Archive 1997-2016
There is a lot of pressure being an arts editor.
Fielding calls about art galleries, student plays and local bands while facing deadlines and limited space, arts editors must try to give their sections a balanced feel. The stories must appeal to readers. Out of, say, a dozen great stories, you can only do a few.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
And that is what is motivating Canadian Football League fans to petition the changes to Lansdowne Park and to resurrect the defunct Ottawa Rough Riders.
The major debate over the future of Lansdowne Park is complicating the revival of the CFL in Ottawa.
The committee is made up of more than a dozen members. It officially launched its campaign on March 28.
Canadian kids really know how to rock … or at least how to throw one. The Canadian Junior Men’s Team won a gold medal at the World Curling Championships on March 29 in Thunder Bay, Ont.
The 5-2 victory over Scotland was history in the making for 19-year-old John Morris and his Ottawa Curling Club, consisting of third Craig Savill, 18, second Andy Ormsby, 20, and 18-year old lead Brent Laing. The win marked the first undefeated sweep for a Canadian team at the world level and was the eighth time Canada’s Junior Men have captured gold at the annual event.
Forgive me hockey fans, for I am a sinner. I am Canadian, yet I am not a zealous hockey connoisseur. I cannot rattle off hockey stats and I don’t program my VCR to record the playoffs. But when one Ottawa Senators’ player made front page news for giving $1 million to the National Arts Centre, the world of hockey caught my interest.