OTTAWA, ON – On Wednesday, September 27th at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is inducting five new members to its local sports shrine – Carol Anne Chenard (builder – soccer referee), Murray Costello (builder – hockey administrator), Tim Higgins (athlete – hockey), Earle Morris (builder – curling coach) and Jill…

OTTAWA, ON – On Wednesday, September 27th at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is inducting five new members to its local sports shrine – Carol Anne Chenard (builder – soccer referee), Murray Costello (builder – hockey administrator), Tim Higgins (athlete – hockey), Earle Morris (builder – curling coach) and Jill…

OTTAWA, ON – On Wednesday, September 27th at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is inducting five new members to its local sports shrine – Carol Anne Chenard (soccer), Murray Costello (hockey), Tim Higgins (hockey), Earle Morris (curling) and Jill Perry (boxing). Each Tuesday and Thursday until the event, the Sport…

OTTAWA, ON – On Wednesday, September 27th at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is inducting five new members to its local sports shrine – Carol Anne Chenard (soccer), Murray Costello (hockey), Tim Higgins (hockey), Earle Morris (curling) and Jill Perry (boxing). Each Tuesday and Thursday until the event, the Sport…

OTTAWA, ON – On Wednesday, September 27th at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is inducting five new members to its local sports shrine – Carol Anne Chenard (soccer), Murray Costello (hockey), Tim Higgins (hockey), Earle Morris (curling) and Jill Perry (boxing). Each Tuesday and Thursday until the event, the Sport…

OTTAWA, ON – In a few short weeks, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is inducting five new members to its local sports shrine – Carol Anne Chenard (soccer), Murray Costello (hockey), Tim Higgins (hockey), Earle Morris (curling) and Jill Perry (boxing). The Ottawa Sport Hall returns to its live inductions this month, following a…

OTTAWA, ON – The Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is proud to announce that five new members will soon be welcomed to its local sports shrine – Carol Anne Chenard, Murray Costello, Tim Higgins, Earle Morris and Jill Perry. After the COVID-induced postponement of in-person festivities, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will…

Inductees will be honoured on Monday, March 29, 2021, 8 pm on Rogers22 and on youtube: rogerstv.com/ottawasporthall Ottawa, ON – For the first time in the history of the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame, the prestigious Induction Awards Ceremony will be held virtually, and will be broadcast on Rogers22 and on youtube on March 29,…

By Martin Cleary Born in Vanier and raised in Lowertown Ottawa, John Therien launched his storied career in martial arts as a teenager, after stumbling upon a sign outside a small gym on Rideau Street. He had dabbled in judo at the local community centre, but after discovering Jiu-Jitsu, a word he could barely pronounce,…

By Martin Cleary Imagine being asked, out of the blue, by the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation to coach the national men’s team for an overseas country and you’re only 21 years old. That’s right, 21. Ottawa octogenarian Derek Holmes doesn’t have to imagine what that monumental moment was like. It was all…