[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20130210_141545.jpg) Rideau Canal Skateway at Mackenzie King Bridge. Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart) . _ Rose Simpson's column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at [ Rose's Cantina ](http://rosalita55. ...

On Saturday, January 18, Cst. Pete McKenna and Sgt. Iain Pidcock of the OtOn Saturday, January 18, Cst. Pete McKenna and Sgt. Iain Pidcock of the Ottawa police live-tweeted a night-shift. It was a busy night with wide variety of different calls and issues that they dealt with. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every Saturday we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this week’s episode, special guest is Lon Ladell, brewmaster at Big Rig Brewery, and music is from Silkken Laumann. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. The Belle Claire today. Well, it would be had it not been demolished for the construction of the C.D. Howe Building. ...

[  ](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. ...

Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week… ** ** ** Thursday, January 16: Book launch of _ Toxin Toxout _ ** Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith offer up suggestions on how to avoid the thousands of harmful synthetic chemicals found in soaps, cosmetics and other household products—they’ve even tested some detox methods on themselves. ...

The “Silver Saloon” … Canada’s first “Air Force One” that flew Prime Minister Mackenzie King out of Ottawa and around the world between 1945-48. (At Rockcliffe Airport) This post originally appeared on Ottawa Rewind , Andrew King’s new blog about his Ottawa history investigations and adventures. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ As any kid will tell you, adults are stupid. Adults worry about things that don’t matter, we care about things that are not relevant and we put out too much effort in such endeavors as cleaning the house when it’ll just get dirty and making the bed when the bed will just be unmade again in a few hours. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every Saturday we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this week’s episode, we meet up with Randy Oickle, the new president of the Ottawa Real Estate Board, to talk about his new role in Ottawa, what it means for you, how he got elected, the successes they have had in the past, the current and future state of the Ottawa real estate market and much more. ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01-January-2014.jpg) The Bible House, as it stands today. January 2014. ...