[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/9435935161/) Rock balancing at last year's BAWI festival at Remic Rapids. Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://about.me/glengower) _ _ _ _ _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/24917258@N05/13859939573) Photo by Andy Nystrom on Flickr _ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ This coming Saturday, CD Warehouse on St. Laurent Boulevard will close its doors forever. ...

_ 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. ...

OttawaStart received this note from Paul Tierney in the United Kingdom: Hi my name is Paul Tierney and I am looking for a photograph of the Mackenzie-Papineau Brigade Memorial showing my uncle's name Frank Tierney. My Dad lives in England too and would welcome a photo of his brother's name on the memorial. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanadian_8/14462253199) Photo: Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge by Mark R. Ducharme from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** Wednesday-Saturday, July 23-27: Asinabka Festival ** For the third year, Ottawa will be home to the Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival celebrating Indigenous arts on Algonquin Territory. ...

_ Guest blogger Brian Double is training for a 100km from Ottawa to Montebello this fall. He’ll be checking in from time to time with udpates on his progress. You can read previous entries here. _ _ _ _ ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/9801445993) Photo: Cotton Candy Clouds by David Johnson, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ Glass is half full kind of Canadians should thank Mike Duffy for the investigative journalism he’s undertaken which is revealing the depth of corruption and depravity within our system of government. ...

** UPDATE: ** Andrew King edited a short video of our search… About 15 minutes south-west of Richmond, there’s an old pioneer cemetery buried in the Marlborough forest, all but forgotten except for a small historic plaque. It’s called the “Dwyer Hill Pioneer Roman Catholic Burial Ground” and was in use up to around 1867. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. This week: “Our annual show recapping this year’s successful Ottawa Bluesfest. We are joined with Matias from Ottawa Showbox, Elly from Eventful Capital and Benjamin from The Revue to go over top 5 lists, what we liked about the changes to the event, our top local acts and more! ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanadian_8/14668368933) Photo: Rideau Canal, by Mark R. Ducharme from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ _ _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** Friday, July 18: SNAPS for CARE & Re-Seasoning Supper ** ...