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** UPDATE JUNE 2: ** The presentations are now available for download from Shad Qadri’s web site. I was at the ** _ “STITTSVILLE OF TOMORROW” _ ** presentation at Sacred Heart High School last night, hosted by Stittsville city councillor Shad Qadri . ...

** UPDATE June 1: ** Mlle Coughtrey’s classroom got the most votes (5,373), and wins the prize. Thanks to all of our readers who voted. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_3232.jpg) Karen Coughtrey, a Grade 1 teacher at Broadview Public School in Ottawa, is one of ten finalists in a contest for a make-over of her classroom . ...

Screen capture from Leigh Chapple’s last show on CTV Ottawa on May 4, 2012. On May 4, Ottawa’s “Queen of late night TV” (as Max Keeping calls her) anchored her final broadcast on CTV Ottawa. Here’s what happened: 11:30pm Last time for voiceover guy to say, “CTV news with Leigh Chapple”. ...

Here’s a video shot earlier this year by Ottawa unicyclist Tim Bouma. Tim often commutes on his unicycle on the streets of Ottawa and has posted several cool videos featuring unicycles, juggling, rubik’s cubes and more. This is why the invented the GoPro HD camera. ...

We received this email recently from the Brothers Dube, who we’ve mentioned a few times before on this blog . They’re the kid / teenage rock band out of Orleans. Brothers Dube are at it again and need YOUR help getting to Haiti to share their message so please [ donate ](http://brothersdube. ...

Lots of folks have been bragging about their “roll up the rim” wins from Tim Hortons. Mostly they’re photos of free coffees or the odd Tim Card. Yesterday, our friend and Ottawa rapper Peter Joynt aka The Joynt aka @capcity posted these photos: ...

From YouTube , “Misadventures of two Ottawa Senators fans as they search for love. Set to As Long As You Love Me - Backstreet Boys.” The same guys also made this video last year . ** See also: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6581609569_bc3468cc20_z.jpg) ** Peace Tower Lights. ** Photo by [ Mike Alexander ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealex/6581609569/in/pool-1894735@N21/) via [ OttawaStart's Flickr Pool ](http://flickr.com/groups/ottawastart) . Here's part of an interesting article that appeared recently in [ OttawaStart Community News ](http://ottawastart. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2008-05-06-toboggan.jpg) ** Tobogganing at the Arboretum in the Experimental Farm. ** P _ hoto by [ Juliette Giannesini ](http://correresmidestino.com/) . _ Looking for your opinion: ** Should we call the act of sliding down a snowy hill on a wooden or plastic device “tobogganing” or “sledding”? ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/AiQfaxDCAAMd-W.jpg) The [ 2012 NHL All-Star Game ](http://ottawastart.com/nhl-allstar-2012.php) logo was added to centre ice at Scotiabank Place on Tuesday. From the [ Ottawa Senators Twitter feed ](http://twitter.com/nhl_sens) . You probably saw a lot of local politicians tweeting and talking this week about [ a very important election ](http://senators. ...