Stittsville’s Alexander Sanghwan critically injured by car in Miami
From CBC Ottawa: Police say a 22-year-old Ottawa tourist is in critical condition after being struck by a car in Miami, Fla. Miami-Dade police say Alexander Sanghwan was walking…
PHOTO ESSAY: Welcome to Stittsville (Part 4 of 4)
The final of four sets of photos of Stittsville Main, by photographer Joe Newton. See the previous set here…
Eight closet spring cleaning tips
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jason Allen is a Stittsville-based expert on getting organized. He runs Tailored Living, a business that specializes in organization solutions. With warmer weather finally on the horizon and…
Ottawa Museums and City Archives go virtual with their collections
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Accessing information about Ottawa’s history just got easier with the launch of the Ottawa Museums and Archives virtual Collections Catalogue. You can check…
Kungfu Bistro re-opens after weekend break-in
Margarita Chen from Kungfu Bistro sent along this note. They were closed on Sunday due to an overnight break-in. We are OPEN today! It’s business as usual with a lot of…
Firefighters save a cat from fire on Pretty Street
(Photo via Ottawa Fire / Todd Horricks.) Ottawa firefighters responded to a fire on Pretty Street early Monday morning. Todd Horricks from Ottawa Fire says that two occupants were displaced.…
COMMENT: Higher election contribution rebates would reduce the need for corporate donors
EDITOR’S NOTE: One of the issues in the 2014 municipal election last fall was whether or not candidates should be allowed to accept corporate or union donations. In April, city…
Kungfu Bistro closed Sunday due to break-in
The management at Kungfu Bistro asked us to share this update with our readers: We had a break-in last night and so to ensure the health and safety of our…
Police ask for help to find 16-year-old from Stittsville
(Press release from the Ottawa Police.) UPDATE: Police have located the teenager and she is safe and sound. (Our policy at StittsvilleCentral.ca for missing persons cases involving minors is to…
Local engineer’s historic ride on the last train through Stittsville
EDITOR’S NOTE: In January, we published a photo of the last train that travelled through Stittsville. The photo shows a man waving at the train as it’s about to cross…
Rogers is upgrading infrastructure along Stittsville Main
(Update from city councillor Shad Qadri.) This proposed Rogers work is an upgrade to the existing system with 803m of conduit installed by trenching and boring. All the work is…
Stittsville Junior B Rams advance to EOJHL finals
The EOJHL Finals are set in stone as it will be the Metro-Valley Champion Stittsville Rams squaring off against the Rideau-St. Lawrence Champion Casselman Vikings for the D. Arnold Carson…
New fitness club could be coming to Carp Road
The City of Ottawa has received a site plan control application for 6303 Hazeldean Road (at Carp Road): “The application is proposing to revise two buildings previously approved, which have…
Nail biting end of the season for the Atom B6 Blackhawks
(PHOTO: Front Row (from the Left): Ben Woelfle, Chaz Church, Sam Noseworthy, Brayden Salminen, Cameron Cheslock, Marco Flores, Nathan Bond and James Smith. Middle Row (from the Left): Kyle Gnaedinger,…
PHOTOS: Car flips over on Hazeldean Road near Farm Boy
UPDATE: Photographer Paul Dawson shared his photos of the crash with StittsvilleCentral.ca. He says: “At 9:30pm a single vehicle driving East on Hazeldean Rd in Kanata hit the median and…