Pellerin: Free spirits? City of Ottawa should let us quaff a cold one in our parks
Ottawans are a mild bunch, unlikely to get too rowdy. The city's bylaw department handed out a grand total of nine tickets in two years for drinking in public parks.
You can always count on City of Ottawa staff to ruin the beginning of what should be spring with their legendary risk-averse, buzz-kill energy. Now they’ve decided that the good people of Ottawa can't possibly be trusted with alcoholic beverages in public parks. Read More