Not necessarily Ottawa for chip truck start-up, but the Ottawa Valley. There was a truck around Renfrew I think that claimed to be the first one!

Looking for something else after I sent you original feedback I came across the 'non-poutine' post, so here it is:

https://steemit.com/food/@a-alice/8-best-canadian-dishes-201792t17105923z

I don't think she's much competition for you as I think she's a compiler rather than a producer of original stuff like you. Still, I can't believe she has so many followers already. Go figure. (Edit: just remembered something a steem friend told me, she probably brought followers with her from another platform!)

I just got top-6 in the most recent #monomad challenge, very pleased. Going to check out your b&w now! Hey, they are good! I use b&w mostly indoors to open up a range of options because colour is often distorted depending on the type and amount of artificial light. But it's often good outdoors to, e.g. to capture the mood of a stark landscape. Just keep experimenting with it. monomad is good to showcase your work because she presents a different challenge every week and gets a lot of excellent contributions.