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Great suggestions by Rose at The $10 Life for fun stuff that Will and Kate can do when they visit Ottawa in July. Forget the Changing of the Guard and the RCMP Musical Ride, how about: * A gold circle pass to the Ottawa Bluesfest. ...

Were you one of the few hundred people who stood around on Parliament Hill waiting for fireworks on New Year’s Eve , only to head home disappointed? Well there’s hope for next time, maybe. From an article in today’s Ottawa Citizen : ...

…the international arrivals area at the Ottawa International Airport . Full of families, hugs, old friends, smiles, kisses, tears, reunions. _ Any other happy locations you can suggest? Add them to the comments below. _ ** Related: ** Ottawa Travel Guide

Today’s guest blog comes from Rachelle Todd . Rachelle’s a public servant, actor, does stand-up comedy, and also entertainment event planning. She enjoys taking pictures whenever and wherever the inspiration hits, and lives in Centretown. [ ! ...

This morning’s guest blog is from Ken Mellon , resident of Barrhaven, father of two girls, and a Personal Financial Advisor for Alterna Savings & Credit Union. He took all the photos here too. The family and I just returned from a six day road trip. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cool-video.jpg) We posted this on OttawaStart’s Twitter feed yesterday – a video that is definition of “Cool Ottawa”. When someone asks you what’s summer’s like in Ottawa, or why you love living here – this is the video you can send them. ...

Here’s another video preview of Mosiaka, the new sound and light show on Parliament Hill. It’s a multmedia show with video projection on the Peace Tower and Parliament Buildings – looks very cool. ** Related: ** Ottawa Tourism Guide

This video from the Canadian Tourism Commission looks like a lot of fun: ** Related: ** Ottawa Boating Guide

The NCC will debut a new nightly sound and light show on Parliament Hill on July 8, but over the past few weeks they’ve been testing and rehearsing the multimedia show. ** ** It’s called ** ** [ Mosaika ](http://www. ...

One of our favourite new local blogs is Ottawa Ephemera , posting the “flotsam and jetsam of this city, washed up on telephone poles, wastebaskets, iPhones and mailboxes”. Earlier this week they featured the cover of a 1992 Archie comic book where Archie & friends visit … Ottawa! ...