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CBC: Tory candidate Ghamari doesn’t believe climate change is caused by humans
Photo: Goldie Ghamari, Carleton PC candidate, at a Q&A in Stittsville on May 20, 2018. Photo by Barry Gray. Via CBC: The Ontario PC candidate for Carleton said she doesn’t believe…
CBC: Charges laid after stolen clothing donation bins found in storage
From CBC Ottawa: An Ottawa man is accused of stealing clothing donation boxes right off the street from several charities. The large steel bins were stolen were then painted to…
CBC: Stittsville farm’s last inhabitant blasts developer’s inaction
(PHOTO: Norma and Eldon Craig inside the old farmhouse. The couple sold the property 12 years ago. Eldon passed away in 2016 at the age of 91.) Laurie Fagan from…
CBC: Stittsville’s Tyrone Henry closes in on Paralympic goal
(PHOTO: Tyrone Henry is a member of the Canadian National Sledge Hockey Team. Photo by Barry Gray / StittsvilleCentral.ca (2017).) From CBC Ottawa: Even before he lost the use of…
COMMENT: Homeless deserve a side of dignity with their pizzas
A homeless shelter in downtown Ottawa won’t be accepting leftover pizzas from the Stittsville Little Caesars because of food safety concerns. Jason Lee, the owner of the pizza place, has…
CBC: Fight to save historic Stittsville barn headed to court
(PHOTO: Construction equipment in front of the Bradley-Craig barn / January 2016. Photo by Dan Pak.) Laura Osman reports for CBC Ottawa: The City of Ottawa is taking Richcraft Homes to…
CBC: Interview with Stittsville News editor John Curry
This week, the final issue of the Stittsville News was published after 60 years in print. CBC Radio’s Jessa Runciman interviewed longtime editor John Curry (pictured above) on In Town…
CBC: Barrhaven residents raise stink over dump’s growing aroma
Here’s a report from CBC Ottawa’s Laura Osman about odour issues from the Trail Road Landfill affecting Barrhaven residents in Half Moon Bay: Some Barrhaven residents are raising a stink…
CBC: ‘U-Haul stole my Christmas’ says Stittsville family
UPDATE: U-Haul delivered the shipment by New Year’s Eve. Stu Mills reports for CBC Ottawa: A Calgary family has now waited 10 days past U-Haul’s guaranteed delivery date for their…
CBC: Cost of Kanata road widening grows secretly, councillor says
From Laura Osman at CBC Ottawa: City councillors are being asked to increase the budget for a controversial road-widening project in Kanata South by $4 million, according to one city councillor for the area…
CBC: One man dead after car strikes tree on Flewellyn
From CBC News: A man in his 60s has died after a car struck a tree in the rural southwest Ottawa community of Goulbourn Monday morning, police and paramedics say.…
CBC: Residents throw ‘Rosehill Expressway’ party to protest spike in traffic
From CBC Ottawa: Some Stittsville residents are protesting the impending closure of what’s become a main thoroughfare in the west Ottawa community — by throwing a party. The “Rosehill Expressway”…
COMMENT: Committee should have deferred Maple Grove decision
A shout out to CBC for continuing to focus on Stittsville development issues this week. Here’s an excerpt (in red) from an article by Laura Osman published today, along with my…
CBC: Taxpayers on the hook for an extra $10M to help developers build homes in Kanata
Laura Osman from CBC Ottawa has a story today about increasing costs for the Kanata West pumping station and Carp River Restoration Project. An excerpt: Taxpayers are on the hook for…
ALIAS GREG: Stittsville artist featured in CBC/Netflix miniseries
(PHOTO: Greg Banning with some of his sketches, in the dining room at his home in Stittsville. Photo by G. Gower.) You can see Stittsville artist Greg Banning‘s courtroom sketches…