Santa Claus is coming back to town Saturday

Saint Nick, with a little help from local firefighters, hits the streets Saturday to collect toys and spread cheer in a nearly five-decade-old tradition.
The Help Santa Toy Parade runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., leaving City Hall then heading west on Laurier Avenue then south on Bank Street through Centretown and the Glebe to wind up at Lansdowne Park.
Roads will be closed along the route.
Members of the Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters’ Association have been helping Santa since 1969 by coll