Liberals, NDP plan official campaign kick-offs in the coming days
The Liberals will officially kick off their campaign for Carleton on August 8 and the NDP will launch their campaign on August 16.
19 years and counting for the Kunstadt Open Tennis Tournament
(via Kunstadt Sports.) It has been 19 years since the Kunstadt family first established what would become Ottawa’s longest lasting open Tennis tournament. It wasn’t the business potential or charitable…
Dragon’s Lair Beads is leaving Stittsville for Almonte
After over a decade in Stittsville, Dragon’s Lair Beads is moving to Almonte at the end of the summer. “With our lease being up at the end of August…
Fundraising begins for Stittsville hockey trip to Europe
(Above: Erik Wilson and Owen Watt at Sobeys selling raffle tickets.) Look at these smiling faces! Sixteen boys are heading to Europe next year to play hockey. A 10-day program for…
Friday night power outage caused by loss of supply from provincial grid
A widespread west end power outage that briefly left 29,705 customers in the dark on Friday night was caused by a loss of supply from the provincial grid, according…
PHOTO: Sunflowers near Carp Road
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Ottawa Fire responds to industrial fire on Willowlea Road
(Photo via Ed Brown.) Ottawa Fire responded to a two-alarm fire in at 106 Willowlea Road, just north of Westbrook on Monday afternoon. The building is in an industrial park…
MEET THE CANDIDATES: Who’s running in the new federal riding of Carleton
When Stittsville residents vote in the federal election on October 19, we’ll be part of the newly-created riding called Carleton, instead of our old riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills. It’s all part of…
PHOTOS: Capturing a piece of heritage before it’s lost
(All photos courtesy of the Goulbourn Museum.) A local family has been farming on this property near Falllowfield and Eagleson since the mid-1800s. They operated a dairy farm here until 1997,…
LETTER: Municipalities value development over environment
Re: Residents question health of Poole Creek Wetland Thanks to Stittsville Central for the in-depth article on what happens when municipalities place more value on bad development than environmental sustainability. …
Greens nominate Deborah Coyne in Carleton riding
The Green Party nominated political veteran Deborah Coyne to run for MP in the new Carleton riding that includes Stittsville.
Cycling safety audit lists Queensway bridges as worst in Kanata North
New Beavertails hut at Tanger Outlets
Beavertails installed a new hut at the Tanger Outlet location today. It opens this weekend with an expanded menu that includes the famous Beavertails plus poutine and frozen yogurt.
Fat Tuesdays applies for liquor permit at Kanata Centrum location
UPDATE (March 28): The restaurant will open in Kanata in summer 2016. Fat Tuesdays in the Market is closing and moving to Kanata Centrum. In place of old location will…
Over 700 homes and apartment units proposed for new south Stittsville subdivision
There’s a zoning bylaw amendment and plan of subdivision posted to the City of Ottawa’s web site this week for a new housing development in on the south west corner…