Month: September 2013
Centretown’s Peace Tower Church is working with a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo to send a soccer club of boys to school and promote peace in a war-torn region of Africa.
Ottawa Curling Club gets major upgrades
The Ottawa Curling Club has spent almost half a million dollars on major equipment upgrades for its 162-year-old Centretown building for the 2013-14 season.
Viewpoint: Nepean football club making right decision with name change
The first time I heard that an Ottawa team was called the “Redskins” I thought it was a mistake. Maybe I was naïve or ignorant, but considering Canada’s early history, I could not accept that such an insensitive name would be used.
Ping pong fanatics outgrowing ‘nerdy’ stereotype
One summer night in 2009, Michael Kirkpatrick and his pals were busy lugging ping pong tables onto the dance floor of the Capital Music Hall, a musty and now shuttered venue more suited to thumping tunes than thumping balls.