Author: Stittsville Central Staff
Car dealership proposed for Hazeldean Road at Sweetnam
The City of Ottawa has received a site plan control application to build an automotive dealership at 5835 Hazeldean Road. The property is located on the north side of Hazeldean, across from…
Urgent call for parade volunteers
Photo by Barry Gray. The annual Stittsville Parade of Lights, organized by your Stittsville Village Association happens on Saturday, Nov. 26th, starting at 6:00 pm. Of the over 150 volunteers…
Province proposes regulations for door-to-door sales, home inspections
(press release via the Government of Ontario) Ontario is strengthening consumer protections by introducing new rules for home inspections, door-to-door sales and payday loans. Minister of Government and Consumer Services…
Ghoul-bourn Spook Show supports Stittsville Food Bank
Billed as “the largest haunted attraction in the Ottawa area for 14 years” with “over 10,000 square feet of props”, the Ghoul-bourn Spook Show at 72 Cherry Drive wraps up another haunting…
17-year-old stabbed in Glen Cairn
UPDATE: Police are investigating a stabbing in Glen Cairn on Sunday night. One media report says it took place near John Young Elementary School / Rickey Place Park, while the initial report from…
PHOTOS: La Course des Patriotes at Ecole Paul-D
École secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais hosted the inaugural edition of La course des Patriotes on Saturday morning. Over 400 students and residents registered for the 2km, 5km, and 10km races. It’s partly an effort…
No funding for Stittsville public high school this year
The province of Ontario has announced funding for 28 new school projects this year, but a public high school in Stittsville won’t be one of them.
Stittsville’s spookiest Halloween displays (2016)
(Photo by Barry Gray.) Where are Stittsville’s most ghoulish and gruesome haunted houses, garages, and front lawns? Here are some suggestions:
It’s flu (clinic) season!
It’s flu season – everybody’s favourite time of year (after Festivus.) If you’d rather avoid the fever, cough, aches, sores, congestion, occasional vomiting and other… symptoms, you’ll probably want to get…
“Ghoul”bourn Street haunted backyard opens Oct 29-31
Better night tonight to get stuff done. #GoulbournStHaunt. #Stittsville #halloween pic.twitter.com/EzXwqYMoj6 — Barking Dog (@GoulbournHaunt1) October 25, 2016 Joe Chenette of “Ghoul”bourn Street sent along a note to let us…
Jim Bryson to play Crossroads jazz series at the NAC
Jim Bryson will be one of the featured artists this spring as part of the National Arts Centre’s CROSSROADS Jazz Series. The series is directed by Ottawa Jazz Festival programming manager Petr Cancura,…
Job fairs at Community Employment Resource Centre this week
(via CERC) The Community Employment Resource Centre (CERC) in Kanata (415 Hazeldean Road near Eagleson) is hosting a series of local job fairs this week with businesses including Food Basics, Tim Hortons…
Stittsville South construction resumes, and that means more blasting
After a few months of delay because of missing permits, construction is proceeding south of the Westwind community in what’s known as Stittsville South. That construction involves a lot of…
Official renaming for Erica Wiebe Gymnasium is on November 1
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) As announced at her homecoming party on August 25th, the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC) Gymnasium will be undergoing a commemorative naming for Olympic gold-medalist and Stittsville-born…
PHOTOS: A collection of autumn colours
Thank you to our readers who keep sending in their great pics of fall foliage. The colours this year are incredible. (We love seeing photos from in and around our community. Please…