NOTEBOOK: Live music at Quitters, Huntmar’s truck problem
MORE MUSIC AT QUITTERS I was at Quitters on Saturday night for trivia and two notable things happened. For one, my team won. That’s a first. Congrats to J, Lorrie and Greg,…
A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School celebrates 25 years
It’s hard to believe that it has been a quarter century since A. Lorne Cassidy (ALC) Elementary School, named for a former school board superintendent, has been open. Over the years,…
How would you like to live on Velociraptor Avenue?
Is this the Stittsville version of Boaty McBoatface? In our informal survey on new Stittsville street names, so far our readers have picked Velociraptor Street as their favourite name for Bell…
VIDEO: Watch as an SUV drives the wrong way through a roundabout
An anonymous driver posted this video to Reddit earlier today and shows an SUV turning left at the Huntmar-Campeau roundabout in Kanata North, near Tanger Outlets / Arcadia.
Additional details for Sunday’s Sens Fan Fest released
(via Ottawa Senators) More than 50 players, prospects and alumni to participate in fan press conferences, autograph sessions, intra-squad game and more. The Ottawa Senators (@Senators) announced today additional details…
Etsy Made in Canada comes to Bell Sensplex Sept 24-25
(via the Emily / Cheerfully Made blog) This will be my third year organizing Etsy Made in Canada here in Ottawa. I don’t know where the past 3 years have gone,…
PHOTO: Pumpkin field
Pumpkin in a field south of Stittsville. A fitting photo for the first day of fall. Photo by Barry Gray. (We love seeing photos from in and around our community. Please send your…
Jim Bryson nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award
(Photo: Jim Bryson in February 2016. Photo by Barry Gray for StittsvilleCentral.ca) Big congrats to Stittsville’s Jim Bryson for his well-deserved nomination for a Canadian Folk Music Award. Bryson’s album…
BATTLE BUDDIES: How Stittsville fundraising is helping veterans with PTSD
(PHOTO: Shawna Church Roy with her second service dog, Loki.) SHAWNA CHURCH ROY WAS WALKING BACK FROM SOME ERRANDS WHEN SHE SAW IT: flames shooting out the roof of her family’s house.…
Police offer Kijiji tips after two thefts on Monday night
(via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit has laid charges in two overnight robberies that both started with the sale of cell phones using a popular social media…
UPDATE: Here’s the final list of new Stittsville street names
If you live on Bell Street, Goulbourn Street, Elm Crescent, Long Meadow Way, or Meadowland Drive, watch your mailbox this week for your opportunity to vote on a new name…
Carleton U. engineering back from building schools in Nicaragua
While many students were busy with Frosh Week festivities, Parker Armstrong was working to empower children to go to school in Nicaragua, where only 56% of children graduate from primary school.…
Sunday morning outage cuts power to 5,000 customers
UPDATE: Back on as of 11.07am. Outage lasted about 40 minutes. Power is out for homes and businesses in and around Stittsville including Fairwinds, Jackson Trails, Granite Ridge, Amberwood, Wyldewood,…
PHOTO: Harvest Moon
The harvest moon rising south of Stittsville on Friday night. Photo by Barry Gray. (We love seeing photos from in and around our community. Please send your best pics to us…
NOTEBOOK: Revised site plan approved for Stittsville Walk
(FILE PHOTO: Unfinished “Stittsville Walk” condos, March 6, 2016.) “I suppose the best one can say is that it is no worse than the original proposal.” That’s the reaction I received…