[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/catdriver.jpg) _ Ottawa _ The recent hiring of cat bus drivers within OC Transpo has one city watchdog upset and warning they may pose a serious hazard on city streets. With most cat drivers taking over the more stressful bus routes within the city, watchdogs are warning that the cat drivers could suddenly turn erratic, causing sudden changes in direction of the bus, or even applying the brakes dangerously. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/8188160507/) ** Swimming Duck. ** Photo by Marcel [ Regimbald ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/8188160507/in/pool-ottawastart) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best local events in Ottawa this week. ...

Besides news and event information, OttawaStart also offers a range of digital marketing services including digital content strategy , social media planning , writing , graphic design and video . Here’s a web video we launched last week for Vespa Hair Design , a local hair salon on Somerset. ...

A video report from the Hill Times about Adam Perrin. Maybe you’ve seen him controlling traffic in front of Parliament Hill. Looks like fun. ** See also: ** Ottawa Traffic Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cutfinger.jpg) _ Ottawa _ A student at Westboro Alternative Montessori suffered a nasty paper cut during craft time yesterday, forcing the school to ban all forms of paper products. The student, who had just completed a toddler yoga class, began to cut out a Mobius strip from construction paper and suffered a lesion on his right index finger. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/powershotpix/8124737751/) Reflection. Photo by [ powershotpix ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/powershotpix/8124737751/in/pool-ottawastart) , shared in the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/8124737751/) . ** Here are our contributors' picks for the best local events in Ottawa this week. ...

Check out this new video from The Joynt and Maya Mayne called _ Product of My Placement _ . It features some stunning videography of our city, courtesy of Ottawa Tourism . “You’ve never seen the city like this,” said Peter on Twitter last night. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/8172004672/) Andrew King, Great Race organizer and master of ceremonies. [  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/8172004578/) Some of the cars lined up to race. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/8070722350/) Nested dolls in the Glebe. Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Pool ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart/8070722350/in/pool-ottawastart/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best local events in Ottawa this week. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/POPUPsignfinalpink.jpg) Ottawa’s had a pop-up restaurant and a pop-up beach patio, and now three local artists are planning to open a pop-up art gallery later this month in the Wellington West/Parkdale Market area. Katherine Jeans , Alison Fowler and Andrew King launched a web site today at ** popupgalleryottawa. ...