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…
Stittsville rapper pays tribute to Main Street Pub with new EP
Above: Proper’T. Photo ©Brett Colpitts EDITOR’S NOTE: By day, Stittsville’s Tanner Foster works as a gold buyer at Westgate Shopping Centre. In his spare time, he’s pursuing a passion for music…
Ottawa Business Journal: “Local biz owner pushes for BIA”
From the Ottawa Business Journal: The 18 business improvement areas within Ottawa’s city limits currently span from Orleans in the east to Carp Village in the west, but Stittsville is…
Stittsville student’s leadership a key part of “Unlock Change” fundraiser
(Article via the Let’s Unlock Change organizing committee.) When Chris Carroll applied to be treasurer of the Algonquin College Public Relations students’ “Let’s Unlock Change” campaign in support of The…
Weekend outage in Munster due to a ‘perfect storm’, says Hydro Ottawa
EDITOR’S NOTE: On Saturday, some residents in the Munster/Ashton area of Rideau Goulbourn were left without power for hours. We asked Hydro Ottawa about why power went out and why…
All Saints High School double bill at Gaia Java on March 27
Some of the schools around Ottawa are doing an amazing job of teaching and motivating kids in their music activities. Although a few years ago it wasn’t very ‘cool’ to…