Author: Stittsville Central Staff
CBC: Stittsville’s Tyrone Henry closes in on Paralympic goal
(PHOTO: Tyrone Henry is a member of the Canadian National Sledge Hockey Team. Photo by Barry Gray / StittsvilleCentral.ca (2017).) From CBC Ottawa: Even before he lost the use of…
APT613: Interview with editor of the new Kanata-Stittsville Community Voice newspaper
Nickie Shobeiry interviews Patrick Uguccioni, the editor of the Kanata-Stittsville Community Voice. It’s a new bi-weekly newspaper that will be delivered to homes in the area via Canada Post starting…
Stittsville’s PC candidate responds to allegations against Patrick Brown
Goldie Ghamari is the Ontario PC Candidate for Carleton, the riding that includes Stittsville. She tweeted last night and this morning in response to sexual misconduct allegations against former PC…
CITIZEN: Regulations bar Stittsville pizzeria from donating food to Ottawa shelter
Nicholas Dunne reports in the Ottawa Citizen: The Shepherds of Good Hope says “inadequate” handling in transporting hundreds of donated pizzas from a Stittsville Little Caesars has prompted it to…
Ottawa Fire quickly douses early morning fire on Richardson Side Road
At 04:01, Ottawa Fire Services received an alarm activation from the monitoring company for Air 1 Mechanical at 2283 Richardson Side Road west of Carp Road. Upon arrival, crews reported…
FOOD: 94,000 eggs and 5,800 lbs of bacon
This chalkboard is on display at the Main Street Cafe with a recap of what they served in 2017: 94,000 eggs 21,000 lbs of potatoes 5,800 lbs of bacon 5,200…
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL: Volunteers reflect on a mission accomplished
(File photo, May 2016.) By some accounts it’s been 20 years since parents started asking the school board about building a community high school in Stittsville. Over the years, countless…
Province announces funding for future Stittsville public high school
At a press conference today at Stittsville Public School, the provincial government announced $37-million in funding for a public high school in Stittsville. (Finally!) More to come…
CBC: Fight to save historic Stittsville barn headed to court
(PHOTO: Construction equipment in front of the Bradley-Craig barn / January 2016. Photo by Dan Pak.) Laura Osman reports for CBC Ottawa: The City of Ottawa is taking Richcraft Homes to…
CBC: Interview with Stittsville News editor John Curry
This week, the final issue of the Stittsville News was published after 60 years in print. CBC Radio’s Jessa Runciman interviewed longtime editor John Curry (pictured above) on In Town…
CBC: Barrhaven residents raise stink over dump’s growing aroma
Here’s a report from CBC Ottawa’s Laura Osman about odour issues from the Trail Road Landfill affecting Barrhaven residents in Half Moon Bay: Some Barrhaven residents are raising a stink…
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new look for StittsvilleCentral.ca
Regular readers will notice that StittsvilleCentral.ca has a new look, the first time we’ve redesigned the website since we launched in September 2014. The new design gives us a bit…
Final buzzer about to sound for Rink-Pro’s retail operation
(PHOTO: Rink-Pro owner Luc Forget (left) with long-time employee Rick Spencer at the store in Jackson Trails Plaza. Photo by Barry Gray.) (EDITOR’S NOTE: After 15 years in the business,…
Table tennis starts up this week at Johnny Leroux arena
(Photo by Bob Schwenger) Are you looking for an activity to keep your body moving and your brain working? According to the British Journal of Sports Medicine playing table tennis…
Photo exhibition “Seeing Black & White” at library til end of month
The Ottawa Public Library (Stittsville Branch) dedicates a corner of its space to art exhibitions. The current exhibition is by longtime Stittsville resident and photographer John Edkins.