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[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wellystrollerlane.jpg) Ottawa - City council Wednesday approved a pilot project to install a segregated stroller lane along one side of Wellington Street from Parkdale Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue in Westboro. The two-year pilot project is expected to cost $1. ...

With “Kindness Week” gaining momentum across the city, OC Transpo drivers are joining in on the acts of kindness by limiting the use of the F-word while they berate passengers on board. OC Transpo feels the edited profanity will help bring a positive note to ridership and encourage riders to spread positive acts of kindness throughout the city. ...

Two headlines from The O-Dot that made me laugh this week: * [ SuperEx Cancelled For 2011, April Wine, Helix Left Scrambling For A Gig ](http://twitter.com/theodotblog/status/35143159717564417) * [ Mullets/Carnies Gather At Lansdowne To Remember SuperEx Tonight ](http://twitter.com/theodotblog/statuses/35419129288593408) ** Related: ** Ottawa SuperEx Guide

Ottawa - After Health Canada issued a frostbite warning for most of Eastern Ontario yesterday, thousands of flight capable street pigeons are regretting not making the trek south with the rest of their aviary companions who are settling in to a warm climate in the Southern United States. ...

Ottawa - The CBSC or "Canadian Broadcast Standards Council" responsible for recently banning the song Money for Nothing by Dire Straits has decided to censor itself from Canadian airwaves after ruling that the word "broad" was too offensive. The news comes after a complaint from a listener to OZ-FM in Newfoundland who heard the song Money for Nothing, a radio staple since 1985, stating it violates the code of ethics on several fronts due to the use of a slander for someone who is gay. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/skating-on-the-rideau-canal.jpg) Ottawa- In an effort to ease congested traffic in the downtown core, the National Capital Commission in conjunction with City Hall, opened a 2.5 km stretch of the now frozen Rideau Canal skate-way to both skaters and commuter vehicle traffic. ...

Westboro - The affluent neighbourhood of Westboro will be enjoying the use of imported artisan sea salt on its roads this winter thanks to a motion passed by Ward Councillor Katherine Hobbs. Hobbs had requested the use of the special salt or " ...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ottawa _ - As the holiday season approaches, more and more craft shows and church bazaars are being held which offer countless hand made crafts to idea starved consumers. ...

McKellar Park - A pleasant morning was marred Tuesday when a small chickadee was assaulted, pecked and left for dead by a large crow in the McKellar Park area of Ottawa. Known to area residents for its loud and obnoxious early morning cawing from a telephone wire on Dovercourt Avenue, the large crow apparently attacked the chickadee when it approached the crow and tweeted politely for him to keep it down as neighbouring birds were still trying to sleep. ...

_ _ _ _ _ Westboro _ - A three foot patch of grass in Westboro has recently been purchased by Ashcroft homes and plans are underway for a 12 story condominium building on the site with construction beginning April 2011. ...