Category: Business
Stantec employees help with the harvest at Black Family Farm
On Monday, 25 team members from Stantec helped with the harvest at the Black Family Farm near Stittsville for the Ottawa Food Bank. An additional team of 12 Stantec employees helped to…
T-shirt fundraising start-up vies for Canada Post award
Tees for the People, a Kanata-based start-up with Stittsville owners, has been nominated as a finalist in Canada Post’s e-commerce innovation awards. The company is nominated in the “Most Innovative…
Here’s the new logo for Quitters Coffee
Stittsville seems to be a bit obsessed with Quitters Coffee, the new cafe that Kathleen Edwards is opening on Main Street later this month. We posted two articles about Quitters on…
Grand opening of Pho TJ is Friday at 11am
Pho TJ, Stittsville’s newest restaurant, opens for business today at 11am. Located at 1151 Main Stittsville Main Street, the restaurant specializes in authentic Vietnamese food, with a focus on pho,…
Kathleen Edwards’ Quitters Coffee is hiring
This could be one of the most coveted jobs in Stittsville. Quitters Coffee, a new cafe opening later this month on Stittsville Main Street, is hiring. It’s owned by one…
Stittsville sisters’ swimming school celebrates success
Two Stittsville students are wrapping up a second succesful season for their swimming lesson business. Caitlin (above left) and Kylie Negus taught about 150 students this summer at Stittsville Swim, a business they…
Musician Kathleen Edwards is opening a coffee shop in Stittsville
Kathleen Edwards is opening a coffee shop called Quitters on Stittsville Main, just south of Abbott Street. There are signs up now on the building and renovations are underway inside.…
City Council notes (August 27)
Ottawa City Council approved two Kanata zoning amendments and rejected a third at a council meeting on August 27: 370 Huntmar Drive: Council approved an amendment to “permit a multi-building…
Attention job hunters: Tanger Outlets is hosting a job fair
Tanger Outlets is holding a job fair on Thursday, September 4 from noon to 8pm. “We estimate that as many as 1,000 new jobs will be created with the opening of…
The Richmond Bakery closes (and your waistline breathes a sigh of relief)
The Richmond Bakery has closed. Current owner Joe Kunert had been baking there for 35 years. He posted a note on the door yesterday that said: “Sorry, closed! Thank-you all, for…
Shop til you drop: A full list of Tanger Ottawa outlet stores (so far)
Here’s a list of stores planned at the new Tanger Outlets just north of the Queensway at Huntmar. There are over 75 stores scheduled to open on Friday, October 17…
Buy Local: Gaia Java coffee at the Independent
You can get Gaia Java coffee beans at the Brown’s Independent. This dark roast is delicious. Nice to see one Stittsville business supporting another. Where are your favourite places…