Author: Stittsville Central Staff
New OC Transpo route 162 will serve Stittsville starting late June
In his weekly email newsletter, City Councillor Shad Qadri announced plans for a new off-peak OC Transpo bus route that will serve Stittsville residents starting in June.
Rural affairs committee to vote on zoning for new Fernbank quarry
(Above: Location of the proposed Taggart quarry near Fernbank and Jinkinson. The Trans Canada Trail is along the north of the site. Via Bing Maps.) UPDATE: ARAC approved the zoning…
Garbage and recycling delayed due to Easter long weekend
From the City of Ottawa: The City of Ottawa would like to remind residents of the following schedule changes for Friday, April 3 (Good Friday), and Monday, April 6 (Easter Monday).…
Paddlers get set for annual race down the mighty Jock
Organizers Ian Mockett and Gaetan Plourde are ramping up for this year’s Jock River Race, an annual paddling event down the Jock River that was first run in 1971. This…
House fire and stand-off on Snowy Owl Trail on Tuesday afternoon
UPDATE: Woman taken off roof of Stittsville home after it was set afire. Live blog http://t.co/JCxeDohisK #ottnews pic.twitter.com/46ZNOovfIq — Ottawa Sun (@ottawasuncom) March 31, 2015 From the Ottawa Sun: A…
Stittsville’s Alexander Sanghwan critically injured by car in Miami
From CBC Ottawa: Police say a 22-year-old Ottawa tourist is in critical condition after being struck by a car in Miami, Fla. Miami-Dade police say Alexander Sanghwan was walking…
PHOTO ESSAY: Welcome to Stittsville (Part 4 of 4)
The final of four sets of photos of Stittsville Main, by photographer Joe Newton. See the previous set here…
Ottawa Museums and City Archives go virtual with their collections
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Accessing information about Ottawa’s history just got easier with the launch of the Ottawa Museums and Archives virtual Collections Catalogue. You can check…
Kungfu Bistro re-opens after weekend break-in
Margarita Chen from Kungfu Bistro sent along this note. They were closed on Sunday due to an overnight break-in. We are OPEN today! It’s business as usual with a lot of…
Firefighters save a cat from fire on Pretty Street
(Photo via Ottawa Fire / Todd Horricks.) Ottawa firefighters responded to a fire on Pretty Street early Monday morning. Todd Horricks from Ottawa Fire says that two occupants were displaced.…
Kungfu Bistro closed Sunday due to break-in
The management at Kungfu Bistro asked us to share this update with our readers: We had a break-in last night and so to ensure the health and safety of our…
Police ask for help to find 16-year-old from Stittsville
(Press release from the Ottawa Police.) UPDATE: Police have located the teenager and she is safe and sound. (Our policy at StittsvilleCentral.ca for missing persons cases involving minors is to…
Rogers is upgrading infrastructure along Stittsville Main
(Update from city councillor Shad Qadri.) This proposed Rogers work is an upgrade to the existing system with 803m of conduit installed by trenching and boring. All the work is…
New fitness club could be coming to Carp Road
The City of Ottawa has received a site plan control application for 6303 Hazeldean Road (at Carp Road): “The application is proposing to revise two buildings previously approved, which have…
PHOTOS: Car flips over on Hazeldean Road near Farm Boy
UPDATE: Photographer Paul Dawson shared his photos of the crash with StittsvilleCentral.ca. He says: “At 9:30pm a single vehicle driving East on Hazeldean Rd in Kanata hit the median and…