Author: Stittsville Central Staff
PHOTOS: 67’s mascot Riley visits Goulbourn Rockets Fun Day
Ottawa 67’s mascot Riley the Raccoon visited the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Rockets Fun Day on Saturday at Johnny Leroux Arena. Photos via Cobina Delaney.
Tysen Lefebvre wins ‘Amazing Person’ award
Stittsville’s Tysen Lefebvre won the CTV Ottawa’s Amazing Person of the Year Award at a gala ceremony on Saturday night. The annual award is chosen by a panel of judges from…
Accordion bus trial run for route 262
Stittsville bus commuters may want to sit down for this news: OC Transpo is testing out a bigger bus on route 262. Here’s a note from Shad Qadri’s weekly newsletter:…
No funding for Stittsville public high school this year
Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals announced $41-million in funding on Friday afternoon for school construction projects in Ottawa, but nothing for a new public high school in Stittsville. The Stittsville…
COMMENTS OF THE WEEK: Cope Drive apartments, Syrian refugees, Captain Bradley
Every week we get lots of comments from our readers on our web site, via email, and social media. Here’s a sample of what we heard this week. Add your thoughts…
Paving planned for Johnwoods on October 27
(via Shad Qadri) Mattamy Homes has advised that they are planning to place the toplift of asphalt on Johnwoods next week. Once they paved the road with base course asphalt…
QADRI: Public meeting for new Minto’s Potter’s Key subdivision on November 4
(via Councillor Shad Qadri’s weekly newsletter) Minto Homes has prepared a revised Plan of Subdivision for their proposed development known as Potter’s Key located at Stittsville. This land is located…
Group moves forward with plans to sponsor Syrian refugees
(Press release via KSRSG. Photo: At a Kanata Stittsville Refugee Sponsorship Group meeting in September, Rev. Grant Dillenbeck answers questions on how to help Syrian refugees. Photo by Shannon Lough.) At…
Councillor El-Chantiry provides update on Hydro One customer transfer
From West Carleton Councillor Eli El-Chantiry’s email newsletter: This past June I updated residents with some favourable news regarding having 45,000 Hydro One customers transferred to Hydro Ottawa. At that…
Kanata Theatre gets six Capital Critics Circle nominations
(Press release from Kanata Theatre.) Shows from last year’s Kanata Theatre season have received important recognition by the Capital Critics Circle, a panel of Ottawa’s leading theatre reviewers. Productions by…
Low-rise apartments proposed for Cope Drive
The City of Ottawa is accepting public comments on a proposal for eight low-rise residential apartment buildings with 262 rental units on Cope Drive. That’s in Kanata South off Terry…
COYNE: Statement on election results
Deborah Coyne released the following statement on the results of the election in Carleton: “I want to sincerely congratulate Pierre Poilievre and his team on his election as the Member…
LIVE: Election news and results for Carleton
Looking for Ontario election 2018 results? Click here. We’ll be updating this page throughout the night with Stittsville and Carleton riding election news. As of 1:14am Party Candidate Votes Percentof…
Where you can celebrate (or commiserate) with the candidates on election night
For all you political party crashers out there, here’s where the candidates and their supporters are planning to spend election night: Deborah Coyne is attending a private function with volunteers and supporters…
Advance vote in Carleton was second highest in Canada, says Global analysis
Nearly a quarter of Carleton residents, or 24.19% voted in advance polls, according to an analysis by Global News. That’s the second-highest in the country. To come up with the…