Armando Giannetti News Today

The team at OBJ will be taking our annual holiday break, but that doesn’t mean your reading list should be empty.

In an era when hardware stores are increasingly of the big-box variety, Preston Hardware remains Canada’s largest independent hardware store.

“What I love about bocce is that it’s very inclusive,” said Ottawa business leader Kathryn Tremblay, host of the inaugural charity bocce tournament held yesterday afternoon that ended up raising more than $45,000 for Christie Lake Kids (CLK).

You know you’re in Little Italy when someone in the crowd starts randomly belting out O Sole Mio during the soft opening party for a brand new food hall on Preston Street. The guy was no Pavarotti but his singing — even if it got drowned out by a roomful of chatter — made for a nice moment inside Mercato Zacconi Fresh Foods, where hordes of double-vaccinated guests met Thursday for an evening of bubbly, wine and Venetian snack-style cicchetti. 

You know you’re in Little Italy when someone in the crowd starts randomly belting out O Sole Mio during the soft opening party for a brand new food hall on Preston Street. The guy was no Pavarotti but his singing — even if it got drowned out by a roomful of chatter — made for a nice moment inside Mercato Zacconi Fresh Foods, where hordes of double-vaccinated guests met Thursday for an evening of bubbly, wine and Venetian snack-style cicchetti. 

You know you’re in Little Italy when someone in the crowd starts randomly belting out O Sole Mio during the soft opening party for a brand new food hall on Preston Street. The guy was no Pavarotti but his singing — even if it got drowned out by a roomful of chatter — made for a nice moment inside Mercato Zacconi Fresh Foods, where hordes of double-vaccinated guests met Thursday for an evening of bubbly, wine and Venetian snack-style cicchetti.