Category: News
Trustees vote to send Munster elementary students to new schools this fall
(Summary provided by the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.) A Special Board Meeting was held to deal with the redirection of current Munster Elementary students to either A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School…
List of city services affected by Victoria Day
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) The City of Ottawa would like to remind residents of the following schedule changes for Victoria Day (Monday, May 18).
Read this before you set off fireworks this weekend
(Above: The Phat Boy fireworks truck is parked in front of the Rona on Hazeldean Road. Last year they were on Stittsville Main Street and this year they have a…
Waste Management submits site plan for Carp Road landfill expansion
Waste Management has submitted a site plan control proposal to the City of Ottawa for the expansion of the Carp Road landfill. You can access the documents on Waste Management’s…
Public high school teachers expected to make “partial withdrawal of service”
(Press release from the OCDSB.) The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has received notice of strike action in the form of a partial withdrawal of service beginning on Thursday, May…
Bus shelters, better express routes among suggestions at OC Transpo meeting
OC Transpo representatives met with Stittsville residents at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex Wednesday night to update them on route changes as well as discuss concerns about current bus service. Residents…
CITIZEN: Stittsville mom recovering from flesh-eating disease
The Ottawa Citizen has a story about Stittsville’s Susan Brayshaw, who is recovering from flesh-eating disease: A Stittsville mother recovering from flesh-eating disease wants nothing more than to carry her…
Stittsville Appreciation Award winners announced
Namitha Abraham, Robin Derrick, Cathy Skinner, Brown’s Your Independent Grocer were all announced as winners at the Stittsville Appreciation Awards tonight. Jim Watson and Shad Qadri were on hand to…
LETTER: Community involvement points way towards a better planning process
Re: City and developer agree on further study of 6279 Fernbank The unusual and unexpected adjournment and the conditions show the advantages to communities of having a party status at…
Stittsville resident among 25th Annual Transecure award winners
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) At the 25th annual Transecure Awards ceremony last week, the City of Ottawa honoured the heroic actions of OC Transpo employees who went…
Bear sighting near South Carleton High School
South Carleton High School was briefly under a “Shelter in Place” status this morning after a bear was spotted near the school. “A community member contacted us and Richmond…
Chris Rodgers chosen to represent Liberals in new Carleton riding
(Photo and press release from the Carleton Federal Liberal Association.) Members of the Carleton Federal Liberal Association elected Chris Rodgers as their candidate for the next federal election, expected this October. Hundreds…
Welcome to our new reporter Jordan Mady
A big welcome to Jordan Mady, who will be working part-time this summer as StittsvilleCentral.ca’s reporter.
PHOTOS: Megan Lewis and her horse Lady stop in at Quitters
(Photo by Aidan Saunders.) Megan Lewis and her horse Lady are travelling across Canada to raise money for charity, and on Saturday they stopped in at Quitters on Stittsville Main…
School board expects withdrawal of services, not strike on Monday
(Here’s a letter sent out to parents from the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board on Thursday afternoon.) Dear Parents and Guardians: The OCDSB, like all public school districts in Ontario, is…