Via Jeff Ivany , here are two timelapse videos stiched together from Ontario Ministry of Transportation webcams. The videos show the Queensway / Carling Avenue rapid bridge replacement that took place overnight on July 13 and 14. ** ** ** ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/lydia-art/9229723625/) DND. Photo by [ Lydia Bociurkiw ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/lydia-art/9229723625/in/pool-ottawastart) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

I finally got the chance to check out the weekly Kanata Cruise Night last week. Every Tuesday night during the summer, classic car owners bring their vehicles to the parking lot of Hazeldean Mall in Kanata. Most weeks they get upwards of 200 cars that come out. ...

Jeff Ivany compiled this time-lapse video of the Kirkwood bridge replacement that happened on Saturday night. The old bridge starts coming out at around the one-minute mark. (They even had bleachers set up for specators to watch this live. ...

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[  ](http://www.mtobridges.com/stills/s1.jpg?1373072904465) Webcam shot of the Kirkwood Avenue Bridge replacement. 600 tonnes of metal and concrete! One hundred construction workers! Traffic detours! You can watch all on Saturday night as crews perform a “rapid replacement” of the 55-year-old Kirkwood Avenue Queensway Bridge. ...

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[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/9178185593/) The sisterhood of the canoe. Photo by [ Jamie McCaffrey ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/9178185593/in/pool-ottawastart) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/9178185593/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

Here are a couple of great photos of Chris Hadfield, captured by David Johnson yesterday on Parliament Hill. How did he get that great high five shot? “I high fived Commander Hadfield after saying ‘I didn’t know Tom Selleck was an astronaut. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciana_nechita/7474256090/) Happy Canada Day! Photo by [ Luciana Nechita ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciana_nechita/7474256090/) from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/) . _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...