[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/7482194032/) The Snowbirds fly over Parliament Hill on Canada Day. They'll be back in the area on Sunday, flying over the Gatineau Airport at 3:00pm as part of Wings over Gatineau-Ottawa. [ Photo by Zhu, shared to the OttawaStart Flickr Group. ...

All photos by Jean Labelle / Labelle Photo . (Click for larger size.) [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/OFF.jpg) Chalkboard guy Andy Brown [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Amy-Helm.jpg) Amy Helm [ ! ...

Bus shelter at the corner of Richmond and McRae outside the superstore. It’s part of a promotion for the Great Canadian Theatre Company. (Source: @GCTCLive ) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/A2iNdT7CUAEmYWL.jpg) ** See also: ** Ottawa Theatre Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/grumps-final-preview.gif) Today we published the final episode of GRUMPS , our weekly Sunday comic from Ottawa artist Andrew King . You can read today’s episode here , along with past editions of the comic strip. Big thanks to Andrew and to all of our readers for tuning in over the past four months. ...

“Sinkhole” has now surpassed “long line at Tim’s drive-thru” and “Hog’s Back Bridge was up” as Ottawa’s favourite late-for-work excuse. The latest city update from earlier today confirmed that the sinkhole has gained sentience and is demanding meals of taxis and snowplows. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherrygaley/7663819708/) Horses on the loose, in front of the National Gallery. Photo by [ Sherry Galey ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherrygaley/7663819708/in/pool-ottawastart) , shared in the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/7663819708/) . ** Here are our contributors' picks for the best local events in Ottawa this week. ...

Yes, these are fireworks. They were shot earlier this summer by David Johnson, and you can see more on his web site: daveyjphoto.com ... he shot them at the Casino du Lac Leamy Sound & Light show back in August. ...

CBC Ottawa reports on an unfortunate signage mistake at Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Orleans: _ A new sign for Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Orleans had to be fixed not long after it was installed because of an embarrassing spelling mistake. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/theDJ.jpg) "the DJ" by Andrew King. Pen & ink, 8x10 framed. Up for auction at [ Portraits of Bluesfest ](http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2012/08/14/portraits-of-bluesfest-is-back-for-another-year/) on August 30. Here are our contributors' picks for the best local events in Ottawa this week. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100959-detail___Selected.jpg) Do you live in Stittsville? Here's a chance to meet and mingle with your Stittsville neighbours and meet your Twitter friends and followers "IRL" (In Real Life). Stittsville’s first-ever tweet-up will happen on Tuesday, August 28 at bistrofiftyfour in Amberwood. ...