Portes-ouvertes à Paul Desmarais!
ABOVE: Students gather in front of Ecole Paul-D on a tour last week. Photo courtesy of the school. EDITOR’S NOTE: We asked Joelle Logue to write about her impressions of Stittsville’s…
Here’s how you can find out about bus cancellations when the web site goes down
Here’s a memo that went out to senior staff at local schools from the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA). OSTA’s web site went down on Wednesday morning, when school buses…
NUSSBAUM: Bradley-Craig “a disappointing loss”
Photo by Steve Garecke / sg@stevegerecke.com EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s part of a blog post from Rideau-Rockliffe Councillor Tobi Nussbaum about the Bradley-Craig barn, after council approved demolition/relocation to Munster. He was one…
LETTER: Councillor and residents must push back on Potter’s Key plans
Re: QADRI: OMB will likely side with Minto on Potter’s Key road access “If prolonging the process is the best that can be done when developers exercise their influence over City…
Sens invite public to check out their Lebreton Flats proposal at CTC
(Press release via Ottawa Senators) RendezVous LeBreton Group’s IllumiNATION LeBreton proposal, submitted to the National Capital Commission to redevelop LeBreton Flats, will be on public display at Canadian Tire Centre…
West Ottawa Ladies Chorus sings their way to spring
(via WOLC) Mid winter is the time when each of us wait with dread for the temperatures to plummet, a time when we stay hunkered down in our cocooning mode…
Planning Committee decides on Stittsville South zoning February 9
The City’s Planning Committee will consider a zoning by-law amendment for a subdivision in Stittsville South, “to permit residential development of 339 single detached, 162 multiple attached and 152 low-rise…
Stittsville items in front of Committee of Adjustment February 17
The Committee of Adjustment will consider several Stittsville applications on February 17: 12 Meadowland: “The Owner wants to subdivide the property into three separate parcels of land. It is proposed…
QADRI: OMB will likely side with Minto on Potter’s Key road access
“I can lobby my council colleagues to support me and the community in opposing this development… Based on my experience with developments going before the OMB and given that the…
GAIA JAVA: Singer-songwriter Greg Kelly on Friday, February 5
Look at this picture – do you recognise this man? If you have been at any of our music evenings over the last year you probably will find his face…
City staff uncovered GRC pool problems back in 2002
(Photo: The GRC pool under repair in May 2015.) A former Goulbourn councillor says an out-of-court settlement made a decade ago means we may never know who’s really responsible for problems…
LETTER: GoFundMe for 8-year-old girl’s surgery
I’m hoping that some of you will be able to help! A dear friend of mine (and fellow Stittsville mom Jen Martin) will be bringing her daughter to Ohio for…
LETTER: Who should control development in our city?
PHOTO: Construction equipment in front of the Bradley-Craig barn. Photo by Dan Pak. The citizens of Ottawa spend considerable time and money defining the type of community we want to…
PHOTOS: Bradley-Craig Farm photo walk
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to everyone who joined us today to take photos of the Bradley-Craig farm! It was fun to swap stories, meet neighbours and have a look at all of…
QADRI: Here’s why bright lights are alright
From Councillor Shad Qadri’s email newsletter: Recently my office received an inquiry regarding the brightness of the street lights along the new Robert Grant Avenue. The street is designated as…