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With tennis rackets in hand and pedometers at their waists, Ottawa’s culturally diverse women are seizing the opportunity to become involved in sports through a program designed specifically for them.
Ordinary black chairs line the walls to make space for seven young women. Surrounded by chalkboards, fold-up tables, a ladder and a fridge, the ladies lay stretched out on mats in what is a rather unorthodox setting for yoga.
Many Ottawa residents who pass through the downtown core probably consider taking a dance class. Fluorescent-coloured posters inviting you to shimmy into belly dancing or slide into tango decorate virtually every signpost on the north end of Bank Street.
The Canadian War Museum has changed a number of its exhibits after groups of Japanese Canadians and war veterans objected to the displays.