#OTTBLOG: Recent reads from the Ottawa Blogosphere, Volume 3

Here’s what we’ve been reading this week from Ottawa bloggers:

 * 
Frequent
[
 OttawaStart.com
](http://ottawastart.com)
contributor
**
 Charlie
**
blogs about
[
 the impact that community newspaper closures will have on his career.
](http://www.susansherring.ca/wp/2017/12/11/guest-blogger-closing-newspapers-and-journalism/)

 * 
**
 Eric
**
[
 gripes about light rail stations
](http://www.westsideaction.com/rail-stations-didnt-quite-make/)
.

 * 
**
 Yoni
**
wonders: "
[
 You'll Gladly Die for Your Children; Why Won't You Cook for Them?
](http://www.weightymatters.ca/2017/12/youll-gladly-die-for-your-children-why.html)
", based on a new study that suggests Canadian kids between the ages of 2-18 are consuming over half of their calories from ultra-processed foods.

 * 
**
 Andrea
**
peeks inside the
[
 Rideau Centre Farmboy
](http://quietfish.com/notebook/2017/12/new-farm-boy-at-rideau-centre/)
and peeks outside at the
[
 Canada 150 rink on Parliament Hill
](http://quietfish.com/notebook/2017/12/skating-ice-rink-parliament-hill-ottawa/)
.

 * 
**
 ARTSFILE
**
shared some news about
[
 Carleton U. looking to purchase Dominion-Chalmers Church
](http://artsfile.ca/carleton-launches-talks-to-assume-control-of-dominion-chalmers/)
.

 * 
Livia tells about her
[
 surprise on-stage role in
 _
  Blind Date
 _
 at the GCTC
](http://apt613.ca/theatre-review-on-stage-for-blind-date-at-gctc/)
.

 * 
Our sister site,
**
 [
  StittsvilleCentral.ca
 ](http://stittsvillecentral.ca)
**
, tries to figure out
[
 what kind of animal might have left a rabbit hanging in a tree
](http://stittsvillecentral.ca/where-the-wild-things-are/)
.

 * 
Here is a list of things that
**
 David
**
[
 did
 _
  not
 _
 buy at Value Village
](http://davidscrimshaw.blogspot.ca/2017/12/things-i-did-not-buy-at-value-village.html)
.

 * 
**
 Saul
**
shares Part 6 of his
[
 Beaverbrook architecture series
](http://modernrealtor.blogspot.ca/2017/12/beaverbrook-part-6-split-levels-and-one.html)
.

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