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Every day in December leading up to Christmas, local photographer Christophe Ledent will be sharing a photo and story about Ottawa Christmas lights. ( You can see all the photos so far here. ) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Belcourt-2-of-5-.jpg) For day five, we make our way east to Orleans, more precisely Belcourt Boulevard. ...

Every day in December leading up to Christmas, local photographer Christophe Ledent will be sharing a photo and story about Ottawa Christmas lights. ( You can see all the photos so far here. ) For day four, we continue to explore Barrhaven. ...

Every day in December leading up to Christmas, local photographer Christophe Ledent will be sharing a photo of Ottawa Christmas lights on our blog. ( You can see all the photos so far here. ) For day three, we head south to Barrhaven. ...

Every day in December leading up to Christmas, local photographer Christophe Ledent will be sharing a photo of Ottawa Christmas lights on our blog. For day two, we head a little further west! Today’s simple yet beautifully decorated home is located on Island Park Drive (just south of highway 417) between Ruskin Street and Harmer Avenue. ...

Every day in December leading up to Christmas, local photographer Christophe Ledent will be sharing a photo of Ottawa Christmas lights on our blog. To kick things off, here’s a shot of a house on Fourth Avenue in the Glebe, between Lyon and Percy. ...

Puppets Up! in Almonte is the most charming festival in the Ottawa area. We went again this year with our daughters (ages 5 and 7) and as usual, we had a great time. For two days, just about every storefront in Almonte’s small downtown has at least one puppet in the window. ...

These cannons are on sale at Yardley’s Antiques in Old Ottawa South. They’re pointed towards the Glebe. Take cover. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20130524_181824.jpg) Photo by Glen Gower. ** ** [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20130524_181816.jpg) Photo by Glen Gower. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/poutinebag.jpg) ** ORLEANS - BAG OF POUTINE ** Kids in this predominately French suburb of Ottawa will be enjoying treat bags filled with their favourite Quebecois treat this year. Steaming hot, and accompanied by a cold Pepsi, Orleans children will be having a c’est tres bon Halloween this year! ...

As seen on reddit created by edwardog , who’s planning to sell them as t-shirts. (Apparantly these are also hanging in the lounge at Shopify. If you know more about the artist let us know!) I think these are great. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/westborobeach.jpg) _ Westboro _ Westboro Beach sunbathers will be treated to a special sand between their toes after Kitchissippi Ward Councillor Katherine Hobbs approved the use of specially imported fair trade organic sand trucked in from Kenyan and Ethiopian sand fields. ...