Category: Sports

Three boys gather at dusk, lace up their skates, grab their sticks and glide out onto the freshly smoothed ice . . .

Your kid is not the next Wayne Gretzky. Most hockey parents know this. They come to cold rinks on early mornings and cheer on young players for no other reason than the joy it brings them. They are the unsung heroes of the great Canadian game.

Competitors will skate, ski and run their way through the ice and snow of Ottawa as part of this year’s Winterlude Triathlon.

The Morrissey family is used to the bright lights and slippery ice of the Rideau Curling Club. Over the years, the booming echo of their practices across near-empty seats has become a regular part of their lives