https://twitter.com/m_licalzi/status/517441922076782592 https://twitter.com/laurenskelly/status/517457967328002049 _ Today’s guest post comes from Brian Alkerton, and originally appeared on his blog . What do you think about Uber and our city’s response to it? Add your comments below or email us at feedback@ottawastart.com _ Uber is now in Ottawa… which is for the most part a good thing. ...

[caption id=“attachment_5220” align=“alignnone” width=“400”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

Safe Driving Awards were presented today by the Mayor of Ottawa, the City Manager, and the General Manager of Transit Services to 45 OC Transpo bus operators in recognition of their distinguished safe-driving records and their commitment to providing safe and reliable service to customers. ...

Ottawa Public Health (OPH), in partnership with the Ottawa School Transportation Authority (OSTA), the Ottawa Safety Council and Green Communities Canada, have launched the Walking School Bus pilot project at eight schools across Ottawa.   The 12-week pilot project offers a daily Walking School Bus for the morning trip to school on weekdays from September 29 to December 19. ...

A representative from the Florida-based Levenger Foundation Inc. visited multiple Ottawa Public Library (OPL) branches recently to give them each a donation of $1,000. These gifts are a wonderful way to kick-off Canadian Library Month!  The cheques, in US funds, were given to seven OPL branches (Centennial, Hazeldean, Manotick, Munster, North Gower, Richmond, and Stittsville) with no strings attached. ...

Top-selling rock band ** THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH ** consistently records the “fists-in-the-air” anthems embraced by the sports entertainment world to fire-up their faithful fans. The band’s second consecutive No. 1 selling _ Billboard _ Hard Rock album, ** _ OXYGEN:INHALE _ ** , released ...

Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. ** This week: ** “We meet up with Cat and Danielle from Citizens Academy to talk about everything that they are about especially their civics boot camps! ...

If you have a craft beer lover on your holiday gift list, your shopping just got a lot easier. VersaTile in collaboration with eight other local businesses has just launched the “Ottawa Craft Beer Coaster Collection” on their site at www. ...

[caption id=“attachment_4407” align=“alignnone” width=“500”] Colour in the Trees by Marcel Regimbald, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group[/caption] _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** ** ** ** ** Until Sunday, October 5: Ottawa Architecture Week ** Take a closer look at how architecture and design influence urban life. ...

Guest blogger Brian Double is training for a 100km from Ottawa to Montebello this weekend. He’s been checking in from time to time with udpates on his progress. You can read previous entries here. I joined the GoodGuysTri running team in March with two goals – raising $2,000 to End Kids Cancer and running 100km solo as part of the Sears Great Canadian Run on October 4. ...