Several local photographers have posted photos on Flickr . from today’s Remembrance Day ceremony in downtown Ottawa . A sampling of photographers: * [ appaloosa ](http://flickr.com/photos/appaloosa/62151164/) * [ cultured jimmy ](http://flickr.com/photos/jnorminton/294773803/) * [ firequall ](http://flickr.com/photos/firequall/62220468/) * [ miaouphoto ](http://flickr. ...

A quick round-up of election night coverage planned for local tv & radio: * ** [ CTV Ottawa ](http://ottawastart.com/tv.php) (Cable 7): ** Special election coverage program, 8:30pm to 9:00pm. Frequent updates throughout the evening. Full update at 11:30PM with Leigh Chapple. ...

A-Channel News reports : ** ** Production has been shut down at the Hershey Chocolate Factory in Smiths Falls, and the company isn’t saying when it will start up again. Reading a statement from head office in Hershey, Pennsylvania, company spokesman John Long says that during one of several quality checks yesterday “an externally-sourced ingredient that did not meet our standards” was detected. ...

Back in September, we ran a series about how to improve Kanata Centrum for pedestrians and cars. One of our suggestions was to add a crosswalk at the Walmart across Earl Grey Drive. Well, we’re happy to report that there is now a crosswalk, with traffic lights and everything. ...

Ottawa has a new weekly newspaper, called the City Journal . It’s billed as “Ottawa’s Urban Newsweekly”, and published by Transcontinental, the same company that puts out the Ottawa Business Journal . We haven’t seen the paper version yet, but we’ve been reading the articles online via the handy RSS feed. ...

Earlier this week, we posted a pic of a 1131-pound, world record squash, grown by Brant Timm of Pembroke: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/2006-10-29-squash.jpg) So hat do you do with a 1131-pound squash? You make lots of pumpkin pie, or you get creative like Brant’s wife Deb, and carve it. ...

We keep reading & hearing complaints from Ottawa residents about how they’re having trouble finding information about election candidates. Three suggestions: Visit OttawaStart’s Election Gu ide , for links to each candidate’s official web site. Check out CBC Ottawa’s Ottawa Votes 2006 ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/duffy.jpg) ** Ottawa Sun blogger Anne Marie McQueen tells how you can get your hands on a giant photograph of Mike Duffy (and a pumpkin, too!) Related: ** Ottawa Guide

The Loeb store near Booth & Somerset is slated to close before the end of the year. We used to live in the area, and having a grocery store within 10 minutes walking distance was a big reason we moved into the neighbourhood. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Ottawa-20Zombie-20Walk-202006-20on-20Flickr-20-20Photo-20Sharing-211161740389578.png) Sunday was the annual Zombie Walk in Ottawa. People dressed up as zombies met up at Beechwood Cemetary, then walked down Rideau Street towards Parliament Hill. There are currently 99 photos on Flickr tagged with “Ottawa Zombie Walk”. You should have a look . ...