[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/8253081189/) Holiday Lights. Photo by [ Marcel Regimbald ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/8253081189/in/pool-ottawastart) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://flickr.com/groups/ottawastart) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best local events in Ottawa this week. ...

Clifford Lyness, the executive chef at the Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata, spent the last couple of weeks constructing this gingerbread masterpiece. It stands nearly five feet tall and includes balconies, windows, pool and landscaping. It’s on display now in the main lobby at the Brookstreet. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/powershotpix/8233143917/) Canadian War Museum. Photo by [ powershotpix ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/powershotpix/8233143917/in/pool-ottawastart) , shared in the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/8233143917/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best local events in Ottawa this week. ...

This map is strangely soothing. It shows “One weekday (from 4:00 am to 4:00 am) of transit activity in Ottawa and Carleton, based on the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data made available by OC Transpo.” ** See also: ** Ottawa OC Transpo Guide ...

Nice photos from Dennis Van Staalduinen of a vintage OC Transpo bus parked in front of the GCTC the other night. It was there to help promote a play called 14 that’s being performed at the theatre until December 16 . ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/8230810613/) Nutcracker Army. Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/8230810613/in/photostream) . We’ve added a few new Christmas-themed guides to OttawaStart over the last few weeks: * [ Christmas Craft Fairs in Ottawa ](http://ottawastart. ...

Here’s a chart of the BBM Fall 2012 ratings for anglophone radio listeners in Ottawa, with comparisons from recent ratings period. I’ve ranked each station by their share, defined as “the estimated total hours tuned to that station expressed as a percentage of total hours tuned to all radio”. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvlphoto/8213210215/) "Christmas Bukkake-1" by [ Justin Van Leeuwen ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvlphoto/8213210215/in/pool-ottawastart) . From the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart) . _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best local events in Ottawa this week. ...

Thanks to Kyle Smith for sending this hypnotizing video along. It was shot at about 11:15am, looking northwest over the Ottawa River from a highrise in west Ottawa. Luckily at the end the snow tops and the sky starts to clear. ...

Did you see the sunrise on Friday morning? I wasn’t up that early but lucky for me these photographers were awake and snapped some great photos. (All photos published here with permission.) [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sp.jpg) "A very beautiful sunrise this morning in Ottawa. ...