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[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/9801445993) Photo: Cotton Candy Clouds by David Johnson, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ Glass is half full kind of Canadians should thank Mike Duffy for the investigative journalism he’s undertaken which is revealing the depth of corruption and depravity within our system of government. ...

Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/53c51568d535cf914e000022.jpeg) Delivery crews loading green bins into trailers for delivery. [ City of Ottawa photo. ](https://www. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ It pains me to hear Canadian journalists who are predicting that tennis will be elevated as a sport in this country now that we’ve had two Canucks in the Wimbledon Finals. ...

_ 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 . _ _ _ _ _ It is said that membership has its privileges. ...

_ 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 . _ For the first time in my life, I’ve actually thought about NOT VOTING in an Ontario election. ...

_ 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 . _ I grew up under the care and tutilege of a single mother. ...

_ 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 . _ _ _ Last week, I was watching Power Play , the CTV blorgfest chaired by the cherubic Don Martin who was discussing the current state of the job market. ...

_ 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 . _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/roj.jpg) I spent yesterday morning with my friend Roger Levett, or perhaps I should say, I spent the morning with the last vestiges of the old guy who had expired during the night and lay resting on his bed, waiting for the funeral directors to come fetch him. ...

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 . [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/finnie.jpg) _ Photo by Scott Troyer _ I was so damned excited that the Ottawa Farmer’s Market was opening this weekend, I nearly wet myself. ...

_ 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 . _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2004-06-18-justvote3.jpg) Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://about. ...