UPDATE: Tough to turn a profit on Speedway, says former operator
The person who ran the Capital City Speedway for the past four years says it’s tough to turn a profit on the operation. Todd Gow operated the speedway for the past four years.…
New splash pad coming to Pioneer Park in Jackson Trails
UPDATE (JUNE 11): In an update to the Stittsville Village Association, Shad Qadri said that the splash pad will be operational by end of August, 2015. Shad Qadri announced plans…
City offers free fitness passes from April 27-May 3
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Try before you buy and discover a new and healthier you. The City of Ottawa is offering free passes for City fitness facilities…
Original Sens owner Bruce Firestone plans book about the team’s founding
(ABOVE: In a video from the early 1990s, Bruce Firestone talks to reporters on the Huntmar Bridge overlooking the farmer’s field that would eventually become the Palladium, now known as Canadian…
Video recounts 1938 Richmond bank robbery
John Curry, editor of the Stittsville News and local historian, went all out last Saturday afternoon as he presented the story of a bank robbery that happened in Richmond in…
Students cut teacher’s hair at Stittsville Public School
Students in Mme Reed’s Grade 4 class at Stittsville Public School managed to get away with cutting a teacher’s hair. Students in her class raised $80 for Hair Donation Ottawa, more…
PHOTOS: Meet Al Caughey, Stittsville’s maple syrup “sapelier”
(Above: Stittsville resident Al Caughey tastes his tree sap as he boils it down in his back yard.) Al Caughey calls him self a “sapelier”, not a sommelier. The Conductor Street…
Munster beekeeper wins Awesome Ottawa grant
(A version of this article originally appeared on the Awesome Ottawa web site.) April’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Graeme Peterson, to support community beekeeping, as well as demonstration and…
Carol Tieu with Stéphane Klander play Gaia Java on April 24
A love of music has recently brought Carol Tieu, once a blues singer, and Stéphane Klander, a jazz guitarist, back together again after a few years hiatus. Still in the…
The West Ottawa Ladies Chorus: Together they make music
(Press release from the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus) What happens when women from all walks of life get together? They sing. Nurses, teachers, sales personnel, lay ministers and others blend…
Gluten-free cookie maker bakes up expansion plan
Joanna Zappia, the owner of Stittsville-based bakery Dolci, has big plans to expand her gluten-free cookie business. She’s launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise money to help fund the expansion.
100th Regiment marches in Pipefest
The 100th Regiment marched downtown in Ottawa’s Pipefest 2015 on Sunday. The event featured several pipe bands and many people in kilts. “We were three officially from the 100th with one…
Companies and individuals linked to Richcraft donated nearly $50k to campaigns
Corporations and individuals closely linked to one of Ottawa’s largest home builders made a combined $47,850 in donations to municipal candidates in the 2014 election.
Traffic lights coming to Huntmar and Maple Grove by end of June
UPDATE (June 12): Phil Landry, Manager of Traffic Services for the City of Ottawa, wrote in an email to StittsvilleCentral.ca that the traffic signal is expected to be installed by the…
Tyson Lefebvre needs votes for “Me to We” national award
You’ve read about Tysen Lefebvre previously on StittsvilleCentral.ca Earlier this year we did a story on his Mission to a Million, and his charity was recently been in the news because of…