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One year can make a difference in life
(Photo: Barry Gray) One year ago today Glen Gower was sworn in as the Councillor bringing a fresh voice for Stittsville to City Hall. The campaign win against an incumbent…
PHOTOS – Parade of Lights brings warmth and joy to Stittsville
Grand Marshall Barry Gray, Senior Citizen of the Year, led the Parade of Lights as it made its way down Stittsville Main Street to Village Square Park. Hundreds of kids,…
20 OC Transpo buses on stand-by to supplement the Confederation Line
(R1 buses distinctly identified and amassed at the RCGT Stadium. Photo: City of Ottawa) A back-up plan is in place should the Confederation Line experience another malfunction. OC Transpo has…
STEP focus for December on impaired driving and unsafe lane changes
For the month of December, the Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on impaired driving and unsafe lane changes. There have been 1,462 reportable collisions due to…
Parade of Lights and Lighting up the Park have finally arrived – plus more Stittsville events
(Santa with children in Village Square Park at 2018’s Lighting up the Park. Photo: Barry Gray) We have all been waiting for this amazing Stittsville event happening this weekend –…
High school students being targeted in scam to make ‘easy money’
The Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Unit is warning the community about a recent fraud trend targeting young people. The suspects (usually acquaintances) approach young people or make contact through social…
Immediate solutions for the LRT solution in Ottawa
(Ottawa LRT Platform at Tunney’s Pasture. Photo: Jon MacIndoe via Twitter) Editor’s Note: Andre Hallam is a retired IT Project Manager. With a background in projects, he tends to look…
Ottawa’s new safer roads plan awaits Council approval on December 11th
(Mayor Jim Watson and Transportation Committee Chair, Councillor Stephen Blais, announce the 2020-2024 Road Safety Action Plan. Photo: City of Ottawa) The third Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) was announced…
OC Transpo teaming up with Brown’s YIG to fill the bus for Ottawa Food Banks
The 35th annual OC Transpo/Loblaw Christmas Food Drive to benefit the Ottawa Food Bank is again collecting non-perishable food and cash donations outside of Brown’s Your Independent Grocer on Stittsville Main…
End of year wrap-up for Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society at AGM
(The 2020 Board of the Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society. From left back row: Nancy Lowden, Darlene Palsson, Mary Lou O’Rourke, Brenda Raid, Vivian McLean, Margret Farr; and, from left front row: Penny Horeczy,…
Please help support a Stittsville mother with Stage 4 lung cancer
(Tammy Rhyholm with her two daughters.) Tammy is a loving, single mother of two teenage daughters who has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 metastasized melanoma in both of her lungs,…
Stittsville Village Association grows with new board members
(The Stittsville Village Association Board. L-R back row: Tanya Hein, Mandy Hambly, David Fairbrother, Marion Gullock, Doug Sutherland, Jeff Gallant, Nancy Therrien, Dayna Hammond, Jan Mattingly, Lesley McKay and L-R…
Five hundred brown bags to fill by December 4th – get involved
(Nancy Allen, of Remax Stittsville, AKA The Grinch, drops off the community food donations to the CTV Morning Live Holiday Helpers Food Drive in 2018. Photos: provided by Christine Toth)…
Around town this weekend
(Poole’s Creek. Photo: Barry Gray) Friday, November 22nd Drop your child off Upstairs @ Brown’s – they will enjoy making Grinch pancakes & Grinch Kabobs, then will eat their culinary…
Many to thank for lighting up Stittsville Village Square Park
Over 20 volunteers came out to help install the lights at Village Square Park on Saturday, November 16th. The Stittsville Business Association organized the volunteers in collaboration with the Stittsville Lions Club. The two groups have been…