Ottawa voters wanted change - or did they? We’ve got a new mayor, but every Ottawa councillor who ran for re-election was voted back onto council. Some quick election notes: * Over 50% voter turn-out. That is considered pretty damn good for a municipal election. ...

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. ...