[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sutcliffe.png) As we all head back to work after a great long weekend, here’s a column from Mark Sutcliffe from Friday’s Ottawa Citizen. It’s about a concept to extend Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa into a weekend or even week-long festival event. ...

Here’s another shot I like of Friday’s fireworks, showing a crowd watching the fireworks near the National Gallery . Photo by Christopher Dunn , used here by permission. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/5894576006_c702d1e109_z.jpg) Photo by Christopher Dunn, [ original here ](http://www. ...

I saw a lot of photos of Canada Day fireworks from Friday , but I kinda liked this shot of what the city looks like _ after _ the fireworks. Here’s a hazy, smoky Byward Market. Photo by Paul Galipeau , used here by permission. ...

I really like this photo called " Watching the royal watchers “, from Robin Kelsey. A great combo of colours, hats and cameras. Mixed with a bit of weariness and slight bemusement. Robin has one of Ottawa’s best photo blogs, Watawa Life . ...

Mayor Jim Watson dropped by to a BBQ in Centretown and yesterday afternoon and posted this on Twitter : ** ** [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Twitter-2540JimWatsonOttawa-Fun-party-in-centretown-2521-T-....png) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa City Hall Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) While everybody’s attention is on Parliament Hill for Canada Day and Will and Kate’s excellent Ottawa adventure , there tons of otehr great events happening this week in O-Town. Here are our contributors picks for the greatest events this week. ...

[  ](http://parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/newhillcam.jpg) Live shot of [ Parliament Hill ](http://ottawastart.com/hillcam.php) . Photo courtesy of the [ Government of Canada ](http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/camera-eng.html) . Ahhh… Canada Day Eve … the night kids have been waiting for all year long, when the Prime Minister travels across the country in his sleigh and delivers maple syrup and Celine Dion cd’s to little boys and girls who’ve been good citizens all year long. ...

Earlier this week I posted some photos of the stage set-up on Parliament Hill . Half a million people are expected there on Canada Day , but thousands and thousands more will attend local events all over our region. ...

Thanks to Arne Berg for sending along this great shot of Kate at Rideau Hall today. You can check out more of Arne’s photos here. (And in the interest of balance, if you can’t stand all this Royal Tour talk, check out these two Twitter feeds for a good dose Royal Smartass: @iscoff and @theodotblog ) ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IMG-20110610-00210.jpg) ** ** Here’s a picture of my daughter Sophie and her kindergarten teacher Denise Payette. Madame Payette teaches senior kindergarten to french immersion students at Stittsville Public School. Coincidentally, she was also my kindergarten teacher in 1983-84 at Merivale Public School in Nepean. ...