Next week, the Ottawa Citizen will stop using honorifics – the use of “Mr.”, “Mrs.”, “Dr.”, etc. According to writer Tom Spears on the Dark Matter Science blog : In 10 days we will stop using honorifics. Citizen management has decided that after a dozen years, all references to Mr. ...

There’s an updated list of Ottawa Food Blogs here… We recently updated our Food Guide with some new local food blogs, and can’t believe how many food blogs there are in Ottawa. Who knew Ottawa was so hungry? Here’s a list of Ottawa food blogs so far (and a couple about drinking too). ...

Dave Delage posts some interesting numbers from Google on The Daily Breakthrough blog : Ottawa Football - 5400 Ottawa Football Team - 210 Ottawa CFL Team - 91 Ottawa Soccer - 12,100 Ottawa Soccer Team - 480 Ottawa MLS Team - Not Enough Data ...

Seen on Katy O’Malley’s blog today: ** ** ObamaWatch: He’s coming! He’s really coming! Well, they’re [ shutting down the airspace ](http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2009/13/c8550.html) around our fair city, at least, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p. ...

** Update: Please see our Ottawa Swimming Guide for a list of salt water pools in Ottawa . ** A reader asks: “I am looking for an indoor pool in Ottawa that is chlorine free. Other cities have ozonated pools and salt pools. ...

Ottawa’s new baseball team this summer won’t be the Lynx or the Rapidz (or the Rapids). The team is letting fans vote on their favourite name until February 17. The choices: ** ** * Ottawa Colonels * Ottawa Jax * Ottawa Raftsmen * Ottawa Trappers * Ottawa Voyageurs Fans can vote by emailing to ottawacanam@hotmail. ...

[ ](http://wendybolandpt.ca/) We’re pleased to announce the launch of WendyBolandPT.ca – a new web site created by OttawaStart Internet Services for Wendy Boland. She’s a physiotherapist in Ottawa , specializing in a wide range of treatments including acupuncture, individual exercise programs, sports injury rehab, and more. ...

The Ottawa Sun is reporting that OC Transpo will be providing real-time updates of the capacity left in park and ride lots starting on Monday. The updates will be available at OC Transpo’s web site . With depleted service in the suburbs, the lots are expected to fill quickly – so this could be a useful tool for commuters. ...

Required reading: Relief - and recimination , by the Ottawa Citizen’s David Reevely. Some highlights: The city botched it. Leave aside the merits of each side's argument and look at how they fought. The city misjudged the importance of work scheduling to the workers — was very possibly ignorant of the system's origins only 10 years ago. ...

Check out the latest from isthebusstrikeoveryet.com ** ** [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/isthebusstrikeoveryet.jpg) ** Related: ** Ottawa OC Transpo Guide