Raising the bar: Hummingbird brings a global focus to chocolate production
QUICK FACTS Hummingbird owners Erica and Drew Gilmour (above) met eachother in Afghanistan and moved to Stittsville nine years ago. The chocolate is sold at about 30 stores in…
Ottawa Public Health launches new online parenting initiative
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Ottawa Public Health (OPH) launched a new interactive web portal today to help parents access relevant, reliable and local parenting information online. The…
Early birds can register now for Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) The City of Ottawa and Tim Hortons are pleased to announce the annual Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital campaign, which will take place from…
PHOTOS: Bradley-Craig farm, revisited
We can’t resist sharing photos of Stittsville’s heritage buildings. Here are two photos of the Bradley-Craig farm from Krista Woltman. (You can read more about the farm here…) If you have…
Saturday’s power outage may have been caused by road salt
UPDATE: Here’s a statement from Rebecca Hickey in Hydro Ottawa’s media an public affairs department: The outage on Saturday March 14th affecting Stittsville, Kanata, Richmond and Munster was caused by a Hydro…
POWER OUTAGE: Kungfu Bistro cooks up soup by flashlight for charity event
We got an email this afternoon from Margarita at Kungfu Bistro. They are trying to cook 30 litres of soup for Great Bowls of Fire, a charity event tonight to…
Snapped hydro pole cuts power to 12,000 customers on Saturday afternoon
Power’s out for about 12,000 customers in Stittsville, Munster, Richmond and Kanata on Saturday afternoon due to a broken hydro pole. Hydro Ottawa crews are responding. As of 3:15pm, the…
Junior B team can’t use RAMS name, says minor hockey association
(Above: RAMS player Cole Carter slips past Renfrew’s Blair Barr in game four of the series. The RAMS won the series in four straight games clinching the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League Valley Division.…
Temporary road closed for good in Blackstone
(Update from City Councillor Shad Qadri.) In the Blackstone subdivision a temporary road access has been closed and residents have been redirected to a new travel route. The road section…
PHOTOS: All along the water tower
A contractor works on cellular equipment on top of the Stittsville water tower on Thursday morning. The City of Ottawa has contracts with several communications providers to host cell equipment…
OC Transpo operates revised schedules for March Break
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) OC Transpo will operate a reduced weekday schedule during the March Break (March 16 to 20) when schools are closed. Bus arrival times…
GUEST POST: “Buy Nothing” group is about much, much more
“You need to declutter”. This is a phrase I say over and over in my profession as a realtor. So when I caught wind of a new Facebook group in…
The Hamburgler Andrew Hammond stops in for dinner at Napoli’s
Sens rookie goalie Andrew “Hamburgler” Hammond stoped in for dinner at Napoli’s Cafe on Stittsville Main Street earlier this week. We hear it’s a popular place for some of the players.…
Reminder that your interim property tax bill is due
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Ottawa property owners are reminded that the interim property tax bill, which was mailed out during the last week of February, is due…
Phoney sales pitches prompt warning from City
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) The City of Ottawa is warning residents to be vigilant of door-to-door salespeople making false claims about the quality of City drinking water.…