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Not only is the Ottawa Clothing Drive back, but it’s recruited a couple of ambitious goal-setting entrepreneurs intent on collecting 100,000 gently used items.
Popular ice cream parlour converted its truck into a mobile phone-charging unit and offered up space in its walk-in freezer for homeowners to store perishables.
It's just the latest in a series of hotel projects launched by the Rimap group of companies in a bid to add new inventory to what it feels is an underserved market.
"My major cause for concern right now is establishing what insurance will and will not cover, and how expeditiously they will do so," said one Carlsbad Springs resident.
About 74,000 customers remained without power in the city Tuesday afternoon, and Hydro Ottawa officials said it could be days before the grid is fully restored.
Saturday’s devastating storm that knocked the lights out at tens of thousands of homes and businesses across the city delivered a powerful feeling of deja vu to Jacqui Okum.
“My father, Mike, was a dedicated board member to the OTLBC. There was nothing he wouldn’t do to keep the club vibrant for future generations. This gift, in his honour, made perfect sense to me,” says Sean Lundy.