Nissan car dealership proposed for Palladium Auto Park
The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan application to construct an automobile dealership, including an accessory office, automobile service station, showroom, car wash and parking lot area at…
NOTEBOOK: West Ridge speeding, Porter Place, Carp-Hazeldean intersection
Tweets from the Ottawa Police via @opswesttraffic often leave me flabbergasted, like this one on Wednesday… I guess the driver must have been on a really tight deadline?
OC Transpo summer service adjustments take effect Sunday, June 19
(press release via OC Transpo) On Sunday, June 19, new summer schedules begin along with several routing changes for improved service in the community of Greenboro East. Summer service improvements…
Stittsville library to close from June 17 to July 14
(via City of Ottawa) The Ottawa Public Library’s Stittsville branch will be closed from June 17 through July 14 to receive improvements. The improvements include full conversion to Radio Frequency…
METRO: Stittsville musician gains Vine fame with six-second videos
https://vine.co/v/inbKFpvUPjh Metro Ottawa reports on Mark Flesch, who has attracted 1.3 million Vine followers and earned an award nomination at the iHeart Radio Much Music Video Awards on Sunday: His loops…
CBC: Stittsville farmers lose crops, cry foul over wild parsnip purge
(FILE PHOTO: Wild parsnip growing along the ditch on Huntley Road south of Stittsville. Photo by Barry Gray.) From CBC Ottawa: Organic farmers near the Ottawa community of Stittsville say…
Fire hydrant testing in Stittsville June 14-17
Minion fire hydrant, as seen on Stonepath Crescent in Crossing Bridge (via City of Ottawa) Did you know that the City has over 22,000 fire hydrants? To ensure they are…
GAIA JAVA: Double bill with Linda Barnes, & Northern Stars Chorus on June 17
This Friday will be the first time we have Linda Barnes playing in the shop. She has already done a great job at some of the open mic nights around…
Goulbourn Museum hosts Father’s Day Flashback on Sunday
(PHOTO: This Sunday, members of the WWI Canadian Army Medical Corps (recreated) from St. Thomas, Ontario will be transforming the Goulbourn Museum grounds into a Forward Aid Post and Casualty…
Section of Maple Grove closed on Saturday for more hydro pole relocation work
(via Hydro Ottawa) In May, Hydro Ottawa began conducting a pole relocation project to improve the reliability of the electrical service in the Stittsville and Kanata West area. Pole relocation…
Olympic wrestler Erica Wiebe tours Stittsville
Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe was touring around Stittsville today with a crew from CBC Ottawa tagging along. The former Sacred Heart student will be competing at the Rio Olympics in…
UPDATE: Zida Academy plans wide ranging program from athletics to academics
(PHOTO: Zida’s Sheng Lan with his mother Hua (Jennifer) Lan and father Julian Ni. Photo by Devyn Barrie. After about a year of renovation and plenty of mystery, a new…
Maybe it was a cougar after all?
(ABOVE: Photo illustration.) Last week we published a story called “It’s probably not a cougar that you saw in Stittsville” after neighbours on Savage Drive thought they saw a cougar, and…
Dryer fire on Flewellyn Road
(via Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa Fire Services received a 911 call around 11:00pm Saturday night reporting smoke visible in a home at 5891 Flewellyn Road near Shea. Residents reported it…
Public meeting on June 20 about Goulbourn / Flewellyn wetland study
(Above: Former farmland, now wetland along Flewellyn Road. Photo from November 2014.) The City of Ottawa is holding a long-awaited information meeting later this month to share the results of…