Category: Business
Dragon’s Lair Beads is leaving Stittsville for Almonte
After over a decade in Stittsville, Dragon’s Lair Beads is moving to Almonte at the end of the summer. “With our lease being up at the end of August…
Fat Tuesdays applies for liquor permit at Kanata Centrum location
UPDATE (March 28): The restaurant will open in Kanata in summer 2016. Fat Tuesdays in the Market is closing and moving to Kanata Centrum. In place of old location will…
New retail building proposed for Kanata Centrum
The City has received a Site Plan Control application for a new retail building at Kanata Centrum, near where the Milestones is currently located.
Entrepreneurs open up about Parcelly, a new gift box company
Illena (left) and Dasha Shakov (right) pose with a Parcelly. (Photo by Jordan Mady) Stittsville resident Dasha Shakov, the 20-year-old CEO of Parcelly, got the idea for her business when…
‘Wiches Cauldron web site woes shows importance of WordPress security
‘Wiches Cauldron co-owner Craig Beaudry was about to do some food preparation when a regular customer contacted him about a problem with the food trailer’s website last week.
Carp Road businesses on edge about roundabouts
(Above: Peter Kondruss, owner of Kondruss Galleries on Carp Road. Photo by Barry Gray.) A public meeting on Wednesday night will give residents and businesses a chance to weigh in…
How a food blog evolved into a ready-to-eat meal service
(Above: Philip Munk and Alana Thomson. Photo by Barry Gray.) What began as a personal online cookbook has turned into Stittsville’s new healthy meal prep service, Healthy Balance. Alana Thomson was a…
Unsung Hero Apparel celebrates grand opening on May 30
Unsung Hero Apparel is holding a grand opening on Saturday, May 30 for their new bricks-and-mortar retail location at 67 Iber Road. They’ll also be releasing their new line of summer…
Harvey & Vern’s Lime Soda flavour at Brown’s #supportlocalstittsville
Brown’s Independent on Stittsville Main Street has about 50 cases of the new Harvey & Vern’s Lime Soda. When I went in on Saturday it was right at the front…
Stereo and tv shop pulls the plug on Stittsville location
Stereo Plus and Design has pulled the plug on their Stittsville location on Stittsville Main Street. They were located next to the Farm Boy in a building that used to…
Harvey and Vern’s introduces new Lime Soda flavour
Harvey and Vern’s, a Stittsville-owned Ottawa soft drink manufacturer, unveiled their fourth flavour today: Lime Soda. It’s available at a limited number of locations until May 10, including the Cheshire…
Stittsville’s OZ Optics gets $100k in federal funding
(Press release from FedDev Ontario.) Today, FedDev Ontario Minister Gary Goodyear announced an important investment of up to $100,000 in OZ Optics Limited, a worldwide supplier of fiber optic products…
New product revolutionizes home-based organic food gardening
(Press release from Seed Haven.) Finally, urban gardeners have pesticide free protection for growing vegetables and herbs. They can produce higher yields from the small garden spaces typical of this…
Gluten-free cookie maker bakes up expansion plan
Joanna Zappia, the owner of Stittsville-based bakery Dolci, has big plans to expand her gluten-free cookie business. She’s launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise money to help fund the expansion.
Pretty Pots is a vault of local history
(Above: Pretty Pots owner Shannon Gorman, in front of the flower cooler. All photos by Barry Gray.) There’s a lot of hidden history in Stittsville, sometimes you just have to…