Author: Stittsville Central Staff
City enacts new rules to protect urban trees
(via City of Ottawa) Two new requirements aimed at protecting Ottawa’s urban trees will take effect beginning Tuesday, May 24. The changes will affect those doing infill development or removing…
LIVE: Tonight’s public school board meeting
UPDATE: Click here for a recap of the meeting… If technology co-operates, we’ll be sharing updates here from tonight’s public school board meeting where trustees will discuss their capital priority…
Parents persist in push for public high school
ABOVE: Jennifer Smith recorded a video urging parents to attend a public school board meeting on Tuesday to support a public high school in Stittsville. (press release & video via…
LINKED: Transgender Stittsville tween takes part in federal announcement
Ten-year-old Charlie Lowthian-Rickert from Stittsville stood alongside Justice Minister Judy Wilson-Raybould on Tuesday when she introduced a bill to prevent discrimination and hate crimes based on gender identity and gender expression. “Transphobic people…
Two new buildings proposed for Shoppes at Fairwinds
The City of Ottawa has received a site plan proposal for two new buildings in the Shoppes at Fairwinds shopping area, at 5705 Hazeldean in front of the Food…
City says fireworks by-law will be enforced Victoria Day weekend
(press release from City of Ottawa) To ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday, the City reminds anyone planning to use fireworks over the Victoria Day weekend to do…
VIDEO: How Hydro Ottawa moved 20 poles in a day along Maple Grove
(Editor’s note: Here are some photos, text and a video shared by Hydro Ottawa, with background on Saturday’s pole-moving project on Maple Grove. Hydro Ottawa is proactively moving the poles to accomodate…
ALC honours former student with new Buddy Bench
(Photo: The Jude family, left to right: Steve, Mason (8), Colby (6) and Dev. They’re sitting on a Buddy Bench at A. Lorne Cassidy elementary school named in memory of…
LETTER: Hold planning staff accountable for “epic fail”
Re: Qadri and planners get rough ride over Johnwoods “proposal” As a former political staffer to Bob Chiarelli from 1987 – 1990 and again in 1999, I have seen some…
PIECE OF CAKE: Best-of photos from school cakewalk fundraisers
It’s cake walk season! Several schools in our area have been holding their annual cakewalk fundraisers, where parents and students exercise their artistic cake-making skills. And the icing on the cake? The…
Explosion and fire destroy four street sweepers on Faulkner Trail
(via Ottawa Fire) At around 4:00am on Friday, Ottawa Fire received multiple 911 calls of an explosion in a parking lot and flames visible at the intersection of Faulkner Trail…
Meet the nominees and winners of this year’s Stittsville appreciation awards
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) The eight annual Stittsville Appreciation Awards were announced on Tuesday evening. The awards highlight remarkable community builders and the spirit of volunteerism. Councillor Qadri’s office received 35 nominations among…
Proposal to build 96 apartment units near Robert Grant and Fernbank
The City has received a new site plan control application for a 8-building, 96-unit apartment complex at 365 Haliburton Heights. That’s at the south end of Robert Grant Avenue near Fernbank Road. It will…
PHOTOS: Ride for Vets roars through Stittsville
All those motorcycles on Stittsville Main Street today were part of the Ride for Disabled Vets, annual event to raise community awareness of suffering and ill soldiers and veterans. Over…
PHOTOS: Brownies paint yellow fish to raise awareness about stormwater
The 10th Stittsville Brownies were painting yellow fish in Fairwinds on Thursday night. They’re as a reminderthat what you put down the drain eventually makes its way into rivers, lakes…