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Audience gets feisty at candidate debate
Thursday night’s Stittsville ward debate was full of interruptions, accusations and arguing. And that was just from the audience. About 150 people filled the community hall at Johnny Leroux Arena to…
Candidate Q&A: French public board (CEPEO)
Here’s the next in our series of questionnaires from the candidates in the upcoming city council and school board elections. (Click here for all of our election coverage.) Stittsville is in…
Candidate Q&A: French Catholic board (CECCE)
Here’s the next in our series of questionnaires from the candidates in the upcoming city council and school board elections. (Click here for all of our election coverage.) Stittsville is in…
Residents encouraged to test smoke alarms monthly
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Ottawa Fire Services wants to remind residents that it’s the law to have a working smoke alarm outside every sleeping area and on…
First traditional advance vote day is Thursday, October 9
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Ottawa electors have another opportunity to make their mark in the upcoming municipal election with the two traditional advance voting days. The first…
Rogers customers frustrated by poor cell service
(Photo: Peter Hanschke in front of his home west of Stittsville Main Street. Photo by Glen Gower.) Peter Hanschke has been a Stittsville resident for 31 years and a Rogers…
Candidate Q&A: Dave Lee and Shad Qadri (Part 2)
Here’s Part 2 of our Q&A with Dave Lee and Shad Qadri, the two candidates running in Ward 6 for Ottawa City Council. StittsvilleCentral.ca sent out a questionnaire to both of the candidates,…
Top ten stories on StittsvilleCentral.ca Sept 27 – Oct 3
Here are the top ten most-visited stories on StittsvilleCentral.ca for the week of September 27 to October 3. Shop til you drop: A full list of Tanger Outlet stores (so…
Candidate Q&A: Dave Lee and Shad Qadri (Part 1)
We sent a questionnaire to all of the candidates for city council and school board in Stittsville. We’ve already published answers from the English Public Board and Catholic Board candidates,…
Surprise! Stittsville library gets unexpected donation of $1,000
(Press release from the Ottawa Public Library.) A representative from the Florida-based Levenger Foundation Inc. visited multiple Ottawa Public Library (OPL) branches recently to give them each a donation of…
Candidate Q&A: Zone 1 English Public Board
Here’s the second in our series of articles about the candidates in the upcoming city council and school board elections. We sent every Stittsville candidate a questionnaire and will be publishing…
Candidate Q&A: Zone 1 English Catholic Board
This is the first in a series of articles about the candidates in the upcoming city council and school board elections. We sent each candidate a questionnaire and will be…
Special advance voting runs October 1 to 3
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) The City is offering Special Advance Vote Days this week at three select locations from Wednesday, October 1 to Friday, October 3, from…
Lee, Qadri square off over Orgaworld in Rogers 22 tv debate
In a televised debate on Rogers 22, Shad Qadri said he followed the advice of professional engineers and legal experts before he voted in favour of the Orgaworld green bin contract.…
How is Rogers cell phone coverage in your neighbourhood?
We’ve heard a lot of complaints from Rogers Wireless customers in Stittsville about poor cell phone reception in our community. We’ve put a call in to the media relations team…