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[caption id=“attachment_78807” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] An Inuksuk display. (Photo by G. Gower / 2017)[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_78806” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] A mosaiculture display at MosaiCanada. (Photo by G. Gower / 2017)[/caption] _ After attracting huge crowds for Canada 150, Mosaïculture returns to Gatineau for 2018. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/40070323@N07/12470178255/) _ (Update via Canadian Heritage Feb. 16) _ Mother Nature is at it again! The weather conditions are forcing the Rideau Canal to close until further notice, so updates regarding the 38th Annual Accora Village Bed Race and the Waiters and Waitresses Race planned for this weekend on the skateway will be shared on our Twitter feed. ...

[caption id=“attachment_67963” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Mayor Jim Watson says OC Transpo bus drivers who operate in Gatineau will be instructed to ignore Bill 62, a new Quebec law which bans people from wearing face coverings which receiving public services. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] ...

[caption id=“attachment_67668” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Flooding behind Parliament Hill. The Ottawa River’s water level has increased by 33 cm on the Ontario side since Friday. (Dan Roodman/Submitted)[/caption] Officials in Ottawa and Gatineau are preparing for flood recovery, as water levels continue to drop. ...

Hydro Ottawa has posted some incredible aerial footage of the Ottawa River raging over Chaudière Falls. Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhS4cATu2h4 The name “Chaudière” roughly translates as “Cauldron”, and was named by early French explorers. For centuries before the explorers, the falls were known as “Akikodjiwan”, the name given to the falls by the Anishinaabe people. ...

The Canadian Museum of History is proud to have acquired a number of objects from the Winkworth Collection of Canadiana following an auction held by Christie’s Auction House in London today.  Born in 1929 to an English father and Canadian mother, Peter Winkworth was raised in Montréal. ...

Thanks to Carmen H. for sharing these great pics of hot air balloons over Gatineau. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BTE_GGsCMAEMnlQ.jpg) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BTE-Kz7CUAAOvRb.jpg) And here are a few from Stéphane Tourangeau , who posted lots of great balloon photos to his Twitter feed this morning. ...

Thanks to Sean McConnery for sending along this photo of the Wilson Carbide ruins. He shot this during a hike in Gatineau Park. Sean says: _ The ruins are located about 1.5 km from P11 (O'Brian Beach). Mother Nature had provided me with the dramatic lighting of the ruins which makes it an excellent black and white photo. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/5760578820_b0ae9e69b1_z.jpg) ** ** The town of Pointe Gatineau, looking across to the Ottawa skyline. Photo by Lydia Bociurkiw , posted here with permission. _ We’re always on the look-out for great photos of our city. Please send yours to feedback@ottawastart. ...

Saw this on David Karp’s Blog : In the [ Outaouais region ](http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/regions/profils/region_07/region_07_00_an.htm) (the Quebec portion of Greater Ottawa), central planners [ have been controlling hair cuts ](http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=//D_2/D2R4_A.htm) : who you can get them from, the minimum price hairdressers can charge, and what hours they can work. ...