When Joanne Pomalis received one of MPP Jim Watson’s Celebration 2010 volunteer awards recently, it came as no surprise to her fellow curlers at the Rideau Curling Club.
Chloe Ekker, Centretown NewsJohanne Pomalis says winning the Celebration 2010 volunteer award was unexpected.
Category: Sports
Beaver Cup organizer wants tourney to go national
Many Canadians look back at their childhood and remember playing pond hockey with their friends at the local outdoor rink or the small frozen pond down the lane. Les Gagne dreamed bigger: he wanted to play on the Rideau Canal.
New studio puts an Aboriginal spin on fitness
Drawing on experience from her upbringing on Alberta’s Goldfish Lake reserve, Beverley Sunday is challenging indigenous stereotypes and addressing a health epidemic with the opening of Ottawa’s first aboriginal fitness studio. 
Julia Eskins, Centretown NewsBeverley Sunday, HAWK Studio founder, teaches a pilates class.
Viewpoint: Canada’s alpine team has ‘go-big-or-go-home’ attitude
Go big or go home. It’s a motto followed religiously by many athletes, and alpine skiers are no exception.