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Creating lasting change happens one person and community at a time. Recognizing the power youth have in inspiring healthy change in their communities, the Canadian Cancer Society’s Youth 4 Action grant program helps young people across Ontario lead projects that raise awareness about important health policy issues and educate community members about ways to prevent cancer. ...

[caption id=“attachment_7744” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”] Photos by Hollie Davies[/caption] It all began with a simple documentary called Food Inc. It’s about corporate farming in the United States, and the idea that agribusiness produces food that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears Tuesday mornings on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_20140907_114914.jpg) One of the great delights of life is to tool around to the different farmers' markets, stalls and farms in search of autumn’s great bountiful. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ _ _ CBC reported this week that an Ottawa therapist turned aesthetician has been doing face lifts and nose jobs in her home. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ I have just returned from the Rexall Drugstore where I waited ten minutes to get the flu shot. I didn’t feel it, not even a prick. ...

Picked up a lot of free stuff today at Westfest , but this was the most interesting one … a business card from CancerDogs.ca : [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Ottawa-20110612-00224.jpg) On the back, it says: _ "Help us develop a new non-invasive method of detecting cancer earlier and more accurately than conventional screening. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ShowImage.jpg) A little break from all this election stuff to bring you a G [ reat Moment in Canadian Product Recalls TM ](http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=1326) . ** See also: ** Ottawa Shopping Guide

Here’s a note from Jason Tetro , who blogs over at " The Germ Guy Blog: Confessions of a Mercurial Microbiologist “. _ Over the next few days in Ottawa, you may see a different side to our wonderful city. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Civic_CIFX01.jpg) _ _ _ (photo by Ross Brownfoot) _ _ _ ** Recommended reading: ** Ross Brownfoot’s blog post about the Civic Hospital sign . This is one of the coolest signs in the city - a real landmark at the corner of Carling and Holland. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ottawastart_purple.jpg) OttawaStart is purple today in support of D.I.F.D Purple Pledge Day. Thousands of people in schools, on hockey teams and in the business community will wear purple and pledge their support to the Daron Richardson Fund. More info… ...