Archive 1997-2016
It’s Monday night. You settle into your favorite chair and grab for your trusty remote. The TV flickers on. Seems relaxing enough, right? Wrong.
Now that Major League Baseball’s playoffs are in full swing, the NFL is off and running, and the NHL is back on the ice, sports fans around Ottawa are going to be pulling their hair out trying to decide which game to watch.
By Lisa Marchitto
When NHL star Sheldon Kennedy announced that he had been sexually abused for nine years by his coach, parents across Canada worried about something like this happening to their child.
“We were fielding 30 to 50 (telephone) calls a day,” says Paddy Bowen, executive director of the Canadian Association of Volunteer Bureaux and Centres (CAVBC), “from concerned parents, the media, people in hockey associations. . .”
By Vicki Newton
Tight brown ringlets adorn the smiling face of Cora Guenette who gazes up at Bethany Bryson knowing this is their day to spend together.
“This is so you don’t get cold,” says nine-year-old Cora, gently slipping a towel over the shoulders of 26-year-old Bethany.
By Meranda Waters
There are people in this world who leave a lasting impression on their community.
Sybil Cooke, 69, was one of those people.
A dedicated volunteer at the Ottawa Little Theatre since 1954, Cooke lost a battle with cancer this September.