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The Company of Adventurers accepts their large cheque from Awesome Ottawa. (Photo/submitted) May’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Cynthia Sugars to support The Company of Adventurers, a young people’s Shakespeare company in Old Ottawa South that performs in a neighbourhood back yard. ...

Volunteers fill sandbags in preparation for flooding in Ottawa, April 2019. (City of Ottawa photo) Beginning Saturday, volunteers of all abilities, age 12 and over, are urgently needed over the next two weeks for sandbag and debris removal at flood-affected properties in West Carleton, Bay and Cumberland. ...

The Highway 417 bridge over the Trillium pathway and O-Train is being replaced. Detours start this week for users of the Trillium pathway near Highway 417. The Ministry of Transportation will be replacing the bridge that goes over the pathway and the O-Train, and as they prepare to do so the pathway is closing for some time. ...

(Photo/Devyn Barrie) (Via Ottawa Public Library) Enjoy OPL even more this summer! Customers have told us they would like more open hours at the Library on Sundays and we are happy to respond with good news. Starting in June, the 10 branches that are normally open on Sundays will be open for three additional Sundays on June 9, 16 and, 23, 2019. ...

Ottawa City Hall. Photo by Devyn Barrie. The city is currently consulting on how to improve its public data and you can participate by beta-testing their new open government portal, open.ottawa.ca. It’s a part of Ottawa’s Smart City 2.0 Strategy, which seeks to build on the city’s standing as a “smart city” that uses technology to further its growth and economic prospects. ...

CityFolk 2019 lineup. (Via CityFolk) CityFolk festival organizers today announced the initial line-up for their 2019 program. Confirmed acts to date include Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters (Sep 15); Leon Bridges (Sep 14); Summersault — Our Lady Peace, +LIVE+, Bush (Sep 13); The Strumbellas (Sep 12); Lucinda Williams (Sep 12); RHYE (Sep 14); Lucy Dacus (Sep 15); Donovan Woods and The Opposition (Sep 13); Larkin Poe (Sep 12); Tim Baker (Sep 15); Rich Aucoin (Sep 13); Saul Williams (Sep 14); Dear Rouge (Sep 13); Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Sep 14); The Once (Sep 14); Orville Peck (Sep 12); Dwayne Gretzky (Sep 12); The White Buffalo (Sep 15); The East Pointers (Sep 15); Eleni Mandell (Sep 14); Harrow Fair (Sep 15); LeE HARVeY OsMOND (Sep 14); Caroline Rose (Sep 15); Tamino (Sep 14) and Human Kebab (Sep 13). ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...