Month: December 2003

While many Canadian clothing companies are taking advantage of cheap labour in developing countries, a few Ottawa businesses still take pride in making and selling Canadian-made clothes.

Peter Field is a member of Ottawa’s blind community who faces barriers because of his disability . . .

By Andrew Thomson

There’s a magazine rack and a few chairs for those waiting at the front of the one-room shop. Combs, scissors and razors are scattered across the counter, and clumps of men’s hair lie on the floor.

Giuseppe Colletti has dispensed haircuts and shaves from this location, Pino’s Barber Shop on Charlotte Street, since 1961. read more