Photo: Aftermath of a hit-and-run downtown that killed a cyclist on Thursday, May 16. (Photo/Gabriel Rivett-Carnac) It was a hit-and-run driver that killed a cyclist on Laurier Avenue Thursday, but the underlying cause of their death was bad road engineering. ...

Photo: “Alone” by Derek Mellon, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group. Corrections or suggestions for this list? Please email feedback@ottawastart.com. Monday, May 20 is a stat holiday in Ontario and Quebec. Groceries & Beer & Shopping: Most grocery stores & retail outlets in Ontario are closed on Monday. ...

The City of Ottawa would like to remind residents of the following schedule changes for Victoria Day, Monday, May 20. Client services: * Ottawa City Hall and all seven Client Service Centres, including the Government Service Centre located at 110 Laurier Avenue West, will be closed. ...

Our file photo of the mayor is now badly outdated. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Looks like Jim Watson got laser eye surgery… Whoa, really have to get used to seeing the mayor without glasses. https://t.co/v4HIbHP0tz — Jon Willing (@JonathanWilling) May 9, 2019 But don’t worry, Andrew King has created a visual guide to help you recognize the mayor. ...

OC Transpo’s new website. OC Transpo has finally stepped into 2019 with a new website. They posted a blog that explains all the new features. It’s a much more modern design than what they had before and, because it’s responsive, their mobile-only site will be retired. ...

Yes, there are fireworks in Ottawa for Victoria Day 2019! The “official” fireworks are by the Canadian Tulip Festival, who will be setting them off over Dow’s Lake at 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 19.

Bikes at the uOttawa campus. Photo by Jordan Schulz, used under a Creative Commons license. With an expansive and growing network of routes, pathways and lanes operated by the city and NCC, and with a strong community base for it, Ottawa is very much a cycling city. ...

Tulips at Lansdowne Park, 2019. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Where: Commissioners Park (main), Major’s Hill Park and Landsdowne Park. When: May 10-20. Cost: Free The Canadian Tulip Festival runs from May 10 to May 20, 2019 and will feature hundreds of thousands tulips in bloom around the city. ...

An edition of Ottawa South Community Voice from September 2018. The Ottawa South edition of the Community Voice newspaper will no longer print. The paper’s editor Patrick Uguccioni tweeted they had to pull the plug because of low advertising revenue. “We just couldn’t get enough advertisers on board to make it work,” he wrote. ...

(Screenshot) Here’s a neat look at all OC Transpo buses running on a weekday. This is so cool - Ottawa OC Transpo Transit Flow timelapse #ottlrt https://t.co/bs6Pt9Pwm5 — The New Ottawa (@OttawaTomorrow) April 29, 2019 Calgary blogger Saadiq Mohiuddin wanted to “admire the craziness of public transit,” so he used a tool called Transitflow to visualize GFTS data for several Canadian public transit systems, including OC Transpo. ...