Author: Stittsville Central Staff
PHOTO: Confusing traffic light on Hazeldean
Here’s a photo from Jeff Quigley of an indecisive traffic light at Hazeldean and Iber Roads last Saturday. We sent the city a quick email to ask what happened, here’s…
Stittsville woman’s Facebook post on ‘spontaneous act of caring’ at Park ‘n Ride goes viral
Editor’s note: Republished here with permission is the text of a Facebook post from Nov. 21 by Stittsville resident Jessica Sultan, which got well over 650 likes in under a…
New map shows which paths in Stittsville are being plowed
Bike Ottawa is putting together a new crowdsourced map that shows which pathways are regularly plowed in the winter. You can check it out here. Plowed paths are indicated by…
PHOTOS: Stittsville’s 2018 Remembrance Day ceremony
Above: Stittsville veteran Johnny Leroux lays a wreath at the cenotaph. Photos from the Stittsville Legion’s annual Remembrance Day parade and ceremony on Nov. 11, 2018, via Barry Gray.
A preview of Stittsville’s Remembrance Day parade and ceremony
(PHOTO: Remembrance Day parade in 2016. Photo by Barry Gray.) The Stittsville Legion’s annual Remembrance Day parade and ceremony happens on Sunday, November 11, 2018. Everyone is welcome to join…
Tysen Lefebvre reaches $1 million goal for Make-a-Wish
Stittsville’s Tysen Lefebvre is at the end of his five-year mission to raise $1 million for Make-a-Wish foundation — and he’s even gone a little bit over. As of Tuesday,…
Stittsville Softball bantam girls tryouts November 1 & 8
(Via Stittsville Minor Softball Association) The SMSA Bantam Rep Tier II team will host trial tryouts on Nov. 1 and 8, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Stittsville Public…
Gower unseats Qadri in Stittsville election
Glen Gower has been elected councillor for Stittsville Ward. With all polls reporting, Gower received 57.86 per cent of the vote compared to incumbent Shad Qadri’s 42.14 per cent. Turnout…
NOTEBOOK: Where to vote, Tysen’s Mission closes in on deadline, assaults at Saunders Farm
A few things across our newsdesk lately… Election day is Monday The City of Ottawa election is on Oct. 22. Our sister site has an article about how to find…
Stittsville hit in series of west-end break-ins
(Via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police West Division Break and Enter Section is currently investigating a series of daytime residential Break and Enters in the areas of Kanata, Stittsville and…
CITIZEN: Stittsville council candidates answer questionnaire
The Ottawa Citizen has posted a questionnaire filled out by Stittsville’s two city council candidates: Shad Qadri and Glen Gower, with many informative questions and answers touching issues such as…
GRC rink named for Goulbourn skating duo Katie Xu and Jack Fan
Photo: Jack Fan and Katie Xu. By Amal Abdulsalam, via the Goulbourn Skating Club Rink A at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex has been named the “Katie Xu and Jack Fan…
9 Run Run needs volunteers for Oct. 13 race day
(Press release and photos via 9 Run Run) This fall, join the men and women of Ottawa’s Fire, Police and Paramedic services for a half marathon that will be the highlight of…
ALGONQUIN TIMES: Stittsville’s Main Street Café serves hundreds in tornado aftermath
Photo: The Main Street Café. Image via Facebook. Algonquin College’s campus newspaper the Algonquin Times has a story about the Main Street Café’s busy day Sept. 22 after the Ottawa-area storm…
GoFundMe for family displaced by Rosehill fire raises more than $1,000 in first day
Photo: Damage at 755 Rosehill Ave. (Via Scott Stilborn/Ottawa Fire) A GoFundMe launched to help a family who lost their Stittsville home to a fire Tuesday morning has raised more…