Archive 1997-2016
By Caryn Hirshhorn
With only two more credits left to graduate, Cherif Nicolas wasn’t contemplating transferring to a different university.
But the recent news of sacking Carleton University’s football team has this linebacker, and other players on his team asking themselves if they are ready to sit on the sidelines.
By Thomasina Larkin
A new type of exercise is kicking up a storm in Centretown.
Since tae bo arrived on Ottawa’s fitness scene about two months ago, hundreds have been kicking and punching their way to trimmer bodies.
World karate champion Billy Blanks created and patented tae bo, which is a mix of tae kwon do, karate, boxing and dance. The real tae bo is currently only offered on Blanks’ home video tapes and at a couple of fitness clubs in Ottawa and Toronto.
By Richard Bloom
When it comes to hockey, what’s good for Toronto isn’t always good for Ottawa.
The Ontario Minor Hockey Association, the body that oversees minor hockey from Windsor to Kingston, has decided to ban red laser pointers from all hockey games.
By Melanie McNaught
So, who do you believe? Did Alexei Yashin’s agent phone the NAC asking them to make a phony invoice for services (never) rendered?
Yashin and his agent Mark Gandler say the phone call was about why the NAC wasn’t bringing in Russian performers.