Five Guys supports CIBC Run for the Cure this Sunday
Five Guys Burgers and Fries (Hazeldean Road) will be donating $1 for each burger sold on Sunday, September 18, 2016 from 3pm – 10pm at all of their five locations in Ottawa.…
Cheer Sport Sharks host two free cheer clinics
(PHOTO: Photo taken at the Kicks Competition in Montreal on March 20th after the Finback and Pacific Sharks won their bids to represent Canada at the 2016 Worlds. Photo by…
Terry Fox Run comes to Kanata-Stittsville September 18
The Terry Fox Run is a non-competitive event where people get together as individuals, families, and groups to raise money for cancer research in Terry’s name. It is a day…
LINKED: Family of double murder-suicide continues to seek answers
Judy Trinh writes in Ottawa Magazine: In our initial conversations in 2016, Jon Corchis was unable, emotionally, to go into depth about the events of January 13, 2013. Instead, he directed…
NOTEBOOK: Landfill proposal could mean even more downtown trucks
A number of people have asked me this summer about the status of the Carp Road landfill expansion, or as Waste Management (WM) would prefer us to call it, the West…
Councillors host budget info session on September 15
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) On Thursday September 15th my office in conjunction with Councillor Marianne Wilkinson and Councillor Allan Hubley are holding a Budget 2017 public information session. The session…
Police seek “persons of interest” in robbery of Uber driver
(via Ottawa Police) Update, Sept 9: Persons of interest and suspect identified Following the media release yesterday, two of the three persons depicted in the attached image, as well as…
Ottawa Fire responds to possible bus fire on West Ridge
Ottawa Fire responded this afternoon to a report of a possible bus fire at Westridge Drive and Barracks Way, south of Fernbank. Traffic is being affected. More to come… https://twitter.com/OttawaFirePIO/status/773961884110319616
Karaoke fundraiser for cancer awareness this Saturday
UPDATE: The fundraiser brought in $2900 for the Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s Cancer Center. *** Bill Martin and Sue Lambe of the Hometown Team, Century 21 John DeVries Ltd. are busy…
Kanata Ribfest returns to Walter Baker Park this weekend
(sponsored) Thursday-Sunday, 11am-9pm daily. At Walter Baker Park (next to the Kanata Rec Centre) on Terry Fox Drive in Kanata, south of the Queensway. It’s back, and even more sticky…
Four Stittsville residents set to receive volunteer medals from Governor General
(press release) His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers to 46 exceptional volunteers from Canada’s Capital Region at a ceremony…
HODGINS HOUSE: They paved paradise, put up a Mattress Mart
“IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS IT WAS GONE,” wrote reporter Debbie Lawes in the Kanata Standard on Wednesday, June 8, 1988, a week after a wrecking crew tore down Hodgins House…
Clean-up at the Abbott Street dog park on Sept 10
The Responsible Dog Owners of Canada (RDOC) are organizing a clean-up at the “unofficial” Stittsville dog park south of Abbott Street. The event happens on Saturday, September 10 from 9am-10am.…
Grocery store, restaurant proposed for corner of Fernbank and Shea
The City of Ottawa has received a request to amend the zoning by-law to allow a commercial development at the south west corner of Fernbank and Shea. The land…
PHOTO: Sunset tree at ALC
Thanks to Rob Hambly for sharing this pic of a tree at A. Lorne Cassidy school. Taken at sunset on August 28. (We love seeing photos from in and around our…