Homeless youth can find a space to foster their creativity and make money at the same time through BeadWorks at Operation Come Home. Operation Come Home is mandated to provide support programs to prevent homeless youth from becoming homeless adults. 
Richard CoelhoThe BeadWorks studio is located in the Operation Come Home building on 150 Gloucester St. in Centretown. BeadWorks provides homeless youth with a safe, creative space to work and an opportunity make money at the same time.
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Winterlude 2012: Second weekend
Lauren Mitsuki
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Olivier Caron shaves a wooden board using the traditional woodworking tools of the Kettle Boys. Children had the opportunity to chop, shave, and decorate their own pieces of wood during Winterlude.
Ottawans and tourists alike braved the cold, packing the Rideau Canal and Confederation Park for the second weekend of Winterlude. Confederation Park was abuzz with people as concerts, workshops and demonstrations wowed everyone in attendance. This weekend's skaters enjoyed the bright sun on the Rideau Canal, watched the unveiling of new ice sculptures and snacked on BeaverTails and poutines.
Ice Art: In the Making
This year’s international ice carving competition at Confederation Park included a giant squid, a ferocious Viking, and a psychedelic wink so curvy it seemed to defy the brittle medium out of which it was carved. The quarter-century old competition featured carvers representing 12 different countries, including Iraq, Mexico, France and the Philippines. Over three days and 30 hours, 14 teams of two carvers each transformed thousands of pounds of ice into stunning crystalline works of art. The grueling competition, which requires physical endurance and constant attention to detail despite frozen appendages, began on Feb. 3, 2012, and ended on Feb. 5. While the competition contained some tragedy this year, the end result was the same – a long soak in a hot tub. 
Adam KvetonIce carvers use an array of odd tools to form their elegant works of art, including this board with dozens of screws drilled through it. By roughing up the blocks of ice, carvers make it easier to glue separate blocks together using nothing but water and freezing temperatures.
This year’s winners:
Third: Fedor Markov (Yakutsk, Russia) and Vasiliy Sivtsev (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) for “Milky Way”.
Second: Samuel Girault (Le Blanc Mesnil, France) and Michal Mizula (Poznan, Poland) for "Cosmic Wink".
First and Media's Choice: Antonio Baisas (Gatineau, Quebec) and Ross Baisas (Verdun, Quebec) for "Viking's Last Ride".
Winterlude 2012: Opening weekend
Portia Baladad
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Fireworks are set off on the Alexandria Bridge crossing the Rideau River, February 3, 2012. The twenty minute fireworks show marks the start of Winterlude 2012.
Fireworks, ice and music helped kick off the 34th Winterlude on Friday Feb. 3, 2012. All weekend long, kids of all ages enjoyed the Snowflake Kingdom at Jacques-Cartier Park and families laced up their skates at the recently re-opened Rideau Canal Skateway. This year's War of 1812 themed festivities will run until Feb. 20.
