sports & recreation

Christmas toboggan on a steep hill, 1959. Via Ross Dunn/OttawaStart Flickr Pool Toboggans, sledding, tubing, sliding … whatever you want to call it, we have it covered on our map of Ottawa and Gatineau’s best hills. It’s one of winter’s most fun and inexpensive sports. ...

Via The Canadian Press The Ottawa Citizen said Wednesday it has no intention of taking down a secretly recorded video of several Ottawa Senators players despite a legal notice insisting leaving it online violates provincial privacy laws. The Ottawa Citizen flatly rejected the legal notice from the Senators, saying the video shot surreptitiously by an Uber driver was circulating on social media when the paper decided to report on it. ...

(Via TD Place) A tradition like non-other in Canadian university football, the annual Panda Game, in which cross-town rivals the Carleton University Ravens and the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees meet for a thrilling battle of athletic prowess with school pride on the line, is set for September 29. ...

The Ottawa Senators may have traded captain Erik Karlsson to the San Jose Sharks, but he said that he still considers Ottawa “home.” “It’s a very emotional and sad day for me and my family, but it’s an unfortunate part of the business,” Karlsson said at a press conference Thursday, choking back tears. ...

(Via NCC) Closed: A 120-metre section of the Ottawa River Pathway (eastside), to the east and west sides of the Blair Road Boat Launch, will be closed to pedestrians and cyclists for emergency repairs. The boat launch and parking lot will remain open and accessible during the work. ...

The Ottawa Redblacks say they dropped defensive back Teague Sherman from the team because he has been charged with sexual assault. The team announced Sherman’s release from the team over the weekend and confirmed on Wednesday the reason in a tweet. ...

Eugene Melnyk, Ottawa Sens owner. Susan Sherring has a great scoop in her blog On the City, From the Burbs about former Ottawa Senators star Daniel Alfredsson – he thinks the team needs a new owner. And so does Mayor Jim Watson, he told Sherring. ...

Photo by Glen Gower Need to get away from the humdrum of urban life? Here’s a handy map of campgrounds in and around Ottawa. Pictured above is the sign at the entrance of the former Ottawa Municipal Campground, one of the most centrally located campsites around, right between Kanata and Bayshore in the Greenbelt. ...

Following the success of OTTAWA OUTDOORS MAGAZINE and its 80,000 monthly devoted readers, we’re elated to be taking The Ottawa Outdoor & Adventure Travel + Sportsmen’s Show into its 7th year! Covering regions like Ottawa-Gatineau, the Ottawa Valley, the Pontiac, eastern & northern Ontario and into western Quebec, we’re attracting sportsmen and women devoted to outdoor pursuits such as hiking, biking, canoeing, fishing, kayaking, fish and game, boating, camping and more! ...

[caption id=“attachment_87813” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Layout of the proposed Sooners football dome and club house from Edward J. Cuhaci and Associates Architects Inc.[/caption] (This post originally appeared on our sister site, StittsvilleCentral.ca) The ** Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est ** (the French Catholic school board) has sent in a planning proposal to the City of Ottawa, seeking permission to build a sports dome and field house behind ** École Paul-Desmarais ** in Stittsville. ...