Archive 1997-2016
Red-faced and winded, the members of Lisgar Collegiate’s cross-country running team just keep pressing on. After a 7– km run along the Rideau Canal they come back, tired but determined to keep going. They continue to workout, doing push-ups and crunches, as this year they are preparing themselves for the win. With the first meet on Oct. 1, the hopes are high.
An old, converted mansion on O’Connor Street across from the YMCA houses the Ottawa Curling Club, a club older than this country.
Life keeps getting better for the Ottawa 67’s.While the lights seem to have gone out on this year’s NHL season, the spotlight couldn’t be shining any brighter on Ottawa’s junior team.
By Robert Pilgrim
On a late September Sunday afternoon, Vincent Massey Park is teeming with activity. Squirrels rustle in the bushes, the birds twitter in the trees . . . and a group of ferrets wiggle their way out of socks!
The ‘sock stuffing’ spectacle is one of many attractions at the Ferret Rescue Society of Ottawa’s semi-annual Ferret Frolic, an event that gives ferrets of the city a chance to enjoy the outdoors in the company of their furried fellows.