pets & animals

What is it with dog waste in this city? Why do some dog owners still refuse to pick up after their pets? Our community has a neighbourhood Facebook group, and just about every week there’s someone posting about dog poop left at the playground, dog poop on the lawn, dog poop along the nature trail. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/afd598349d36b904e23af03d766ee48c_large.jpg) This print is yours if you donate $200 or more to [ Christophe Ledent's Kickstarter project ](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/423683515/photo-book-ottawa-seen-365-ways-in-365-days) to raise money for an Ottawa photo book. Sometimes you just have so many items on your “to blog about” list that you just have to round them all up and publish them all at once. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/3f51161c322611e3bb5722000a1fd013_8.jpg) "Long may you run, you beautiful bastard," Instagram art by [ minkwilliams ](http://ottawastart.com/digital-art-inspired-by-the-ottawa-elk-long-may-you-run-you-beautiful-bastard/) Here's our third annual list of things that Ottawa was obsessed with (for better or for worse) in 2013. ...

You all liked this morning’s “Ottawa Is Boring” t-shirt so much that I did up another one. ** ** [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/elk-squad-tshirt.jpg) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

Here’s an Instagram pic from Ottawa’s minkwilliams , inspired by the legend of the City Centre elk . Titled “long may you run, you beautiful bastard”. ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

Update (October 9): The elk ended up being donated to the Odawa Native Friendship Centre, who issued this press release earlier today titled " The Friendship Centre Wapiti “. The centre included this statement: “We are hopeful that in future events, a more structured process will be in place to set any wildlife animals into their natural habitats. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/finn-and-me.jpg) _ _ _ Rose Simpson's column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs almost daily over at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ _ I was shocked to hear that there is something called The Black Dog Syndrome at rescue shelters. ...

** Editor’s note: ** I’m pleased to introduce you this morning to one of my favourite Ottawa writers, Rose Simpson. She’s written for the _ Ottawa Journal _ and been a columnist at the _ Ottawa Citizen _ and _ Regina Leader-Post _ , she’s a film producer, and she blogs almost daily over at Rose’s Cantina . ...

Roughly translated, that means “tables with cabirou feet”.Yours for $200. Here’s a link to the original ad. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/T2eC16J-ysE9sy0h-WgBQW3V-rofw-48_20.jpg) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Used Stuff Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

Just reading through city councillor Shad Quadri’s weekly newsletter. There’s a note about some recent power outages in Stittsville : _ My office has received inquiries from some residents in Stittsville who were experiencing power outages. Hydro Ottawa has investigated three recent outages affecting customers in Stittsville between July 4th and July 10th. ...