Author: Stittsville Central Staff
CANDIDATE Q&A: Pierre Poilievre (Conservative Party)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve been publishing short Q&A’s with each candidate. We want to give our readers some background about each person and what motivates them to run for office. In our final Q&A,…
LETTER: Off-leash dogs limit enjoyment of paths
(Photo by Barry Gray.) I like to walk around the paths and there are dogs running loose and ahead of their owners. These animals are larger dogs (huskies, collies, German…
LINKED: New Kanata park-and-ride costs $47,000 per spot
https://twitter.com/joeboughner/status/648986693576622080 https://twitter.com/KellyEganColumn/status/648998027152240640 Kelly Egan writes in the Ottawa Citizen about overcrowding at OC Transpo’s Eagleson park-and-ride, the city’s plan for a new lot at the corner of Innovation Drive and Terry Fox Drive…
Residents grill candidates on wide range of issues at debate
Close to 200 people packed a hot Stittsville United Church sanctuary on Monday night, and peppered Carleton candidates with a wide range of questions from terrorism to income splitting. The…
Barn fire on Beavertail Road
Ottawa Fire responded to a barn fire on Sunday afternoon at 434 Beavertail Road, just northwest of the Highway 7/417 split. There were no reports of animals in the barn, and…
Horticultural Society volunteers help clean up Stittsville sign
A group of volunteers took advantage of Saturday’s warm and sunny weather to clean up and landscape the area around the Stittsville sign the corner of Carp Road and Stittsville Main…
PHOTOS: The 152nd Annual Carp Fair
Thanks to Peter Tremblay from Ottawa Drone Services for sending along these shots of the 152nd annual Carp Fair. It continues until Sunday. We love getting photos from readers. Please send…
PHOTO: Pond near Beverly Street
Here’s a great photo of the pond off Beverly Street, taken by Ben Bisson. This is a beautiful spot a year long. Here’s what it looks like in the winter.…
LINKED: Sens play road hockey on a Stittsville Street
Workin on a little special teams to finish off the day! @Chris_Wideman @MStoner61 #twitterlessChiasson pic.twitter.com/8FdZF5Dg68 — Curtis Lazar (@CurtisLazar95) September 20, 2015 The Ottawa Citizen had a story this week…
Minto opens four new special feature show homes in Arcadia
(Press release from Minto.) Minto Communities Canada will unveil four new designer-decorated show homes in its Arcadia community, as part of Minto’s line-up of single family homes. The newly designed…
Update on elementary labour dispute from the public board
Here’s a letter that the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board sent to parents on Friday afternoon, warning of job action including the possibility of one-day rotating strikes in the province starting…
LINKED: Old barn moved from Wakefield to Ashton
CBC has a story today the Ashton Brewing Company buying a barn in Wakefield, Quebec and moving it to Ashton, just west of Stittsville. “The weathered beams will be re-assembled to make…
Boil Water Advisory for King’s Park residents in Richmond
(via the City of Ottawa) Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has issued a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for users of the King’s Park communal well water system in the village of…
CANDIDATE Q&A: Deborah Coyne (Green Party)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This week we’ve been publishing short Q&A’s with each candidate. We want to give our readers some background about each person and what motivates them to run for office. Today we…
Jackson Trails resident Omar Sultan receives Mayor’s City Builder Award
(Photo: Omar Sultan (middle) receives the Mayor’s City Builder Award from Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Shad Qadri. Photo and text via the City of Ottawa.) Mayor Jim Watson and Stittsville Ward…