Here’s a video shot earlier this year by Ottawa unicyclist Tim Bouma. Tim often commutes on his unicycle on the streets of Ottawa and has posted several cool videos featuring unicycles, juggling, rubik’s cubes and more. This is why the invented the GoPro HD camera. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/frank.jpg) Meet Frank Probert. Retired Navy captain. Stuck in the past, circa 1955. Mystified by this world of cell phones, computers, bank machines and remote controls. Coping as best as he can. Frank is the star of GRUMPS , a new weekly comic strip we’re launching today on OttawaStart. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mapledaze.jpg) _ Ottawa _ Taking the necessary steps to generate revenue, the City Of Ottawa recently opened tapping lines on a number of maple trees in forested parks across the city. The imaginative and fun new revenue generator will see over 3,000 maple trees tapped for syrup production, with delicious, city made maple syrup being sold for $20 a bottle at local stores this spring. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lydiaraw.jpg) RAW. Photo by [ Lydia Bociurkiw ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/lydia-art/6870481586/in/pool-1894735@N21/) , shared in [ OttawaStart's Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/) . [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) ** Ryan Bresee ** ** , radio host of CKCU’s Whatever’s Cool With Me : ** ...

Last week we published a great photo of Parliament Hill obscured by fog . Here’s another great shot, this one by Ottawa photographer Aaron Segaert . The fog in this one looks more like a Saharan sandstorm threatening to overwhelming the Parliament Buildings. ...

Here’s the second in our series of scans of old postcards of Ottawa , depicting the city’s hot tourist spots during the early 20th century. Here’s a postcard sent in 1914 that shows a tranquil scene at Major’s Hill Park. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/civicvibe.jpg) _ Elgin St. _ A suped up 1996 Honda Civic with tinted windows and 22inch chrome rims vanished suddenly from Elgin Street as its subwoofer reached intra-dimensional sonic levels, transporting the car and its occupants into another dimension. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hands-up.jpg) ** Early Morning in the City. ** Taken on a foggy morning on Sparks Street in downtown Ottawa. Photo by [ Marcel Regimbald ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/6994948049/in/pool-1894735@N21/) and shared in the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www. ...

Here’s a photo taken by Kevin Newman on Sunday morning to Twitter: “Amazingly beautiful foggy morning here on #parliament. Peace pierces through!” Republished here with his kind permission. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/AoRKGH7CEAIomuR.jpg) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Parliament Hill Guide ...

A spring sunset on the Ottawa River. Snapped by Marlene Thoms and shared in the OttawaStart Flickr Group . [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kadacat/6994926987/) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Photography Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...