Centretown News

Capital Ward Coun. Clive Doucet lost his bid for small business garbage collection when his motion was deferred until the economic impact of restoring the service can be assessed.

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.

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

The sound is like an explosion of rapid machine-gun fire, as round after round of balls slam against the gymnasium’s concrete walls.