Zida Academy embraces new teaching technology
(Photo: Former student Samantha Pierre at the opening of Zida Academy in Stittsville. Photo by Devyn Barrie) The grounds of Zida Academy were really jumping over the weekend. Probably because…
Stittsville skating pair set sights on Canadian championships in January
Stittsville teenagers Alex Gunther and Kaitlyn Chubb have started a string of competitions that they hope will bring them to the Canadian national figure skating championships in Ottawa in January…
GRC pool closed from August 29-September 19 for maintenance
(via Councillor Shad Qadri / City of Ottawa) The Goulbourn Recreation Complex and Richcraft Recreation Complex swimming pools will be closed from August 29th-September 19th/18th due to annual maintenance. The complexes…
Food, beer, and wine is on the menu at Taste of Stittsville, September 4
Covered Bridge Brewing will host “A Taste of Stittsville” on September 4 in the parking lot at 119 Iber Road, 11am-4pm. A selection of local food and drink vendors will…
Stittsville’s Grace Lachance releases first single, Anymore
A little more than a year since Grace Lachance won the Bluesfest She’s The One contest, the 15-year-old singer from Stittsville has released her first single through a record label. “Anymore” hit…
UPDATE: No commemorative street names in this round
(PHOTO: Warner-Colpitts Lane is named after Sterling Warner and Ian Colpitts, two Stittsville volunteers who were instrumental in building the Johnny Leroux Arena.) Councillor Shad Qadri provided an update on…
GRC gym to be named after Erica Wiebe
Just one week after she won Olympic gold in Rio, hundreds of residents – many of them kids – packed the gymnasium at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Thursday evening to…
LEGION: Family breakfast, book club coming up at the Stittsville Legion
UPCOMING EVENTS The next monthly family breakfast open to everyone in the community will be held on Sunday September 11th from 9 a.m to 12 noon at the Legion Hall…
Trampoline park will be part of Zida Academy grand opening on Sunday
(Photo: Zida’s Sheng Lan with his mother Hua (Jennifer) Lan and father Julian Ni. Photo by Devyn Barrie.) Zida Academy, the private school at the old Ottawa Waldorf School location…
PHOTOS: Stittsville’s Erica Wiebe touches down at YOW
PHOTO: Via Blair Crawford/Twitter UPDATE: The City of Ottawa is hosting a reception for Erica Wiebe at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Thursday, August 25 at 7:00pm. All residents are…
Orangetheory Fitness hosts grand opening on Thursday
(via Orangetheory Fitness) After five long months of construction, reserving pre-opening memberships, participating in multiple events, setting up and training the team of staff in order to open our next…
PHOTOS: Sunday night’s incredible sunset
Last night’s incredible summer sunset, captured by Barry Gray off Hazeldean Road. (We love seeing photos from in and around our community. Please send your best pics to us at feedback@stittsvillecentral.ca)
Erica Wiebe returns to Ottawa on Tuesday morning
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJU4kJhjcJZ/ (press release via the Canadian Olympic Committee / Wrestling Canada) With the 2016 Olympic Games ending today, Canadian wrestling 2016 Olympic Champion Erica Wiebe will be returning home…
LETTER: The Tragically Hip have a really special place in my heart
(Leslie McKay is a longtime Stittsville resident and shared this story about her family’s connection with The Tragically Hip.) When my Dad was awaiting his double-lung transplant in Toronto…
ROUND-UP: Celebrating Erica Wiebe’s gold medal victory
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJRp2GXjyho/?taken-by=eweebz The community, the city, the entire country is cheering on Erica Wiebe’s gold medal victory in Olympic wrestling. Here are some stories, interviews and photos from the last 24…