"I was carrying toilets from 1970s bungalows that needed a revamp and I felt better going back than playing an NHL game when I sat on the bench for the majority of the game,” says former NHL defenceman Slater Koekkoek.
Contributions of all kinds piled up throughout the night as some 150 attendees arrived with their donations of toys, craft supplies, games, stuffed animals, gift cards and other items, both fun and practical, to cheer up families who will be spending their upcoming holidays in hospital at CHEO.
Hintonburg’s Orange Art Gallery will vacate its space at 290 City Centre Ave. at the end of December after the building's landlords did not renew its lease, leading other tenants and nearby residents to speculate about plans for redevelopment of the site.
Michelle Groulx, executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA), will leave her role in early January to become president of MBC Group, a national engineering and appraisal firm.
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