Archive 1997-2016
A magazine designed to promote high-tech careers for Ottawa high school students seemed like a good idea to Industry Canada, but so far it doesn’t seem to be making a big splash in Centretown schools.
Merchants on Preston Street are hoping Pub Italia’s proposed sidewalk patio will become part of a larger rebirth.
By Craig Skinner
Tim Siebrasse is busy on the ice, preparing for a moment of hometown glory, in what could be the crowning achievement in his athletic career.
Siebrasse, 24, and develop-mentally delayed, is preparing for the figure skating competition at the Canadian Special Olympics 2000 Winter Games in Ottawa, Jan. 25-30. A two-sport athlete, Siebrasse also swam at the 1998 Summer Games in Sudbury, winning a gold and a bronze medal.
Two teams of girls, one team wearing black jerseys, the other in grey, chase a ball around Algonquin College’s brightly coloured gym, faking, blocking and practically tripping each other for control.