Traffic impacts on Eagleson Road and Highway 417 on-ramps start Tuesday
(Media advisory) The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) will begin work on Tuesday, November 17 to widen sidewalks on the west side of the Eagleson Road Bridge over Highway…
Community groups ask for role in landfill negotiations
(Press release from COLA.) COLA (Coalition for Landfill Accountability) wants the City of Ottawa to engage in real and meaningful consultation with residents during the negotiations of the Host Municipal…
West Ottawa Chorale and Ladies Chorus to present joint Christmas concert
(press release) St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Kanata will be filled with sounds of Christmas as the West Ottawa Chorale joins the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus to blend their voices in joyous…
Hydro a concern for Carp Road Corridor businesses at AGM
(via the Carp Road Corridor BIA) The Carp Road Corridor business association held their annual general meeting on November 12. Members attending the meeting discussed local business priorities including how…
Kanata gets region’s first combined Curves / Jenny Craig franchise
Over the past few weeks renovations have been underway at the corner of Hazeldean and Castlefrank for Curves/Jenny Craig in Kanata as owner Barb Kerzner and staff open the first combined Curves/Jenny Craig…
COMMENT: The link between development charges and your property tax bill
(Photo: Poole Creek Village under construction.) On November 7, the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association (GOHBA) took out a quarter page ad in the first section of the Ottawa Citizen entitled…
VIDEO: Grace Lachance covers “Never Say Never”
Stittsville’s Grace Lachance posted a new video to YouTube – a cover of “Never Say Never” by The Fray. Lachance is the Sacred Heart High School student who won Bluesfest’s She’s…
New overnight winter parking restrictions start Sunday
(Photo via Hien Hoang, from his epic snow removal video.) (Press release) The City of Ottawa has changed its overnight parking restrictions in time for the upcoming winter. Overnight parking restrictions…
Kanata’s Santa Claus parade is on Saturday, November 14
Kanata’s annual Santa Claus parade is on Saturday, November 14. It starts at 10:00am at Terry Fox and Castlefrank, winding through Glen Cairn and ending at Hazeldean Mall. Santa will…
Saturday craft and flea market at Ritchie Feed and Seed in November
(Press release) The sun poured through the greenhouse as vendors set up their wares at the first of four Saturday craft and flea market events last weekend at Ritchie Feed and Seed in Richmond.…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Project will teach people how to grow
(Photo: “That was the last good garden I could grow which was two years ago,” says Primeau. “In that garden I had corn, tomatoes, green peppers, green onions, yellow onions,…
NOTEBOOK: Potter’s Key, city budget, pipeline, CRRP
TRAFFIC’S KEY FOR MINTO PLAN City planner Patricia McCann-MacMillan sent out an atypically frank email to residents who submitted comments on Minto’s proposed Potter’s Key development. The email summarized what’s next for Minto and…
This week at Gaia Java: The Crumble String Quartet
First of all you might be interested to learn that last Friday’s artists (Acacia Lyra and Friends) went on to do a refugee benefit concert the next day and raised…
ART OF THE POSSIBLE: Barn raising, not barn razing
If you’re having trouble picturing how a heritage farm could be incorporated into a modern suburban environment, a project in Surrey, B.C. might spark your imagination. Rempel Development Group, a company based…
PHOTOS: Remembrance Day 2015 at the Stittsville cenotaph
A colour party and the Arnprior MacNab pipe band led veterans in a parade down Main Street for a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in front of Johnny Leroux…