Category: News
West Ottawa Ringette coaches play a close game
(The West Ottawa Pilons – in white – and the West Ottawa Wild Bench Warmers – in red – faced off at the 7th annual Ringette Coaches game held February…
Goulbourn Wetlands Complex – City poised to change boundaries
(Lookout over the marsh at the head of Poole Creek, along the Trans Canada Trail just west of Stittsville. Photo by Glen Gower.) There has been much controversy over the…
Paint It Up 2020 returning for another year
(Paint It Up Mural created at the Robert E Wilson Public School – Photo: Crime Prevention Ottawa) Do you know any youth who wish to express their artistic talent in a…
Everyone out safely at Stittsville fire – Ottawa Fire share important message
(Fire at 165 Whalings Circle in Stittsville, February 9, 2020. Photo: Ottawa Fire Service.) At the February 9th fire at 165 Whalings Circle in Stittsville, fire crews declared a working,…
Working tools of our ancestors – a historical display for Heritage Month
(A steam tractor, circa 1900, from the Kenny farm (Blondehead) located at Concession 9, Lot 27 in the former Goulbourn Township. The Kenny brothers, Clifford, John and William and William’s wife…
Break and enters in Kanata, Stittsville, Barrhaven and Orleans being investigated by Ottawa Police
Secure your valuables. After a series of break-ins during daytime hours this week in the Stittsville, Kanata, Barrhaven and Orleans residential neighbourhoods, this is the message the Ottawa Police Break…
Things to do in and around Stittsville this weekend
(Byron Boyd with a load of milk at Eagleson’s Corners, to meet a truck from the Producers Dairy after a big snowstorm. In the summer the truck came to the house,…
Kanata-Stittsville Kiwanis continually supporting our youth
The membership that makes up the Kiwanas Club of Kanata-Stittsville (KCKS) is relatively small with only 11 members, but the local community work this committed group has achieved since receiving…
Stittsville resident Nicole Chilton-Jones joins team at Jim Bell Architectural Design Inc.
Most people in Stittsville know Nicole Chilton-Jones from the brilliant idea she brought to our community last summer – First Thursdays – an event she brought from South Africa whilst…
Stittsville Secondary School working group considering two proposed boundaries – public input sought
(Artist Rendering of the Stittsville Secondary School. Drawing: Edward J. Cuhaci & Associates Architects Inc.) The new Stittsville Secondary School (SSS) is scheduled to open in September 2022 and the…
Groundhog Day Winter Fest a perfect day for wintertime family fun
On February 2nd, the Crossing Bridge Residents Association brought Groundhog Day celebrations to Stittsville. They even had their own Stittsville Thomas on site to predict the anticipation of Spring’s arrival.…
Stittsville Whole Health Pharmacy initiates opiod awareness session for community
With the increased use of opiods in Ottawa, community-minded Pharmacist, Avish Shah, owner of Stittsville Whole Health Pharmacy, is leading an information session at his pharmacy on Sunday, February 16th. The…
Councillor Gower recommends new speed limit for Maple Grove
A recommendation to reduce the speed limit on Maple Grove from Huntmar Drive to Alon Street has been introduced by Councillor Glen Gower to the Transportation Committee and could be…
Unsafe lane changes and red light running February focus for STEP
The February focus by the Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), in collaboration with the Gatineau Police Service, will be unsafe lane changes and red light running during the month.…
Presentation – living with coyotes in an urban environment
As part of the Wildlife Strategy, the City of Ottawa initiated a Wildlife Speaker Series to increase residents’ knowledge and appreciation of wildlife, and promote coexistence through understanding and respect.…