Service industry gets to keep the change
Servers, hairdressers, bartenders and other service-industry workers who rely on tips should soon be able to pocket all of their hard-earned cash. “This has been a long time coming,” said Amanda Chachel, a nursing student who works in an Ottawa restaurant where her bosses take a portion of her tips. Chachel was reacting to news that the Ontario legislature is expected to hold a final vote next week on a bill that would protect tips...
Win or lose, soccer super fans chant: “Fury, always with you”
It’s 5:30 a.m. on a chilly Sunday morning outside a barren TD Place. The only thing breaking the silence is the rumble of an idling bus awaiting its passengers: members of Stony Monday Riot and the Bytown Boys SC, Ottawa Fury FC’s die-hard fans. The reason for being up so early? It’s match day. These fans are busing down to Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., to watch their beloved team take on the New York Cosmos in the Soccer...