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APPROVED: GRC rink to be renamed for Katie Xu and Jack Fan
(Photo by Amal Abdulsalam, via the Goulbourn Skating Club.) Ottawa City Council has approved the renaming of an ice rink in the Goulbourn Recreation Complex for Katie Xu and Jack…
City one step closer to commemorative naming for skaters Katie Xu and Jack Fan
(Photo by Amal Abdulsalam, via the Goulbourn Skating Club.) The City of Ottawa is one step closer to approving a commemorative naming proposal to honour skaters Katie Xu and Jack…
NOTEBOOK: No food forest (yet) for Blackstone Community Park
City of Ottawa staff received plenty of comments about the proposed plan for the new Blackstone Community Park, but in the end won’t be making any major changes for the…
NOTEBOOK: Stewardship Council lends its support to a food forest for Blackstone Park
You may remember Paul Wilson’s idea for a permaculture food forest at Blackstone Park that we published a couple of weeks ago. Now the idea is getting support from the…
Tyrone Henry named to the Canadian sledge team for the Paralympics
(PHOTO: Tyrone Henry of the Canadian National Sledge Hockey Team. File photo by Barry Gray.) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Stittsville’s Tyrone Henry has been named to Canada’s Sledge Team that will compete in…
City seeks feedback on commemoration for skaters Katie Xu and Jack Fan
(Photo by Amal Abdulsalam, via the Goulbourn Skating Club.) In recognition of the outstanding athletic achievements of Katie Xu and Jack Fan, the City of Ottawa has been asked to…
ELECTRIC YOUTH: High schoolers rev up for EV challenge
The EV (Electric Vehicle) Pioneers is the only high school team in Ottawa competing in this year’s University of Waterloo EV Challenge this spring. They are an earnest group of…
LETTER: A field of dirt and potential in Blackstone
(EDITOR’S NOTE: I recently went for a walk with Paul Wilson (pictured above) around the site of the future Blackstone Community Park near his home. Like many new parks in…
IN DEPTH: John Curry carries on, despite the demise of the Stittsville News
(PHOTO: “The Two Johns”. Longtime Stittsville News reporters John Curry (left) and John Brummell at City Hall in January 2017. Brummell received a Mayor’s City Builder Award after his retirement…
UPDATE: Nukka’s surgery a success
Re: Family asks for community’s support to help their young dog (January 1, 2017) I just got the call from the vet, after 7+ hours of excruciating wait time during…
Stittsville’s Stephanie Carr helps Carleton to historic basketball win
(PHOTO: Carleton Ravens guard Stephanie Carr drives to the net on Saturday, January 20, 2018. The Stittsville native scored 13 points in leading the Ravens to a 100-44 victory over…
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL: Volunteers reflect on a mission accomplished
(File photo, May 2016.) By some accounts it’s been 20 years since parents started asking the school board about building a community high school in Stittsville. Over the years, countless…
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL: When? Where? And what happens to South Carleton?
(The map above shows the most likely location for a future public high school at the south-west corner of Robert Grant Avenue and Cope Drive.) The Ontario government announced Friday…
Province announces funding for future Stittsville public high school
At a press conference today at Stittsville Public School, the provincial government announced $37-million in funding for a public high school in Stittsville. (Finally!) More to come…
‘Her spirit is alive and well’: A. Lorne Cassidy community remembers Kate Cooney
(PHOTO: A. Lorne Cassidy teacher Kate Cooney.) “The last year I spent with Mrs. Cooney actually changed my life. She always told me if you keep believing and trying…