Category: News
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…
Top ten stories on StittsvilleCentral.ca this week
Our list of Tanger Outlet stores, originally published a few weeks back, all of a sudden went viral on Facebook this week and generated about 31,000 pageviews. It was far…
Voter notification letters mailed out to Ottawa electors currently on the Voters’ List
(Press release from the City of Ottawa) The City’s Elections Office sent out approximately 630,000 voter notification letters today to all Ottawa electors currently on the Voters’ List. The notification…
Stittsville all-candidates debate set for October 9
The Stittsville Village Association is holding a municipal election debate on Thursday, October 9 from 7pm-9:30pm at the Johnny Leroux Community Centre. Both city council candidates and as well as the…
Stittsville Ward candidates debate on Rogers 22 on Sept 28
SET YOUR PVRs! David Lee and Shad Qadri, the two candidates in Stittsville Ward, will be debating on Rogers 22 on Sunday, September 28 at 7:00pm. The one-hour debate will be moderated…
Round-Up: The Stittsville election on Twitter this week
What were Dave Lee and Shad Qadri tweeting about this week? And what were Stittsville residents saying about the campaign? Here’s a sampling of tweets from the past week. A…
Kanata artist and community activist John Mlacak passes away at age 78
John Mlacak, a long-time community activist and artist in the Kanata area, passed away on Friday at age 78. He was a former reeve of March township, has a recreation centre named after him…
Top 10 stories on Stittsville.ca this week
These were the most-read stories on StittsvilleCentral.ca this week: EXPLAINER: When will Stittsville get a public high school? The race is on: New candidate in Stittsville Ward election Kathleen Edwards is opening…
Stantec employees help with the harvest at Black Family Farm
On Monday, 25 team members from Stantec helped with the harvest at the Black Family Farm near Stittsville for the Ottawa Food Bank. An additional team of 12 Stantec employees helped to…
City’s fall clean-up campaign kicks off
(Press release from the City of Ottawa) Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital program was officially launched at City Hall this week by the Mayor, the Chair of Transportation Committee, and by…
EXPLAINER: When will Stittsville get a public high school?
Jenny Guth’s son Levi is only in junior kindergarten this year, but she’s already thinking about where he’ll go to high school. Guth (pictured above), along with several other parents in…
What should we ask the candidates?
Do you have any questions for the candidates running in the municipal election? We’re putting together a questionnaire for Shad Qadri and Dave Lee. Add your comments below, or send…
Top ten stories on StittsvilleCentral.ca, September 6-12
These were the most-read stories on StittsvilleCentral.ca this week: The race is on: New candidate in Stittsville Ward election Grand opening of Pho TJ on Stittsville Main Street Kathleen Edwards is opening…
City Council Notes (Sept 10)
There were several items discussed at City Council on September 10 relating to properties near Stittsville
New construction, fewer government moves, hurt Stittsville housing market
The average resale price of residential homes and condos in Stittsville was down by about 3% overall in August on a year-over-year basis compared to 2013. (Note: Stittsville North = north of…