Category: Business
Ivan’s kabobs have been a Stittsville favourite since 1987
(Above: Ivan Saric, owner of Ivan’s Meat and Deli. Photo by Barry Gray.) QUICK FACTS: Ivan Saric’s parents were from what’s now Croatia, and opened a deli in Stittsville in…
JAZZ TO JAVA: How two guys named Paul ended up opening a coffee shop in Stittsville
(Above: Owners Paul Melsness (left) and Paul Jay in front of the coffee roaster at Gaia Java. All photos on this page by Barry Gray.) QUICK FACTS The two owners,…
Meet Elizabeth Kondruss, curator of Stittsville’s Barbie museum
If you’ve ever visited the “new” Stittsville Flea Market on Carp Road, you’ve stumbled on the Barbie collection that belongs to Elizabeth Kondruss, pictured above. There are over 20,000 dolls…
Decisive Technologies celebrates expansion on Iber Road
Left to right: Mark Williams, Richard Losier, Joey Harrison, Jim Watson and Mike Smith celebrate the expansion of the Decisive Technology’s Stittsville operation on Iber Road. They moved to their new office…
Stittsville’s craft brewery celebrates one year in our community this Saturday
(Above: Kathy and John vanDyk, owners of Covered Bridge Brewing) Covered Bridge Brewing on Iber Road is celebrating their first anniversary this Saturday with an open house from 12:00pm-4pm. They’re…
New winter golf studio launched in Stittsville
(Above: Chris Bernard has more than 40 years of experience in the golf industry. Photo by Ron Patey The new Chris Bernard Golf Academy Winter Studio is up and running in the heart…
PHOTO: Gas at 99.9 … no wait, 98.9!
When’s the last time gas in Stittsville was under a dollar? Photographer Barry Gray sent along this pic earlier this afternoon. Then a few minutes later he sent me another…
Discover a local business this Saturday!
This Saturday, December 6, over 20 shops, restaurants and services in Stittsville are teaming up to promote “Support Local Stittsville”. It’s a day to encourage residents from inside and outside of…
Toronto Star: “Kathleen Edwards calls it quits, opens Quitters Coffee”
Kathleen Edwards, the owner of Quitters on Stittsville Main, is featured in the Toronto Star today. It’s a chilly mid-November afternoon, and the floor-to-ceiling windows facing out onto the downtrodden…
Stittsville resident is Kickstarting a microbrewery in Pakenham
Stittsville’s Hien Hoang (pictured above) is one of the organizers behind a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a new microbrewery in Pakenham. We asked Hoang to tell us about…
Frame store owners right at home in Stittsville
Jim and Amy Walker own Walkerworks Framing on Beverly Street at Stittsville Main. Walkerworks started as a home-based business on Fernbank Road, then a retail shop in Perth, before winding…
Pretty Pots takes part in Homes for the Holidays tour
New John Deere dealership coming to David Machester Road
There’s a new John Deere dealership building built on David Manchester Road, just north of the Playvalue Toys. It’s in the early stages of construction. The company sells farm equipment,…
L-D Tool & Die plans to add 20 new jobs
The Ottawa Business Journal has an article about Stittsville’s L-D Tool & Die on Iber Road. They’re planning to add 20 new jobs and will build a $1.2-million “clean room” facility. It’s…
Ottawa Senators and Canadian Tire Centre host recruitment fair
Monday, Nov. 3 2014, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. The Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and Canadian Tire Centre want your help in creating raving fans for life! We are a…