Category: News
Firefighters greet Max on his Big Ride through Stittsville
Ottawa firefighters helped welcome Max and his dad Andrew Sedmihradsky to Stittsville on Sunday. They’re on a 600-km bike ride from Ottawa to Hamilton along the Trans Canada Trail to…
Carp Road businesses on edge about roundabouts
(Above: Peter Kondruss, owner of Kondruss Galleries on Carp Road. Photo by Barry Gray.) A public meeting on Wednesday night will give residents and businesses a chance to weigh in…
Elementary students will get report cards (sort of) after all
(Letter to parents from the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.) Dear Parent/Guardian: I would like to provide you with an update regarding report cards, Letters of Promotion, and the sharing of…
Comments of the week: High school, turtles, and homebuilder geography
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…
COMMENT: “Environmental Centre” is just lipstick on a landfill
On Tuesday night at the public meeting on the proposed Site Plan Control for the proposed West Carleton Environmental Centre (WCEC) landfill on Carp Road there was considerable discussion about…
SIU closes investigation into Stittsville collision
(Press release from the Ontario SIU.) Based on the Special Investigations Unit’s (SIU) review of an incident that occurred in Ottawa earlier this month, SIU Director Tony Loparco has terminated…
SURVEY SAYS: 90% of residents want a public school in Stittsville
Parents who are part of the Stittsville Public High School Now group presented the results of their survey at a school board meeting on Tuesday. A large group of Stittsville parents attended…
Geographically-challenged homebuilders agree to change direction
A pair of Stittsville homebuilders have been advertising the new Poole Creek Village as being in the “Heart of Kanata”, but the neighbourhood is actually smack dab in the middle of…
No report cards for public students JK-grade 7
(Letter to parents from the OCDSB’s Director of Education.) Dear Parent/Guardian: I am writing with an important update on the final report card which is usually issued at the end…
Hubley: Province, not city, responsible for wildlife calls
(ABOVE: Photo by April Boomer, via Facebook.) Kanata councillor Allan Hubley commented on this week’s deer incident in Glen Cairn on the Glen Cairn Residents Facebook group today. Some residents were…
Trio of public meetings on Monday: Carp Road Landfill, mosquitos, winter parking
Monday, June 15 is packed with three separate public meetings of interest to Stittsville residents.
Results of public high school survey will be presented to school board on June 16
Here’s an email from the Stittsville Public High School Now group. They’ll be presenting the results of their survey, in advance of the Ministry of Education’s deadline for school boards to…
LOST & FOUND: Twin concrete lions stolen from driveway
An Amberwood resident has turned to Kijiji in a search for two stolen concrete lions: “Looking for my twin lions stolen from my driveway. 2 ornamental lions, white concrete, 2 feet…
Public meeting on Carp Road Landfill site plan on June 15
(via city councillor Eli El-Chantiry) The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan Control application from the West Carleton Environmental Centre (WCEC) to permit an expansion to the existing…
Herbicide to be used to combat wild parsnip south of Stittsville
(Adapted from an article originally published on the City of Ottawa web site.) For a plant with such an innocuous name, the wild parsnip is a troublemaker. Like any invasive…