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** A Giant Party Celebrates Giant Tiger’s Support for Boys and Girls Clubs ** ** Who ** ** : ** Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa and Friendly, the Giant Tiger ** What : ** A Basketball Game and Party Celebrating Giant Tiger’s Donation ...

After the trick-or-treaters went to bed last night, we went to work on the final steps to re-launch OttawaStart.com . Besides a new logo and layout, here’s what else is new: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/start) * A bigger emphasis on local events, including a new event calendar. ...

Once the trick-or-treaters finish up on Friday night, here at OttawaStart.com we’ll be putting the final touches on a major site makeover. Launching Monday (or sooner, if we don’t run into any glitches), you’ll see: * A bigger focus on local events * More emphasis on user-submitted info, including events, news and listings * Mobile-friendly design OttawaStart. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears most Tuesday mornings on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ _ _ _ _ I don’t usually watch the CRTC hearings. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears Tuesday mornings on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ ** ** Did you hear the head honchos from CBC at the CRTC? ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stittsvillecentral400x122.png) Today marks the launch of StittsvilleCentral.ca , a new online newspaper and information source from OttawaStart.com . OttawaStart’s “World Headquarters” is in Stittsville, and believe it or not there is quite a bit happening way out here in the west end. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/widgetListPlaceholder.png) Here’s a press release from Corus Radio about changes coming to boom 99.7. It’s the sister station to Jump! 106.9, which changed formats earlier this year from The Bear. Long-time radio host Wendy Daniels, who spent years at The Bear, will co-host the morning show. ...

_ A regular feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/01.-From-Somerset.jpg) _ Originally known as the Laurentian Towers, the Suites of Somerset has seen its share of action. Image: July 2014. _ With the significant number of apartment towers that were constructed around Ottawa during the 1960s and 1970s, it would be easy to forget that for every two constructed, there is probably one that didn’t make it off the drawing board. ...

Yesterday we took a look at the overall ratings for Ottawa radio stations for spring 2014. Today we take a look at the demographic breakdown. These are the rankings that radio stations really care about, because they’re important for advertisers. ...

The Spring 2014 BBM radio ratings are out. I put all the numbers into Excel and created some graphs to try to find some trends. Did the new Jump 106.9 affect Hot or Kiss? Where did The Bear’s listeners go? ...