Jo-Jo’s Pizza provides land for a new community garden
Here’s another interesting project in the works for Stittsville Main Street: The Kassis family, owners of Jo-Jo’s Pizza, are partnering with a group of local volunteers to help establish a community garden…
Von Jagow wins additional $10k as “Women of Worth” national honouree
(PHOTO: Actress Blake Lively poses with National Honouree Eva von Jagow of DUENorth prior to the Women of Worth Awards Gala in Toronto.) Congrats to Stittsvile’s Eva von Jagow, who was…
COMMENT: Let’s start saying light rail to Stittsville
(ABOVE: Artist’s rendering of the Rideau LRT station downtown. Via City of Ottawa.) It was great to see City Council approve plans for Phase 2 of light rail transit (LRT)…
Registration for Stittsville Minor Softball continues til April 9
(via SMSA) The Stittsville Minor Softball Association (SMSA) is pleased to announce there are a lot of exciting changes to the softball programs in 2017. Come out and join…
Free March break programs at the Stittsville library
(via Ottawa Public Library) The Stittsville Branch of the OPL will be having lots of free programs during March Break, or you can just come by and hang out. Monday,…
LETTER: Time to fix Terry Fox-Cope intersection
(Peter Vukovic and his family were on their way to church on Sunday morning, when they were involved in a serious collision at the intersection of Terry Fox Drive and…
NOTEBOOK: New RMT on Stittsville Main, a lost building’s rich retail history
NEW RMT ON STITTSVILLE MAIN Holly Milliner has moved her registered massage therapy practice, Syner-G Massage Therapy and Wellness Centre to the little white house at 1535 Stittsville Main Street, just south of…
PHOTO: A cold day along Poole Creek
Poole Creek, looking east from Huntmar. Photo by Richard Monette. If you’re on Instagram, check out more of his photos at @richmonty_blackwhite. (We love seeing photos from in and around our…
New route numbers and bigger buses for OC Transpo this spring
OC Transpo will have a bit more room for Stittsville riders starting April 23, along with new numbers for two of the routes. According to Councillor Shad Qadri’s web site,…
West Ottawa Ladies Chorus spring concert celebrates Canada
(Press release) When one thinks of Canada, water likely appears as a mental image. Rightly so. Canada has the largest amount of fresh water in the world and it is…
CSS Finback Sharks Heading to Worlds 2017 in Orlando
(Back Row left to right: Trevor Schlarb, Angelo Chen, Paul Smith, Brooke McLennan; Middle Row left to right: Kaitlyn Morgan, Kaylea Donovan, Taylor Sinclair, Jordyn Postma, Rebecca Richardson, Rebecca Snider,…
How to talk to your kids about drug abuse, from a Kanata mom and pharmacist
The following was written by Kanata mom Shelita Dattani (above), who is the associate director of professional development at the Canadian Pharmacists’ Association. She also works part time as a pharmacist…
NOTEBOOK: Keg restaurant could arrive as soon as November 30
One of the most-visited articles in the StittsvilleCentral.ca archives is about a proposal to build a Keg restaurant on the corner of Hazeldean and Huntmar. And one of the most…
EVENT: March 4th into a Healthy 2017
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) In my capacity as both City Councillor for Stittsville Ward 6 and Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health I am holding an event, in conjunction…
Eva von Jagow named a “2017 L’Oréal Paris Woman of Worth”
(press release) Stittsville’s Eva von Jagow has been selected as one of the 10 inaugural members of the L’Oréal Women of Worth family in Canada. Chosen from over 300 nominations,…