Category: Community Groups
Changes to city in-person services to help prevent spread of COVID-19
The City of Ottawa is making changes to in-person services effective immediately In response to the Government of Ontario’s emergency declaration, and to help protect the public from COVID-19. Emergency and essential…
Fill your idle time crocheting and knitting poppies for the Goulbourn Museum
(The Goulbourn Museum staff draping the building with the community poppies handmade for the Poppies of Goulbourn exhibit in time for Remembrance Day 2019. Photo: Goulbourn Museum) You may recall…
Stittsville is not immune to concerns about the Coronavirus
(An empty meat counter at local store.) Concerns about the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has confirmed that more of us are doing what we should have been doing…
COVID-19 has cancellations/closures coming in at a rapid pace – city facilities closed
As the wave of COVID-19 has reached our region, there are several local events including in Ottawa proper that have been cancelled. Stittsville Central will do our utmost to keep…
In light of the COVID-19 situation – Stittsville events happening and cancellations
(Winter walk along Poole Creek. Photo: Barry Gray) In light of the arrival of COVID-19 in the Ottawa area, some of the events planned for this weekend have been cancelled,…
Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre recruiting board members
The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) offers health and social services and programs to benefit individuals of all ages in far west Ottawa including Stittsville, Kanata and West Carleton…
Bell Warriors hold AGM – 65 years of all-inclusive youth football programs
(Bell Warriors Football Club President, Paul Stewart, at Winter Workouts in 2019. Photo: Submitted) Entering their 65th year of youth football programs, the Bell Warriors Football Club is proud to…
A more open and welcoming golf club?
(Amberwood Village Golf Course Aerial View) Some 80 people gathered at ALE on March 1 for an occasionally spirited launch of Amberwood Village Recreation Association’s (AVRA) long-term planning process that would…
Could 18 storeys be coming to 1000 Robert Grant Avenue neighbourhood?
(City of Ottawa Planner, Kathy Rygus, addresses the crowd at the 1000 Robert Grant Lépine Corporation community meeting – March 3, 2020) An estimated 140 residents and city staff gathered…
What’s going on in Stittsville this weekend
Some weekend events taking place in our busy community this weekend guaranteed to be interesting and lots of fun. Don’t forget to set your clocks one hour ahead on Saturday…
Beloved Arts in the Park director Doug Sutherland passes away
(Doug Sutherland (l), Arts in the Park organizer, and Tyler Kealey (r), one of the many performers at Arts in the Park in 2019. Photo: Stittsville Central) Our community of…
Soul Time Continues at SUC
(The doors are always open to all at Stittsville United Church.) Stittsville United Church continues to host members of the community to explore a variety of spiritual practices. Most activities…
March 3 community meeting set for 1000 Robert Grant Avenue
(Artist rendering of the aerial view of the 1000 Robert Grant and Livery Street development proposed by the Lépine Corporation – Architects: NEUF.) The Lépine Corporation has rescheduled the the…
Elocution and delivery tested at Stittsville Lions public speaking contest
(Contestants in the Stittsville Lions Club Effective Speaking Contest held on February 26, 2020. L to R: Zhenhao Li, Laurent Bourget, Rosa Iuliano (partially hidden), Guillaume Bourget, Evan Moo, Lucy Hambly and Karolina Moo.…
What’s happening this weekend and upcoming week – note important meetings taking place
(Winter snow in Stittsville. Photo: Barry Gray) With the wallop of weather we received this week, take the time to get out over the weekend to enjoy some of Stittsville’s…