Author: Stittsville Central Staff
Bryanston Gate Community Association (BGCA) meets on October 4
BGCA Annual General Meeting Tuesday, October 4th, 2016, 7:00 PM Carolark Dog Training Centre, 5933 Hazeldean Road (Please use back entrance) This important meeting will give us the opportunity…
How would you like to live on Velociraptor Avenue?
Is this the Stittsville version of Boaty McBoatface? In our informal survey on new Stittsville street names, so far our readers have picked Velociraptor Street as their favourite name for Bell…
VIDEO: Watch as an SUV drives the wrong way through a roundabout
An anonymous driver posted this video to Reddit earlier today and shows an SUV turning left at the Huntmar-Campeau roundabout in Kanata North, near Tanger Outlets / Arcadia.
Additional details for Sunday’s Sens Fan Fest released
(via Ottawa Senators) More than 50 players, prospects and alumni to participate in fan press conferences, autograph sessions, intra-squad game and more. The Ottawa Senators (@Senators) announced today additional details…
Etsy Made in Canada comes to Bell Sensplex Sept 24-25
(via the Emily / Cheerfully Made blog) This will be my third year organizing Etsy Made in Canada here in Ottawa. I don’t know where the past 3 years have gone,…
Jim Bryson nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award
(Photo: Jim Bryson in February 2016. Photo by Barry Gray for StittsvilleCentral.ca) Big congrats to Stittsville’s Jim Bryson for his well-deserved nomination for a Canadian Folk Music Award. Bryson’s album…
Carleton U. engineering back from building schools in Nicaragua
While many students were busy with Frosh Week festivities, Parker Armstrong was working to empower children to go to school in Nicaragua, where only 56% of children graduate from primary school.…
Sunday morning outage cuts power to 5,000 customers
UPDATE: Back on as of 11.07am. Outage lasted about 40 minutes. Power is out for homes and businesses in and around Stittsville including Fairwinds, Jackson Trails, Granite Ridge, Amberwood, Wyldewood,…
NOTEBOOK: Revised site plan approved for Stittsville Walk
(FILE PHOTO: Unfinished “Stittsville Walk” condos, March 6, 2016.) “I suppose the best one can say is that it is no worse than the original proposal.” That’s the reaction I received…
Nominations open for Stittsville Village Association’s new volunteer award
(Photo: Stittsville’s volunteer firefighters in front of Station 81. Photo by Barry Gray. ) Volunteers are a vital component to life in our community. They are the unsung heroes who put…
Five Guys supports CIBC Run for the Cure this Sunday
Five Guys Burgers and Fries (Hazeldean Road) will be donating $1 for each burger sold on Sunday, September 18, 2016 from 3pm – 10pm at all of their five locations in Ottawa.…
Terry Fox Run comes to Kanata-Stittsville September 18
The Terry Fox Run is a non-competitive event where people get together as individuals, families, and groups to raise money for cancer research in Terry’s name. It is a day…
LINKED: Family of double murder-suicide continues to seek answers
Judy Trinh writes in Ottawa Magazine: In our initial conversations in 2016, Jon Corchis was unable, emotionally, to go into depth about the events of January 13, 2013. Instead, he directed…
Councillors host budget info session on September 15
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) On Thursday September 15th my office in conjunction with Councillor Marianne Wilkinson and Councillor Allan Hubley are holding a Budget 2017 public information session. The session…
Ottawa Fire responds to possible bus fire on West Ridge
Ottawa Fire responded this afternoon to a report of a possible bus fire at Westridge Drive and Barracks Way, south of Fernbank. Traffic is being affected. More to come… https://twitter.com/OttawaFirePIO/status/773961884110319616