Ottawa cobbler on 25 years of fixes — and the sidewalk staple 'that will kill your shoes' | Unpublished
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Ottawa cobbler on 25 years of fixes — and the sidewalk staple 'that will kill your shoes'

December 22, 2025

Muhamad Merhi has operated a shoe repair stand inside the federal government's C.D. Howe Building for a quarter-century. 'I don't think I would have survived outside,' he says.



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