fake friday

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[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sticker5.jpg) Westboro DINKS The recent trend of vehicle owners adhering stickers to their back windows denoting their family status has taken a turn for the worst as new, more detailed stickers have appeared on a number of area minivans and SUVs. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/flax.jpg) _ Westboro _ The hot, humid weather of the holiday weekend prompted some area kids to set up a thirst quenching, good ol' fashioned organic flaxseed stand at the corner of Golden and Avondale. With prompting from their overbearing and health conscious parents, the kids original idea of a lemonade stand was altered so they would offer more health-oriented organic flax seed smoothies, with optional wheatgrass additive. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/71_candidate_gary-beamish.jpg) _ Ottawa _ The recent heatwave staggering the regions of Eastern Canada have brought temperatures into the mid-30s, but with a “humidex"factor of reaching into the 40s. The increasing humidex factor has many people wondering how the humidex is calculated, as most times it is simply stated as “Feels like 43 with the humidex” during weather updates. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/snotoastmobile.jpg) The SnoToastmobile Two local entrepreneurs have announced a new frozen treat concept that they're calling "SnoToast". (Other names considered included "PolarLoaf" and "Toasticle".) The concept is simple: it’s a piece of bread, carefully frozen and then served up fresh from a bicycle freezer cart called a “SnoToastMobile”. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/watsoncommandvehicle.jpg) _ _ Ottawa _ _ The Mayor of Ottawa will now be able to triple his appearances at various events throughout the city using a new Mobile Command Vehicle. Enabling the mayor and his staff to efficiently plan and execute appearances by the Mayor, the 3. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/westborobeach.jpg) _ Westboro _ Westboro Beach sunbathers will be treated to a special sand between their toes after Kitchissippi Ward Councillor Katherine Hobbs approved the use of specially imported fair trade organic sand trucked in from Kenyan and Ethiopian sand fields. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/adhel2.jpg) _ Ottawa _ The competitive radio scene in Ottawa continues to heat up after it was announced today that a broadcasting licence was awarded to the New ADHEL 99.9, a radio station that will only broadcast ads and Adele. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/kayaktrench.jpg) _ Westboro _ Flooding of the OC Transpo Transitway trench that runs from Westboro Station to Bayview Station began yesterday after residents of the area successfully lobbied City Hall to convert the 4 km stretch of trench into a kayak commuting canal. ...

_ (A day late with this, but still…) _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/beard2.jpg) _ Ottawa _ The Ottawa Senators dramatic loss to the New York Rangers after Monday night’s Game 6 has some people speculating the player’s beards may be the root of their problem. ...