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[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/klein.jpg) Really interesting profile in the Globe and Mail _ _ of Geroge J. Klein . Check out some of the amazing stuff he worked on during his career: _ George Johann Klein was considered one of Canada's most productive 20th-century inventors. ...

Here’s a video posted by the National Arts Centre about the new Glenn Gould Steinway CD 318 Piano, now on permanent display at the facility. Here’s more info about the exhibit… ** See also: ** Ottawa Music Guide ...

You may have heard the news today: The last Sunday print edition of the Ottawa Citizen will be published on July 15, 2012, and 20 employees will lose their jobs at the newspaper. The very first Sunday edition was published on September 28, 1988: ...

Very impressive that there are 128 buildings on the list for this year’s Doors Open Ottawa . Each year, more and more organizations jump on board and let people come inside and explore. Here’s a list of new buildings on this year’s tour. ...

_ "This is a digital dub of a 7 minute, 45 second 16 mm film produced in 1971 by the National Research Council of Canada, in Ottawa. It demonstrates not only one of the first ineractve computer systems for animation, one used for production, it was also an outstanding example of early user-centred design. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ARiverRuns_Middle_JW2011-credit-Leigh-Thorpe.jpg) A Jane's Walk along the Ottawa River in 2011. Photo by Leigh Thorpe. _ _ _ Today’s guest blog comes from Francesco Manganiello, one of the members of the [ Jane's Walk Ottawa ](http://www. ...

The third in our series of old postcards of Ottawa features the “Observatory, Ottawa Experimental Farm”. Known officially today as the Dominion Observatory, you can see it just off Carling Avenue near the Civic Hospital. It’s a Classified Federal Heritage Building recognized for its historical and architectural value. ...

Here’s the second in our series of scans of old postcards of Ottawa , depicting the city’s hot tourist spots during the early 20th century. Here’s a postcard sent in 1914 that shows a tranquil scene at Major’s Hill Park. ...

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting scans of some old Ottawa postcards that I found at the annual Ottawa Nostalgia and Collectible Show yesterday at the Nepean Sportsplex. The postcards date back to the early 20th century, and show some of Ottawa’s tourism hotspots from the era. ...

Thanks to Sean McConnery for sending along this photo of the Wilson Carbide ruins. He shot this during a hike in Gatineau Park. Sean says: _ The ruins are located about 1.5 km from P11 (O'Brian Beach). Mother Nature had provided me with the dramatic lighting of the ruins which makes it an excellent black and white photo. ...