Yoni Freedhoff writes on the Weighty Matters blog: I'm frankly gob-smacked that according to the nutrition facts label there are still 1.5grams of trans-fats in 3 of these teeny weeny cookies. Girl Guides of Canada are quite aware of this. ...

Does anybody remember Robert Larter? He’s the guy who ran for mayor in 2006, but made himself totally unavailable to any media covering the election (We blogged about him last October.) Amazingly, he ended up with 667 total votes. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ottawa-zombie-walk-a-photoset-on-Flickr_1192412646625.png) Zombies invaded Ottawa today. SMN was there with a camera. Last year: Zombie Walk Ottawa 2006 ** Related: ** Ottawa Events Guide

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ELgiN-StreEt-iRReguLars-Why-we-love-Elgin-Street_1192334823546.png) Check out this great photo on the ELgiN StreEt iRReguLars blog … part of a post about multiculturalism on Elgin Street . ** Related: ** Ottawa Food Guide

* What a boring [ election ](http://ottawastart.com/election_ontario.php) - at least in Ottawa. * All the incumbents got back in: Norm Sterling, Lisa MacLeod, Phil McNeely, Dalton McGuinty, Madeleine Meilleur & Jim Watson. * The only "new guy" is Yasir Naqvi, a Liberal in Ottawa Centre. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ottawasun.com-News-Correction_1191674309812.png) Oops. The Ottawa Sun printed a correction today, apologizing for a column that incorrectly reported that parliamentarian Herb Gray was dead. He isn’t: "A column in Friday's Sun incorrectly reported longtime parliamentarian Herb Gray is dead. In fact, he is not. ...

Today’s rant comes courtesy of the Urban Pedestrian blog, and it’s all about Ottawa’s cab drivers. Anyway, I seriously digress; so let me say this about that. I have never encountered a more incompetent, ill-mannered, vulgar assemblage of taxi drivers anywhere in any of my travels than I have in Ottawa. ...

There was a fire on our street early Saturday morning in Kanata, so we went online to search for any photos or videos. There were lots of people on the street with cameras, camcorders, and cellphones - but so far we haven’t found anything posted online. ...

Here’s part of a post today on the Urban Pedestrian blog, that starts with a complaint about the cigarette butts that people leave in front of office buildings, and moves on from there: ** ** The area just in front of my workplace door is littered with a thick, tacky carpet of cigarette butts. ...

Local blogger & former city council candidate [ Perry Marleau ](http://perrymarleau.ca/wordpress/?page_id=2) has come up with a unique way to raise money for the United Way : ** ** For my own part, I will donate $1.00 for every unique visitor that visits my website at [ City Limits ](http://perrymarleau. ...