Here’s a photo of a tiny baby raccoon at the Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary . He was admitted to the facility at two weeks old and weighs 218g. The sanctuary is the only licensed rehabilitator of small animals in Eastern Ontario, and so far this year they’ve admitted 146 wild animals and turtles this year – more than the entire 2005 season. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/maya.jpg) One of the artifcats on display at _ [ MAYA: Secrets of their Ancient World ](http://www.civilization.ca/maya/) _ at the Museum of Civilization. While everybody’s distracted by the sex exhibit at the Museum of Science and Tech , several other museums have some great exhibits and events happening: ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciana_nechita/7155520172/) Tulip Festival, Ottawa 2012. Photo by [ Luciana Nechita ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciana_nechita/7155520172/in/pool-1894735@N21/) and shared on the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://flickr.com/groups/ottawastart) . [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) It’s the Victoria Day long weekend and the unofficial start of the summer in Ottawa. ...

Received this note recently fromVanessa Green, a story producer on HGTV’s Urban Suburban : "We are currently casting families for Season Two in Ottawa ... In case you aren't familiar with the show - in a different Canadian city each week, brother and sister real estate agents, Phil DuMoulin and Sarah Daniels compete to find one family their dream home. ...

The cutest photo we’ve seen from Ottawa Comiccon, featuring a stand-off between Boba Fett and a young stormtrooper. Photo by Kellie Fongski, used by permission. ** Update: ** The young man is a clone trooper, not a stormtrooper. I stand corrected. ...

Thanks to Ottawa photographer Ian Baxter for letting us share his Ottawa Comiccon photos here. We’re always looking for great photos of events and life in Ottawa. You can share them in the OttawaStart Flickr Pool , or email them to feedback@ottawastart. ...

Photographer David Peralty returned to Comiccon for Day 2 and here are some of his pics. (You can see his photos from Day 1 here .) [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitallifenews/7192067178/) [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitallifenews/7192062910/) [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitallifenews/7192064838/) [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitallifenews/7192065316/) [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitallifenews/7192068868/) [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitallifenews/7192073938/) ...

Thanks to David Peralty for a) taking these great photos from Day 1 of Comiccon and b) allowing us to republish a few of them here. ( ** UPDATE: ** Photos from Day 2 are here. ) ...

Lou Ferrigno, who starred in The Incredible Hulk, tweeted this earlier today: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ferrigno.png) He’s in town for Comiccon . ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Events Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/samosas.jpg) Potato and pea samosas. From [ iStockphoto ](http://www.istockphoto.com/) . It all started out so innocently when Wilson Lo tweeted this question on Thursday night: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/samosa-question.png) We retweeted his question on the @ottawastart Twitter feed, and our readers came up with these recommendations: ...