It was a dismal
end to a dismal season for a team that was washed out on the
scoreboard all year and literally drowning on the field during
their final game.
The bright
lights, the roaring crowd and bone-crunching intensity are hallmarks
of the biggest event in Canadian football: the Grey Cup. But
before the players take the field, fans can get in on the action.
Curlers will
be sweeping across Ottawa as some of Ontario’s best players
come to compete in the 23rd annual Ontario deaf curling championships
this month.
Visible from
parts of Centretown, the national capital region YMCA-YWCA stands
tall against a now bleak backdrop. With the change of season,
its brown brick walls match the bare limbs on the trees outside,
and somehow it seems even more noticeable.