Links and more from Twitter this week

Here’s a sample of some of the stuff we posted to Twitter in the past week. You can check out our Twitter feed by visiting http://twitter.com/ottawastart/ …. no subscription or sign-up required.

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RT @Ottawa_Tourism: On this day in 1869, Patrick James Whelan, convicted of assassinating D'Arcy McGee, was hanged.
[
 http://ow.ly/16p52
](http://ow.ly/16p52)
  


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Had a reader email last week from someone looking for more info on Ottawa's annual "Winterloo Festival". Avoid the yellow snow.

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Getting LOTS of traffic on our Winterlude page ... ranked 2nd in google for "Winterlude"
[
 http://ottawastart.com/winterlude.php
](http://ottawastart.com/winterlude.php)

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Preston Street BIA wants to try "bikes only" on Sundays this summer
[
 http://bit.ly/aHRkQz
](http://bit.ly/aHRkQz)
  


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Interesting idea: Bruce Firestone has an idea for chaging Ottawa's welcome signs
[
 http://bit.ly/9dQdos
](http://bit.ly/9dQdos)

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Really great post from the gang at @apartment613 "Lesser known buildings" of Ottawa:
[
 http://bit.ly/8YzkQX
](http://bit.ly/8YzkQX)

** Related: ** Ottawa Twitter Guide