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All in a Day | Dec 21, 2012 | 6:57

Ottawa preppers

Doomsday predictions for December 21 haven't come true. But they have sparked an interest in preparing for disasters more generally. Stu Mills spoke with the founder of the Preppers Ottawa Facebook group.

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