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Next time you’re at Scotiabank Place for a Sens game, you should check out the new hockey heritage exhibit up on the 200 level. It’s a partnership between the Senators and the Ottawa Archives ( read more… ) Here’s video from the launch of the exhibit, via Sens TV: ...

Andrew King found this car listed on Kijiji last week: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/25581kj_20-25281-2529.jpeg) ** 1961 Chrysler Imperial Lebaron "John F.Kennedy Connection" ** RARE PRESIDENTIAL USE CAR ! This car was borrowed back from the original owner by Chrysler Canada to be used to chauffer American president John F. ...

_ OttawaStart is on a short summer haitus this week, so we’re re-posting some of our favourite posts from the past few years. This one was originally published on January 7, 2009 on David Reevely’s excellent Greater Ottawa blog. ...

** _ UPDATE: Thanks to reader comments below & via Twitter - I added a few photos & locations to this list of recently demised KFC’s. _ ** While all of the attention this week has been on the demise of the Dirty Bird in Hintonburg , let us not forget the other area KFC’s that also closed this week, and in previous years. ...

It’s the 10th edition of Doors Open Ottawa this Saturday and Sunday. I’m sure you’ve heard about (and possibly visited) the popular destinations like the U.S. Embassy, Rideau Hall, and a bunch of downtown churches. Here are our picks for a few under-appreciated buildings on the tour this year, in alphabetical order. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/3886421.jpg) Just got an email about an interesting new book and website about one-room schoolhouses in Ottawa. (Like the one pictured above – which is now home to the Cheshire Cat pub near Carp.) I am writing on behalf of local author Joy Forbes, who recently published her book, " ...

A recent post from the KitchissippiKids blog about corner stores led us to this great collection of photos of neighbourhood corner stores in Ottawa . They’re from photographer Patrick Dumais and were taken a few years back. ...

Here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia’s entry on Big Joe Mufferaw : ** ** ** Big Joe Mufferaw ** was a [ French Canadian ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Canadian) folk hero from the [ Ottawa Valley ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Valley) , perhaps best known today as the hero of a song by [ Stompin' Tom Connors ](http://en. ...

Here' s an interesting news release that was posted today via the [ OttawaStart Community News ](http://ottawastart.com/communitynews.php) feed. A unique design contest to raise funds for charity will make use of recycled copper from the roofs of Canada’s Parliament Buildings. ...

This post is an extension of a few Tweets from earlier today from @OttawaStart It was six years ago today that the power went out across Ottawa and eastern North America on August 14, 2003. Once the power (and internet) was back on, I asked OttawaStart readers to share their stories – tonight I looked them up again and it made for some interesting reading. ...