Author: Stittsville Central Staff
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…
Long-term care facility and apartments proposed for Hazeldean near Huntmar
There’s a new site plan proposal for 5731 Hazeldean Road, on the north side of the street just west of Huntmar. According to the proposal submitted by Stantec, on behalf of…
Opening day for Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Club is June 4
(article via the Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Club) Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Club members are looking forward to the start of the 2016 season in early June. The Club’s open day this…
Schools issue warning after suspicious incident on Forest Creek Drive
UPDATE MAY 6: We asked Constable Phong Le (Ottawa Police) if police had any update. Here’s what he said: Police don’t believe there was an attempted abduction. It was a vehicle…
GAIA JAVA: Greg Kelly (guitar) with Shaun Brown (pedal steel) on May 6
Greg Kelly has been in the shop many times in the last several months; not only for his own performance back in February, but also on many occasions when he…
Business leaders ask mayor to accelerate light rail to west end
(PHOTO: “Take the O” by Payton Chung. Used under a Creative Commons license.) West end business leaders say that Kanata’s poor transit service is hindering their ability to attract talented…
Five scholarships available from Stittsville Lions Club
(press release via the Stittsville Lions) Calling all high school students who are graduating this year and are going on to college or university in the fall! You could be…
Launch event for Richmond’s 200th anniversary on Saturday
(press release) In 2018, Richmond turns 200 years young! The Richmond 200th Anniversary Organizing Committee, under the direction of Cydney Green, has been planning events of epic proportions to make…
LETTER: Kids deserve to be safe from traffic on residential streets
I was hit crossing the street in Ottawa, at Richmond and Churchill in Westboro. I was between the white lines and I had the light. I made sure the car…
More about what the law says on street hockey
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) In a motion for Council consideration at its meeting of May 23, 2007, Councillor Doucet recommended that ball hockey on residential streets be permissible, as long…
City wants to turn part of Johnwoods into a bike path
We’re used to roads being added to Stittsville, but it’s not very often that we see a proposal to subtract a street. That’s exactly what the City of Ottawa is proposing…
Sacred Heart students present Canadian premiere of “Made in Dagenham”
(ABOVE: Shayna Douglas (left) plays Rita O’Grady and Aidan Saunders plays Eddie O’Grady in the Sacred Heart High School production of “Made in Dagenham”.) Sacred Heart High School students are…
GAIA JAVA: Crumble String Quartet on April 22
The members of the Crumble String Quartet (Margot Lange and Julia Sandquist on violin, Mary Young on viola and Catherine Campbell on cello) – started rehearsing and performing as…
DENLEY: Jack Maclaren should quit as MPP
Randall Denley writes in the Ottawa Citizen: “Stittsville and Kanata are the two main centres in MacLaren’s riding, and he has let them both down. One of the biggest issues…