Pellerin: Let's aim for a merry, and quiet, Christmas season, Ottawa

When the first kid finished reading his poem, I wanted to show support so naturally I started clapping. That’s what you do, right? Wrong. I was stopped by a gentle hand on my forearm. “No, Mom,” my daughter said as she shook her hands up in the air, “we do it like this.” Jazz hands, or applause in sign language. How neat. Read More