Close X
Friday, November 15, 2024
ADVT 
National

Ontario Teen Ignored By Peers Gets Bowling Alley Birthday Bash

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Mar, 2015 05:23 PM
    An Ontario teenager who didn't receive a single answer after putting out invitations for his birthday party on Friday has received an outpouring of support.
     
    Melissa Camus set up a Facebook page for her son Odin and a website in Peterborough that promotes events in the Ontario community.
     
    The Facebook page describes Odin as a 13-year-old boy who suffers from Aspergers syndrome, a disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and socialize with others.
     
    It says Odin has difficulty making friends and instead of a birthday party his mother set up a bowling night at a local ally.
     
    Odin has received an outpouring of good wishes on Twitter, from Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, and the Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors among many others.
     
    The Peterborough website PTBO Canada posted pictures of Odin's birthday bash late Friday calling it "one heck of a birthday party."
     
    Odin's birthday has also received widespread media attention.
     
    Odin told CTV News on Friday before his birthday party that he estimates he received four-thousand text messages from around the world.
     
    "I think it’s amazing how so many people actually care because not a lot of people where I used to live cared about my birthday," he told the television network in an interview.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    NDP Private Member Bill Seeks To Ban So-called Conversion Therapy In Ontario

    NDP Private Member Bill Seeks To Ban So-called Conversion Therapy In Ontario
    TORONTO — During her formative years as a transgender woman — or girl, really — Erika Muse says she was subjected to conversion therapy, which left her depressed, suicidal and with a mere lingering shred of self-esteem.

    NDP Private Member Bill Seeks To Ban So-called Conversion Therapy In Ontario

    March In Montreal Against Perceived Police Brutality Declared Illegal

    March In Montreal Against Perceived Police Brutality Declared Illegal
    MONTREAL — A Montreal march against perceived police brutality was declared illegal as soon as it began this afternoon because organizers had not informed authorities of their route.

    March In Montreal Against Perceived Police Brutality Declared Illegal

    Second Shooting At A Surrey Home Is Latest In Spate Of Violence

    Second Shooting At A Surrey Home Is Latest In Spate Of Violence
    SURREY, B.C. — A Surrey, B.C., home that was targeted in a drive-by shooting early Sunday is the same house where shots were fired on Thursday.

    Second Shooting At A Surrey Home Is Latest In Spate Of Violence

    Watch:Motorcycle Chase Through Surrey's Guildford Town Centre Mall Captured In Dramatic Police Video

    Watch:Motorcycle Chase Through Surrey's Guildford Town Centre Mall Captured In Dramatic Police Video
    SURREY, B.C. — A dramatic video showing police chasing a motorcyclist through a Vancouver-area mall is going viral on YouTube.

    Watch:Motorcycle Chase Through Surrey's Guildford Town Centre Mall Captured In Dramatic Police Video

    Two Men Dead From Stab Wounds In Downtown Vancouver's West Hotel

    Two Men Dead From Stab Wounds In Downtown Vancouver's West Hotel
    VANCOUVER — Two men are dead after a double stabbing in a hotel in Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside, prompting residents to speak out about ongoing safety concerns.

    Two Men Dead From Stab Wounds In Downtown Vancouver's West Hotel

    Kamloops Mounties Cleared In Death Of Man Who Was Tasered In Hospital Parkade

    Kamloops Mounties Cleared In Death Of Man Who Was Tasered In Hospital Parkade
    KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Kamloops Mounties have been exonerated in connection with the death of a man at Royal Inland Hospital last summer.

    Kamloops Mounties Cleared In Death Of Man Who Was Tasered In Hospital Parkade