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Publication Date: August 7, 2026 - 18:56
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Owner of stolen custom-made bike speaks out
August 7, 2026
An Ottawa man with cerebral palsy whose custom-built bike was stolen from his Alta Vista home wants it back. He shared his story with CBC's Matthew Kupfer. UPDATE AUG 7: Based on information from Ottawa police, a previous version of this story said the man who had his bike stolen was elderly and had Parkinson's disease. Police have since corrected that information, now saying he's in his 50s and has cerebral palsy.
My brother told me I had great legs. What incenses me more than the fact he said it, is the fact that I thought it was appropriate commentary, a fair evaluation of my physical attributes. I was 22 years old, he was 28. The thought never dawned on me that eldest brothers shouldn’t think of their sisters in that way. How did I know Steve and I were different? And I don’t mean different in the typical sense, like how all people are different some way or another. I mean fundamentally different — our values, our ethics, our morals, all the true substances of what makes people who they are...
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