YOU SAID IT: Own soldiers left out in the cold

Linus Ullmark made 35 saves, many of them five-star stops, and Drake Batherson scored twice for the Senators in a 4-3 shootout loss.

As defence spending around the globe increases, a Hawkesbury-based manufacturer of military gear has had to address an increase in demand for one skill that has nearly disappeared from the labour market: sewing.

The death of school crossing guard Peter Clark should shake all of Ottawa, it certainly shook me.