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Over the past year businesses, schools, restaurants and even governments have had to change how they operate to survive the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pivoting, as it’s called, has shown just how inventive we can be when the choice is “change or fail.” There is however, one big exception to this: Ottawa’s public transit system has not changed or adapted to pandemic pressures.
Ridership has plummeted as much as 80 per cent since last spring when federal public servants and others who work downtown started working from home. Transit management estimates COVID’s impact is costing us $1 million a week.
The South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre is aiming to bust myths about COVID-19 and vaccines in a town hall-style virtual meeting for community residents on Wednesday evening.
Takeaways from the Trudeau-Biden virtual hangout
02/24/2021 10:00 AM EST
If you’d been wondering whether Zoom calls between government leaders are any different from your awkward Zoom calls with family, the answer is no. Somebody’s half-yelling (Trudeau). Somebody mentions that it’s someone else’s birthday (in this case, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau’s) and no one really reacts. Somebody makes a joke about being bad at French (yes, it was Biden) and everyone else smiles indulgently from behind their masks. You know, standard Zoom fare.
Welcome to Corridors. I’m your host, Maura Forrest. In today’s edition: what was achieved during the Trudeau-Biden confab, what to do after declaring a genocide, and reaching a juncture on vaccines. Get in touch: [email protected]
OTTAWA Train tracks are now being laid at the new maintenance and storage facility for Ottawa s new transit line from Bayview to Riverside South. Mayor Jim Watson, MP Chandra Arya and Ontario Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Cultural Industries Lisa MacLeod were on hand to help start laying tracks at the new Walkley Yard Maintenance and Storage Facility. The start of the next stage of this project at the new Walkley Yard Maintenance and Storage Facility is an exciting milestone on the south extension of the Trillium Line, said MacLeod. This extension will bring rapid transit to new communities, and connect people to places, which allows more Ontarians to experience all that Ottawa has to offer.