Author: Stittsville Central Staff
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.
Police seek help to locate missing 13-year-old
UPDATE: Ottawa Police say the missing teen was found on Thursday afternoon. (Our policy at StittsvilleCentral.ca for missing persons cases involving minors is to remove personal details from our web…
Map of outdoor skating rinks in Stittsville (2018)
(Above: Skating at Bandmaster Park, January 2013.) Here’s a map of the nine outdoor skating rinks in Stittsville. All of the rinks are maintained by volunteers in the community. For…
Richmond Village Association launches local news blog
(press release via Richmond Village Association) The Richmond Village Association (RVA) announced the launch of a new local news blog today known as RichmondHub.ca. “This initiative could not come at…
CBC: ‘U-Haul stole my Christmas’ says Stittsville family
UPDATE: U-Haul delivered the shipment by New Year’s Eve. Stu Mills reports for CBC Ottawa: A Calgary family has now waited 10 days past U-Haul’s guaranteed delivery date for their…
Our 17 favourite Stittsville stories of 2017
(EDITOR’S NOTE: I always enjoy doing a year-end review of our archives because it’s an opportunity to re-discover great stories that I had forgotten about. The ones I’ve highlighted here…
Our favourite Stittsville photos of 2017
(Above: Storm clouds near Terry Fox and Cope on September 7, 2017. Photo by Victoria Tyers.) Thank you to all of the Stittsville photographers who captured the beauty of our…
LETTER: A lynx on Carp Road
Re: Where the wild things are… I have a shop in the Reis industrial park off of Carp Road just north of Richardson Side Road. We have seen a lynx…
CITIZEN: The Jack Ketch riffs on British fare
Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen reviews The Jack Ketch: The Jack Ketch is a narrow, simple place that gives visitors a view of Conway working in its modest kitchen…
REMINDER: OC Transpo service changes coming December 24
(via OC Transpo) Starting Sunday, December 24, OC Transpo’s winter service will come into effect. Many of the changes happening this winter will improve service in growing communities. Expanded Service…
Animal clinic looks for home for abandoned cat
UPDATE: Staff at the clinic sent along this note on Wednesday afternoon: “She is in a temporary home for Chrsitmas and we hope it will turn into her forever home.…
Firefighters douse chimney fire on Pine Tree Court
(via Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa Fire Dispatch received a 911 call for a chimney fire at 21:32 December 18, 2017 for 2 Pine Tree Court in the Amberwood area. The…
HIGH FIVE: Beyond the Fringe runners raise money for Chrysalis House
The Beyond the Fringe running club, made up of members from Stittsville, Kanata and Carp, recently held their third annual Christmas Tree Run. The group runs out along the Trans…