As they do every year around Labour Day, OC Transpo has added, tweaked and changed some bus routes with a goal of improving service . Some of the changes in effect as of today: * Service to new neighbourhoods: 171 in Barrhaven South 184 in Kanata West 122 in Orleans East * Expanded hours & frequency in the evenings for route 94. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/festfest2.jpg) With somewhat limited excitement, FestFest is gearing up to be the 37th consecutive festival held in Ottawa this summer. Following on the heels of the Hot Air Balloon Festival, Festfest hopes to appeal to crowds who want to celebrate festivals, with a festival. ...

Shannon Lee Mannion wrote today’s guest blog post. She’s the former Auto-Biography columnist with the Ottawa Citizen, and currently she’s an urban pop artist who uses discarded computer keyboards as her canvas. She is also a squirrel rescuer ...

Today’s guest blog comes from Rachelle Todd . Rachelle’s a public servant, actor, does stand-up comedy, and also entertainment event planning. She enjoys taking pictures whenever and wherever the inspiration hits, and lives in Centretown. [ ! ...

Catherine Cusson-Garneau wrote today’s guest blog. She’s a sociology student at UofO, working towards becoming an urban planner. In the mean time, she does another form of urban planning by suggesting date ideas in Ottawa through her blog, Ottawa Date Ideas ...

Today’s guest blog is written by Keenan Wellar , the co-founder and CEO of LiveWorkPlay , an Ottawa-based charity supporting people with intellectual disabilities and families. He’s truly an all-around good guy, and he’s contributed a really thoughtful piece about the evolution of Ottawa’s charitable sector. ...

I never thought that any event would top the awesome factor of weekly yoga sessions on the front lawn of our national legislature, but this could be it: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/152932283-2fb71b13c649a438368c8f6631e0aa0b.4c795cb0-full.jpg) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/152923929-ecf3d2945bc48b30d817942a59f96dc0.4c795cb0-scaled.jpg) Photos by [ @ottguy ](http://twitter.com/ottguy) , taken yesterday afternoon. ...

1. A [ slightly better ](http://twitter.com/ihateoctranspo) week fo OC Transpo. At least the O-Train is back online. 2. [ Ian Black ](http://twitter.com/BlacksWeather) says we're closing in on an all-time rain record for August. (In fact we may have surpassed it by now. ...

_ Wellington West _ - The much discussed and heralded "artisan" bread that many local restaurants proudly serve has been appointed gallery status by Sphere Gallery on Wellington Street West. Located in the heart of what has now been dubbed " ...

Today’s guest blog is from Aaron Sadhankar . He’s a local software developer and entrepreneur. Music is one of his big passions, and so is “anything tech”. He also takes beautiful photos of local concerts . There are few things I love more in life than live music. ...