Archive 1997-2016
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By Damali Nabagereka
Local housing activists say $3 million in federal money to fight homelessness may not be enough.
“We’ll take what we’ll get. But in terms of the need out there, this is a small drop in the bucket,” says Rob Boyd, YMCA-YWCA manager of housing and support services.
By Sarah Brunet
Fancy Christmas decorations were only the beginning. Sparks Street Mall management is on a revitalization campaign and Winterlude is next on its agenda.
This year is Sparks Street’s first time as an official host of Winterlude events. Canadian heritage and winter appreciation are the themes for activities taking place the weekends of Feb. 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21. The major festivities include presentations in a maple sugar cabin showing how maple syrup is made, an Inuit exhibition celebrating Canada’s new territory, Nunavut, and a Quebec Cree First Nation of Waswanipi display with a teepee, traditional foods and crafts.
By Sandra Lewrey
In the high-pressure world of competitive sports, there is an unspoken belief that athletes who haven’t “made it” by the time they’re 20 years old won’t make it at all.
Derek Schmidt, 24, hopes to lay that theory to rest.
Schmidt, an Ottawa resident, has been figure skating for 15 years and competing at the senior level for three. In a sport typically reserved for teenagers, it’s rare to find skaters like Schmidt who have not fared well at the amateur level still competing past their 20s.
By Matt Sekeres
Not everybody likes a parade. Merchants in Centretown and the Glebe are preparing for the mixed blessings associated with an additional parade down Bank Street.
The 17th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade will follow a new route this year. The change came about after the regional government enacted a by-law last year that prevents parades from crossing the Rideau canal.