_ (press release) _ The 46th season of NOKIA Sunday Bikedays kicks off on Sunday, May 15. This well-attended program is presented by the National Capital Commission (NCC), in collaboration with 17-year title sponsor NOKIA and volunteers from Gowling WLG, the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario and Velofix. ...

_ (press release) _ Mayor Jim Watson and Bay Ward Councillor Mark Taylor presented the Mayor’s City Builder Award to Al and Betty Arseneault at today’s City Council meeting.  The Arseneaults are longtime residents of Crystal Beach-Lakeview. Their love of outdoor sports – hockey, skating and curling in particular – fondness for their neighbourhood, and enthusiasm for building community come together in their commitment as volunteers, working with the City’s Seasonal Recreation branch, to construct, create and maintain an outdoor arena and separate three-sheet curling rink in Lakeview Park each winter. ...

_ (press release) _ ** _ Today at 10 AM _ ** , the new UberEATS app launched in Ottawa offering food delivery with full menus available from nearly 50 local restaurants. Ottawa is only the 2nd Canadian City and 4th International City to have access to the UberEATS app ...

_ (press release) _ Mayor Jim Watson, Transportation Committee Chair Keith Egli, local Councillors Jody Mitic and Stephen Blais, and a very special guest broke ground today at the intersection of Mer-Bleue Road and Brian Coburn Boulevard for a 2.5-kilometre extension of Brian Coburn Boulevard to Navan Road. ...

_ (press release) _ More than 10,000 of the country’s most outstanding young musicians from every corner of Canada are on their way to Ottawa for the 44th annual MusicFest Canada, North America’s largest festival dedicated to developing musical talent. ...

_ (press release) _ Organizers of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend today announced that the Canadian Red Cross has joined the roster of charities for which runners can raise funds as part of the weekend's Scotiabank Charity Challenge. The funds raised at Race Weekend will be directed to the efforts related to the Alberta fires. ...

_ (press release) _ If Buzzfeed’s six billion monthly content views prove anything, it’s that we are more obsessed with nostalgia than ever before. In an age where entertainment comes on demand, audiences feel like something’s missing – something real. To shake off those screen-time blues and give audiences that “real time” they’re longing for, Centrepointe Theatres announces a season that invites Ottawa to bring back the good ol’ days. ...

_ (press release) _ Gogobot – the award-winning, tribe based travel app and website – is announcing its _ 2016 Budget and Student Travelers’ Tribes Rising Stars Destinations, _ where budget and student travel is growing, as well as its _ 2016 Budget and Student Travelers’ Tribes Declining Destinations Worth a Second Look _ list. ...

_ (press release) _ The latest statistics from the Ottawa Public Library show that people are using the Library at a growing rate, and accessing ever increasing amounts of digital content from the OPL. In its just released Annual Report, the OPL reports that the proportion of Ottawa residents actively using their OPL card rose to the highest level in three years. ...

_ (press release) _ A drama is in the making in the lead-up to the May 28 IAAF Gold label Ottawa 10K race with a larger than usual number of contenders returning to compete for a podium spot and a record race time. ...