Category: Shopping
Local consignment store has a global impact
(Above: Sandra Edwards, the owner oinds Dandelions Consignment. Photo by Barry Gray.) It’s often been said that it is better to give than receive. Sandra Edwards, owner of Dandelions Consignment,…
Saturday craft and flea market at Ritchie Feed and Seed in November
(Press release) The sun poured through the greenhouse as vendors set up their wares at the first of four Saturday craft and flea market events last weekend at Ritchie Feed and Seed in Richmond.…
Third “All That Glam” jewelry sale raises money for Nunavut
As a student in grade 12, I began a charity event called ALL THAT GLAM, a sale of gently-used jewelry and handbags to raise money for school breakfast programs in…
Owners of Re-Read Books set to turn a new page
(Left to right: Store manager Rob Tougas with owners Dean and Dee McIntosh.) Add a new word to the “R’s” of environmental stewardship: Re-Read. Local business owners Dean and Dee…
Gendron Antiques to close as owners get set for retirement
(Above Marc and Line Gendron in front of the bright red-and-green barn near Hazeldean Road. Photo by Barry Gray.) Another local business with deep roots in Stittsville has announced it…
“Geeked Out” toy sale coming to old Kanata Target location August 29-30
The Ottawa Chapter of The Doctor Who Society of Canada (DWSC) and members of the Canadian Dalek Empire will be invading the Geeked Out Limited Edition Toy & Collectible Sale…
New Beavertails hut at Tanger Outlets
Beavertails installed a new hut at the Tanger Outlet location today. It opens this weekend with an expanded menu that includes the famous Beavertails plus poutine and frozen yogurt.
New retail building proposed for Kanata Centrum
The City has received a Site Plan Control application for a new retail building at Kanata Centrum, near where the Milestones is currently located.
Harvey & Vern’s Lime Soda flavour at Brown’s #supportlocalstittsville
Brown’s Independent on Stittsville Main Street has about 50 cases of the new Harvey & Vern’s Lime Soda. When I went in on Saturday it was right at the front…
Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH confirms Kanata store
Turns out the speculation was true: Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH is opening at Tanger Outlets in 2016. Here’s the official press release. Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH is excited to…
Stereo and tv shop pulls the plug on Stittsville location
Stereo Plus and Design has pulled the plug on their Stittsville location on Stittsville Main Street. They were located next to the Farm Boy in a building that used to…
Pretty Pots is a vault of local history
(Above: Pretty Pots owner Shannon Gorman, in front of the flower cooler. All photos by Barry Gray.) There’s a lot of hidden history in Stittsville, sometimes you just have to…
Luxury store Saks could open at Kanata Tanger Outlets this spring
UPDATE: Confirmed for Spring 2016. For a brief period on Thursday, the Tanger Outlets Kanata website included a listing for Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, a luxury department store owned…
New fitness club could be coming to Carp Road
The City of Ottawa has received a site plan control application for 6303 Hazeldean Road (at Carp Road): “The application is proposing to revise two buildings previously approved, which have…
GUEST POST: “Buy Nothing” group is about much, much more
“You need to declutter”. This is a phrase I say over and over in my profession as a realtor. So when I caught wind of a new Facebook group in…