I have wanted to tell this story for 14 years. Today, I finally did. nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opi…

"Black residents are facing higher rates of the virus because, in many cases, they were the ones who stepped up to keep the city running during the early lockdowns by working in the front-line service or health-care sectors." globalnews.ca/news/7482070/o…

For reference, there were 14,000+ arrests at the George Floyd protests.

Working hard to figure out how we can convince @ACarterglobal, Farah Nasser, and Anthony Farnell to open tonight’s newscast like this....

Ottawa Public Health Yes we’re exhausted and we need to implement all possible tools in our toolbox to slow down the #COVID19 spread. The new variants are ahead of us. We support you - Dr. Vera Etches - in recommending further restrictions. Centretown Community Health Centre Ottawa Public Health Alliance for Healthier Communities Jim Watson

Congratulations Simone on this outstanding recognition. It just goes to show that your hard work, humility, and a “never give up” attitude really goes a long way. You have put your heart and soul into serving our most vulnerable members of the community. You deserve this award!

🙏 Simone Thibault heartfelt gratitude for your selfless leadership. Your advocacy and passion for the underprivileged will be greatly missed in the Centretown community. Enjoy your well deserved retirement!!! @ChantalKrantz Patrick Ladouceur Charles Thompson Cherilyn McKenney

Des grandes nouvelles à partager. Bien que je sois triste de quitter la merveilleuse équipe du Western Ottawa CRC , je suis ravie de rejoindre une autre équipe formidable au Centretown Community Health Centre .

Here are some preliminary estimates: For every 1% increase in population vaccine coverage in Ontario, 3 week downstream ICU admissions decrease by 0.8%. For every 1% increase in fraction of cases due to delta, risk of ICU admission, 3 week downstream ICU admissions increase 6%

Wright-Gilbert: Lack of transparency is eroding trust in Ottawa's transit system ottawacitizen.com/opinion/wright…

Great diagram! Although something something metric system.

Required reading.

LIVING WITH COVID, a 🧵 Since covid isn’t going away (thanks to a series of poor choices over the last 2 years), it’s time to brainstorm what a real exit strategy might look like because “living with covid means accepting more deaths” doesn’t work for me. We can do better.

If anyone doubted the threat this protest posed to residents of downtown #Ottawa — this incident shows the kind of danger the community has been living through. The Ottawa Police need to strictly enforce the law and end this occupation.

This is surveillance footage of two individuals entering a downtown Ottawa apartment building, near the center of the convoy, barring the doors and attempting to start a fire. If you can identify either of the men, and don't feel comfortable contacting the police, please DM me.

This is an essential grocery store for the residents in centretown. 😥

War is horrifying. The collective effort of Ukrainians to not give in to despair — and instead do some sick donuts in a stolen Russian tank — is impressive and so incredibly Ukrainian.

Why the pandemic isn't over yet and how we can get there faster latimes.com/opinion/story/… my Los Angeles Times oped