Category: News
QADRI: “An Open Discussion on Crime” – November 25 at GRC
(via Councillor Shad Qadri’s weekly newsletter) We are fortunate to live in the great community of Stittsville which provides residents with a safe community to live, work and play. However,…
Community groups ask for role in landfill negotiations
(Press release from COLA.) COLA (Coalition for Landfill Accountability) wants the City of Ottawa to engage in real and meaningful consultation with residents during the negotiations of the Host Municipal…
COMMENT: The link between development charges and your property tax bill
(Photo: Poole Creek Village under construction.) On November 7, the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association (GOHBA) took out a quarter page ad in the first section of the Ottawa Citizen entitled…
NOTEBOOK: Potter’s Key, city budget, pipeline, CRRP
TRAFFIC’S KEY FOR MINTO PLAN City planner Patricia McCann-MacMillan sent out an atypically frank email to residents who submitted comments on Minto’s proposed Potter’s Key development. The email summarized what’s next for Minto and…
PHOTOS: Remembrance Day 2015 at the Stittsville cenotaph
A colour party and the Arnprior MacNab pipe band led veterans in a parade down Main Street for a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in front of Johnny Leroux…
Stittsville’s Paul Meek inducted into Order of Ottawa
(Photo: Paul Meek holds up a bottle of Harvey & Vern’s root beer at Quitters Coffee, November 2014. Photo by Barry Gray.) The first thing to go through Paul Meek’s head…
Richcraft gets deferral on demolition decision
The City of Ottawa’s Built Heritage Subcommittee was supposed to decide today on Richcraft’s proposal to dismantle and move the Bradley-Craig barn at 590 Huntmar, but they deferred the decision until the…
Over 100 Echowoods residents sign petition against Minto development
(Photo: Over 100 residents signed a petition against the traffic plan for Potter’s Key. The image has been blurred to protect the privacy of residents.) Echowoods resident Chris Levesque could…
GUEST POST: Knocking on doors, answering questions about pipeline
(Photo: Mike Fletcher is a volunteer with Ecology Ottawa. Along with other volunteers, he’s knocked on over 6,000 doors to talk to residents about the proposed Energy East pipeline.) I FOUND…
HOLLY THE GOLDENDOODLE: “Credible” sighting near Fallowfield/Huntley
The hope is still alive to find Holly the lost Goldendoodle. One of the volunteers searching for her says the group has received a report of a sighting this weekend in the…
City service changes in honour of Veterans’ Week and Remembrance Day
(Photo: Wreaths at the 2014 Remembrance Day ceremonial service at the Cenotaph on Warner-Colpitts Lane. Photo by Barry Gray.) (Media advisory) To mark this year’s Veterans’ Week, the City of Ottawa…
LETTER: City needs to strengthen heritage rules
(Photo: Bradley Craig barn on Hazeldean Road, October 2015. Photo by Barry Gray.) Increased urban sprawl into what once was prime agricultural land and thriving rural communities requires an ethical response…
COLA group launches new website
The Coalition for Landfill Accountability (COLA) launched a new web site today at colaottawa.ca. The web site will be a resource for residents to learn about issues related to the expansion of…
Here’s what’s planned for Stittsville’s Remembrance Day ceremony
(Above: The Colour Party leads veterans and other participants down Stittsville Main Street on November 11, 2014. Photo by Barry Gray.) This year’s Remembrance Day activities in Stittsville will begin…
COMMENTS OF THE WEEK: Minto development, Bradley-Craig barn, bad smells
Every week we get lots of comments from our readers on our web site, via email, and social media. Here’s a sample of what we heard this week. Add your thoughts…