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Photo: Lucy van Oldenbarneveld / via CBC Ottawa Two big names in Ottawa media announced some news this past week… Lucy van Oldenbarneveld will leave CBC Ottawa at the end of June. The TV anchor hasn’t said what’s next for her, but we know it’s not a retirement. ...

“For years I wanted to make my own TV show based on the late night “Nightmoves” show from the 1980s,” writes Ottawa artist and storyteller Andrew King . “Now it has happened. Airing on FibeTV1 _ OTTAWANDER _ takes viewers on a ghostly wander through empty Ottawa streets set to a soundtrack by local band ‘orienteers’. ...

_ (press release) _ As of today, Canadians can subscribe to an affordable basic television package that costs no more than $25 per month. They will also have the option of supplementing this package with additional channels, either individually or in bundles of up to 10 channels. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears most Tuesday mornings on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ _ _ _ _ I don’t usually watch the CRTC hearings. ...

_ 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 . _ ** ** Did you hear the head honchos from CBC at the CRTC? ...

_ A regular feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/01.-From-Somerset.jpg) _ Originally known as the Laurentian Towers, the Suites of Somerset has seen its share of action. Image: July 2014. _ With the significant number of apartment towers that were constructed around Ottawa during the 1960s and 1970s, it would be easy to forget that for every two constructed, there is probably one that didn’t make it off the drawing board. ...

_ 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 . _ “Victory” by Alain Villeneuve, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group ...

From the OttawaStart Community News feed: It all started in 1963, with black-and white vignettes about the loon, the moose, the gannet and the beaver… Over five decades, Hinterland Who’s Who has inspired thousands of Canadians to connect with wildlife in many different ways. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo.png) Last week I was watching the Olympic closing ceremony several hours after the fact on my PVR, and I wondered out loud on Twitter: _ “Idea: App that time delays your Twitter feed so you can watch PVR’d shows with accompanying snarky tweets. ...

Received this note recently fromVanessa Green, a story producer on HGTV’s Urban Suburban : "We are currently casting families for Season Two in Ottawa ... In case you aren't familiar with the show - in a different Canadian city each week, brother and sister real estate agents, Phil DuMoulin and Sarah Daniels compete to find one family their dream home. ...