Read this before you set off fireworks this weekend
(Above: The Phat Boy fireworks truck is parked in front of the Rona on Hazeldean Road. Last year they were on Stittsville Main Street and this year they have a…
Waste Management submits site plan for Carp Road landfill expansion
Waste Management has submitted a site plan control proposal to the City of Ottawa for the expansion of the Carp Road landfill. You can access the documents on Waste Management’s…
City splash pads are now open
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Just in time for the long weekend, the City of Ottawa has opened the majority of its splash pads that will operate from…
Public high school teachers expected to make “partial withdrawal of service”
(Press release from the OCDSB.) The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has received notice of strike action in the form of a partial withdrawal of service beginning on Thursday, May…
Bus shelters, better express routes among suggestions at OC Transpo meeting
OC Transpo representatives met with Stittsville residents at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex Wednesday night to update them on route changes as well as discuss concerns about current bus service. Residents…
UPDATE: Bear may be looking for honey in Richmond
Here’s a note posted to the Richmond Facebook Group. “There has been an adult male bear in the woods, back of the houses at Ottawa and Fowler Streets. It may…
CITIZEN: Stittsville mom recovering from flesh-eating disease
The Ottawa Citizen has a story about Stittsville’s Susan Brayshaw, who is recovering from flesh-eating disease: A Stittsville mother recovering from flesh-eating disease wants nothing more than to carry her…
PHOTOS: Creative cakes raise over $2,400 for Stittsville Public School
This fundraiser really takes the cake. This year’s annual Cakewalk at Stittsville Public School raised $2,455 and featured 286 cakes. Parents donate the cakes (both home-made and store-bought), and then…
House fire on Maestro Avenue in Fairwinds North
Ottawa Fire Services responded to a 911 call today shortly after 2:30pm about a fire on Maestro Avenue in the Fairwinds North area. The 911 caller reported seeing black smoke coming…
Betty Ann Bryanton is at Gaia Java on May 15
Betty Ann began singing as a young girl in the church choir in her hometown in PEI. At Bishop’s University, she studied Business and also did a voice minor. She’s…
Stittsville Appreciation Award winners announced
Namitha Abraham, Robin Derrick, Cathy Skinner, Brown’s Your Independent Grocer were all announced as winners at the Stittsville Appreciation Awards tonight. Jim Watson and Shad Qadri were on hand to…
LETTER: Community involvement points way towards a better planning process
Re: City and developer agree on further study of 6279 Fernbank The unusual and unexpected adjournment and the conditions show the advantages to communities of having a party status at…
Stittsville resident among 25th Annual Transecure award winners
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) At the 25th annual Transecure Awards ceremony last week, the City of Ottawa honoured the heroic actions of OC Transpo employees who went…
Bear sighting near South Carleton High School
South Carleton High School was briefly under a “Shelter in Place” status this morning after a bear was spotted near the school. “A community member contacted us and Richmond…
Chris Rodgers chosen to represent Liberals in new Carleton riding
(Photo and press release from the Carleton Federal Liberal Association.) Members of the Carleton Federal Liberal Association elected Chris Rodgers as their candidate for the next federal election, expected this October. Hundreds…