The gym is packed and, over the crowd, the buzz of roller skate wheels is heard. 
Sigrid Forberg, Centretown NewsThe Bytown Blackhearts take on the Montreal Sexpos at Norm Fenn Gym at Carleton University in their first-ever roller derby match Jan. 31.
Category: Sports
Local exhibit celebrates Ottawa’s hockey history
Stained hockey jerseys cast motionless shadows on the back wall of the City Hall Art Gallery stirring up memories of days spent practicing on a backyard pond or cheering on the home team from centre-ice seats. 
Sigrid Forberg, Centretown News Paul Kitchen, Ottawa hockey historian and co-curator of 125 Years of Hockey in Ottawa, surveys hockey artifacts on display at the City Hall Art Gallery.
Sports bars off to a slow start in ’09
It was standing room only at MacLaren’s when Team Canada played at the World Juniors – line-ups to get into the bar, throngs of energized fans, and a busy bar staff. Across Centretown, The Prescott drew similar crowds for the six Canada games that stretched between Boxing Day and Jan. 5.
Ottawa curlers headed for nationals
The Homan rink of the Ottawa Curling Club on O’Connor Street breezed effortlessly through the Ontario junior curling championships earlier this month, securing a spot at nationals in British Columbia beginning Jan. 31.
teamhoman.ca Team skip Rachel Homan lines up a shot.