their database. It’s a much improved way of tracking donations — otherwise you’d have to sift through PDF filings for individual candidates.”
CTV News: Ottawa to comb social media to see how Canadians really feel about cannabis. “The federal government is looking to scour social-media platforms to find out what Canadians really think about pot as the country enters its new era of legalized weed. With only a few weeks to go before the end of recreational marijuana prohibition, Ottawa is seeking an outside contractor to help the government learn more about Canadians’ attitudes and behaviours when it comes to legalized cannabis.”
Hat tip to Dave B. who sent me the article on documents from the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation’s three national museums going online. “Not everything will be made public: cabinet documents and material dealing with such things as personnel matters or corporate planning will remain confidential. But after that, pretty much anything goes, [CEO Alex] Benay said, including early drafts of historical assessments, exhibition plans and schedules for travelling exhibitions.”
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