PHOTOS: Witches, goblins and a carnival haunted Stittsville streets on Halloween – Pumpkin Parade return – another success
With a return to the Halloween haunting evening after a year off due to COVID, many more trick and treaters could be found going door-to-door in Stittsville on Halloween night. Young and old were thrilled to see the spookily creative…
A wet day draws out a good crowd for the Kemp Woodland Celebration
On Saturday, October 30, the Stittsville Land Keepers held their first successful event as a group. Founded by Jessie Lozansky, the group members are from Stittsville and surrounding area.
New anthology offers insight into COVID from elderly perspective
Plague Take It, co-edited by Ann McMillan and Jon Peirce, features writing by and about elders on the experiences of navigating a world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
West Ottawa Wild Ringette U19AA team plays inaugural game
The West Ottawa Ringette Association (WORA) broke some exciting news last week for Stittsville. They now have a newly formed U19AA level team.
Coming-of-age fantasy novel marks Stittsville author’s debut
Payson R. Harris, from Stittsville, published their first novel on October 22nd. The Quantity of Desire is about a minotaur named Chase who comes to a new land without his family and must learn to make his own way in the world.
OPEN LETTER: Brokerlink comes through for our local food bank
This past week, Brokerlink Insurance, here in Stittsville, came through with a wonderful truckload donation of food products for our local food bank.
COMMUNITY NOTES: from the desk of Councillor Gower
Councillor Gower and his team enjoyed seeing all of the Halloween goblins who dropped by the Village Square Park to say ‘boo’ and receive some treats. There is still time to enter your photos into Councillor Gower’s costume contest.
Extendicare Stittsville breaks ground for modern 256 bed long-term care home
(The ground-breaking ceremony for the announcement of the new Extendicare Stittsville long-term care home took place on October 29, 2021. Those included in the ceremony were: (l-r) Dr. Michael Guerriere,…
Stittsville Pumpkin Parade returns for 7th year
The Village Square Park will again be filled with community spirit when the Stittsville Pumpkin Parade returns on November 1st.
Tanger’s ‘pink program’ supports the Ottawa Hospital Rose Ages Breast Health Centre
Ottawa shopping centre has raised over $100,000 for The Ottawa Hospital Rose Ages Breast Health Centre with annual philanthropic program.
Reduce your energy usage with Ottawa’s “Race to Retrofit” challenge
Ottawa citizens, classrooms, and businesses are being encouraged to participate in the virtual Race To Retrofit challenge from November 15th to the 19th to build awareness about energy related activities that make a real environmental impact.
Project Red Ribbon: MADD Ottawa promoting sober driving throughout holiday season
From November 1 to January 3, MADD Chapter Ottawa will be distributing red ribbons and red ribbon car decals to the public to encourage sober driving.
Stittsville Land Keepers host inaugural event – celebrate Kemp Woodland
Jessie Lozanski created the Wild Stittsville guide that can be found at several locations in Stittsville and has now created a group entitled Stittsville Land Keepers.
Brokerlink rolls in with truckload of essentials for Stittsville Food Bank
BrokerLink Stittsville employees answered a challenge from head office to give back to their community. The staff chose to support the Stittsville Food Bank.
Hop!: Make walking to school fun with the new app
Hop! is a new app created by EnviroCentre and the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) that encourages students to walk to school.