Author: Stittsville Central Staff
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…
LETTER: Gazebo funding isn’t a conflict of interest
Re: How the City is paying for a gazebo at Village Square Park Your recent article reports on a new $105,000 gazebo for Village Square Park. Part of the funding for the…
City seeks feedback on new commemorative park names
(PHOTO: The City is proposing changing the name of Bell Memorial Park on Stittsville Main Street “W.J. Bell Rotary Peace Park”. This photo is from the opening ceremonies for the…
4th annual Stittsville Pumpkin Parade returns on Nov 1
Bring your jack o’lanterns to the 4th Annual Stittsville Pumpkin Parade on November 1 at Village Square Park!
Leo Maiorino performs at The Grounds on Nov 3
(via The Grounds Cafe) Join us at The Grounds Cafe on November 3 for a full night of music and fun. Local musician & entertainer (and mortgage broker) Leo Maiorino will…
Major mixed use development proposed for Huntmar near Palladium
A significant new development proposal has been submitted to the City for a parcel of land on the north part of Huntmar Drive near Palladium. The proposal includes detached homes, townhouses, a…