Three boys gather at dusk, lace up their skates, grab their sticks and glide out onto the freshly smoothed ice . . .
Rink operators keep outdoor hockey alive in Ottawa
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Month: February 2005
Adults stay young on the old dodgeball courts
The sound is like an explosion of rapid machine-gun fire, as round after round of balls slam against the gymnasium’s concrete walls.
Lisgar girls prepare for playoffs
The players throw their hands in the air and bang their sticks on the boards as the Lisgar Collegiate Institute girls hockey team gathers on the ice to celebrate a goal.
Battling the ‘hell’ of addiction
By Robert Todd
From alcohol to drug addiction, Virginia Hamilton deals with daily crisis.
As director of the Ottawa Detox Centre, she leads a 25-member staff that guides about 2,800 men and women a year through the early stages of recovery. It’s the only centre of its kind in Ottawa.