After seeing the Canadian Olympic women’s soccer team win bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer and watching hometown heroes, the Ottawa Fury, win their first W-League championship in a near-perfect season, more and more local girls are taking to the pitch. 
David Kawai, Centretown NewsThe Ottawa Fury Soccer Club held tryouts for U15 and U16 players on Tuesday night at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility.
Category: Sports
Canadas Sweetheart opens gallery of skating memorabilia
Figure skating champion Barbara Ann Scott cut the ribbon for a City Hall gallery showcasing her life as one of Canada’s most celebrated athletes. The collection of medals, trophies and other memorabilia, she said, has always belonged to Ottawa.
Portia BaladadMayor Jim Watson and Barbara Ann Scott unveil the gallery's plaque, officially opening the exhibit.
Building community on and off the field
Two very different soccer teams met up at Gloucester’s Louis Riel Dome Sunday afternoon with the purpose – or, more obviously, “goal” – of having fun, but also building social ties for one of the teams – a street soccer squad of homeless players.
Portia BaladadA goalie guards the net at an Ottawa Street Soccer tournament at the Louis Riel Dome.
Ottawa group ready to tackle Mount Everest
On April 22, Shawn Dawson will lead a group of Ottawa residents on a climb to Mount Everest’s base camp, at an elevation of 5,181.6 metres. 
Kristy Wright, Centretown NewsThe group is training in the Gatineau Hills to prepare for the climb.