** UPDATE: ** Congrats to Anonymous and neeroc who both correctly guessed that this pohot shows Cedarview Rd. in Nepean. I really like this photo from Ottawa photographer and musician Tammy Raybould . Can you guess where it was taken? ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/octranspofirstclass2.jpg) _ Ottawa _ After a year of complaints against both its service and public transit conditions, OC Transpo announced today it will be launching an all-new, First Class, preferred service transit option for those wishing to commute or travel throughout the city in high-class style. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2008-05-06-toboggan.jpg) ** Tobogganing at the Arboretum in the Experimental Farm. ** P _ hoto by [ Juliette Giannesini ](http://correresmidestino.com/) . _ Looking for your opinion: ** Should we call the act of sliding down a snowy hill on a wooden or plastic device “tobogganing” or “sledding”? ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) ** Lots of fun events this week in Ottawa: ** There’s a beer festival in Gatineau on Friday and Saturday with a very fancy name: Festibière de Gatineau … on Saturday night, there’s a night of apocalyptic poetry celebrating the end of the world … there’s a giant lululemon warehouse sale Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the CE Centre … the Home Renovations Show runs this weekend too … on Wednesday there’s a Robbie Burns Scotch Whisky tasting … also on Wednesday, hear the stories of two Ottawa moms who blog … and here are more suggestions from our contributors. ...

Thanks to Yannick Beauvalet who sent along these photos. He shot them on Sunday morning around 9:00am on the Ottawa River at the Little Chaudière Rapids, between the Champlain Bridge and Lemieux Island. Send us your great photos of Ottawa: feedback@ottawastart. ...

Here’s a great photo from Daniel Bach , who was out skating today the Rideau Canal. Today was the first day of skating season for 2012. And also a quote from one of our readers, Maureen : _ " ...

Thanks to all of our readers who sent along pics from today’s storm. Here are three of the best. You can send your cool photos of Ottawa to feedback@ottawastart.com [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/AjFArb5CQAMcuqh.jpg) by [ Alison Fowler ](http://www. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa for the week of January 12-18. Share your picks for great Ottawa events in the comments below. _ _ _ _ _ ** Ross Brown , blogger/writer/author/photog: ** ...

Check out this blog post with photos and details on how Craig Anderson’s goalie mask was created . The artist is John Pepe from Pepe Custom Paint . Also: Anderson is on Twitter: @craiganderson41 [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/The-Birth-of-a-Helmet-252C-with-John-from-Pepe-Custom-Paint-Anderson41-The-Official-Home-of-NHL-Goaltender-252C-Craig-Anderson.png) ** See also: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide ...

Here’s an Ottawa blog to add to your reading list: Women in Ottawa: Mentors and Milestones , written by Jeannine Ouellette. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Women-in-Ottawa-Mentors-and-Milestones.png) She says: _ “My blog profiles women who were born in Ottawa, or moved to Ottawa at some point in their life either to work or to study. ...