St. Stephen Catholic School receives funds for school safety zone
It’s difficult to avoid the steady stream of news related to motor vehicle collisions, including collisions with pedestrians and bicyclists. Against that backdrop, Aviva Canada recently conducted a national online…
Stittsville Atom B2 RAMS give back to Big Sky Ranch
(Photos provided by Kristal Medaglia) Do you like animals? Our local Stittsville RAMS Atom B2 hockey team sure do. The team volunteered on November 2nd, to give back to the…
Ottawa Police Service warn of ‘Service Canada’ phone scam
The Ottawa Police Organized Fraud Unit is warning the community about a recent phone scam that is being reported in Ottawa and across the country. The fraudulent phone calls are…
Breakfast programs and All That Glam – seventh year of fundraising for the North
Seven years ago, Stittsville Sacred Heart High School student, Eva von Jagow, came across the staggering rates of malnourishment and under-nourishment in a part of our own country, in the…
The esteemed Royal Oak Pub is expanding to Stittsville
(The original Royal Oak Pub established in 1980 – located at 318 Bank Street, Ottawa. Photo: Royal Oak) The Royal Oak Pub, a long-time fixture in the pub scene as…
Public input is needed on workforce participation
Not working? Why not? If you have withdrawn from the workforce, the Centre for Workforce Development (CFWD) wants to hear from you. Whatever the reason – whether you are caregiving, injured, retired, or…
Daylight Saving Time ends and surprisingly pedestrians get hurt
Each fall when Daylight Saving Time ends motorists and pedestrians are seemingly given a bonus hour of sleep. In theory the roads should be safer this is not necessarily the…
PHOTOS: Day of the dead and pumpkin parade draw a huge crowd
Friday evening was full of spirit as two of Stittsville’s events held at the Village Square Park brought out the best of both worlds – celebrating the dead and a pumpkin…
Long time secret divulged – 55 years of community service celebrated in Stittsville
(L to R: Don Meunier and Don Zogalo accepting the Harry A. Newman Award from the Canadian Diabetes Association. Photos: Stittsville Central) In Stittsville when you mention the Lions Club,…
Volunteers needed for hanging lights in Village Square Park
The Christmas season and the Stittsville Parade of Lights is fast approaching. The Stittsville Business Association (SBA) has teamed up with the Stittsville and District Lions Club to again hang…
Rock the Rink select Stittsville world champions to skate in show
On November 7, Rock the Rink comes to Ottawa’s TD Place featuring Canadian skating greats – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Patrick Chan, Kaetlyn Osmond and Elvis Stojko. This skating production…
Mayor Watson initiates urgent dose of revamping to transit system
(Photo: Canadian Press) With another morning commute on the LTR Confederation Line causing havoc in Ottawa, the 12th in the past four weeks, Mayor Jim Watson has initiated urgent revamping to…
Red lights and stop signs priority for Ottawa Police STEP in November
For the month of November, Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on red light running and stop sign violations. Red Light Running — Between 2013 and 2017, there were 3,718…
Spooktacular continues on Friday – less eerie events on weekend and next week
A wet rainy Halloween greeted Trick and Treaters in Stittsville, but we are a resilient community and no candy was left behind nor trick undone. This year, we believe, brought…
Stittsville United Church Offers Meditation, Coffee and Community
Stittsville United Church (SUC) has appointed a new Spiritual SPARK Director, Julee Pauling, for weekday community outreach. “SPARK” stands for spirituality, progressive, affirmative, relevant, and knowledge, and refers to activities…