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_ (A version of this article originally appeared on the Awesome Ottawa web site.) _ April’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Graeme Peterson, to support community beekeeping, as well as demonstration and education, by the Ottawa Community Beekeepers . ...

This is really cool. Ottawa balloon artist Brad Wood created these amazing Star Wars balloon sculptures at today’s Funatorium Explorium at the Ernst & Young Centre. We’ve featured Wood’s work before, when he “popped” the question to his girlfriend . ...

A video report from the Hill Times about Adam Perrin. Maybe you’ve seen him controlling traffic in front of Parliament Hill. Looks like fun. ** See also: ** Ottawa Traffic Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

Yes, these are fireworks. They were shot earlier this summer by David Johnson, and you can see more on his web site: daveyjphoto.com ... he shot them at the Casino du Lac Leamy Sound & Light show back in August. ...

A couple hundred people showed up to Parliament Hill today at lunch time for a giant Zumba dance party . There were even mounties: (video via Ottawa Tourism ) The event was sponsored by the Metcalfe St Chiropractic and Wellness Centre. ...

After the short rain in Ottawa earlier this evening, a rainbow appeared. Lots of people took photos of it. Here are some of the best ones, all published here with permission of the photographers. _ (If you have a photo of tonight’s rainbow, add a link to the comments below, or post it to the OttawaStart Flickr Group . ...

_ "This is a digital dub of a 7 minute, 45 second 16 mm film produced in 1971 by the National Research Council of Canada, in Ottawa. It demonstrates not only one of the first ineractve computer systems for animation, one used for production, it was also an outstanding example of early user-centred design. ...

Here’s a video shot earlier this year by Ottawa unicyclist Tim Bouma. Tim often commutes on his unicycle on the streets of Ottawa and has posted several cool videos featuring unicycles, juggling, rubik’s cubes and more. This is why the invented the GoPro HD camera. ...

These photos come from Craig at the Bells Corners Blog . This is neighbourhood bonspiel in the Lakeview community. Craig says: "The guy who organizes the community bonspiel is the same guy who maintains the ice for the City of Ottawa - he's widely recognized as the " ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6581609569_bc3468cc20_z.jpg) ** Peace Tower Lights. ** Photo by [ Mike Alexander ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealex/6581609569/in/pool-1894735@N21/) via [ OttawaStart's Flickr Pool ](http://flickr.com/groups/ottawastart) . Here's part of an interesting article that appeared recently in [ OttawaStart Community News ](http://ottawastart. ...