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What would Jane Jacobs think of Stittsville Main Street?
What a gorgeous day for a walk down Stittsville Main Street. About 40 people joined me on Saturday for Stittsville’s first-ever Jane‘s Walk. The walk was part of a city-wide festival…
Planning department apologizes over Johnwoods consultation
The City of Ottawa’s Planning Department has issued a 6-page document on the Johnwoods road closure, including an apology for poor communication with residents on the issue. Councillor Shad Qadri…
PHOTOS: Ride for Vets roars through Stittsville
All those motorcycles on Stittsville Main Street today were part of the Ride for Disabled Vets, annual event to raise community awareness of suffering and ill soldiers and veterans. Over…
PHOTOS: Brownies paint yellow fish to raise awareness about stormwater
The 10th Stittsville Brownies were painting yellow fish in Fairwinds on Thursday night. They’re as a reminderthat what you put down the drain eventually makes its way into rivers, lakes…
Police look for owner of wrecked motorcycle at Abbott and Stittsville Main
UPDATE: An individual has been charged in relation to this incident. Emergency crews responded to collision between a motorcycle and a Toyota Camry at the intersection of Abbott Street and…
Qadri and planners get rough ride over Johnwoods “proposal”
UPDATE: Planning staff apologizes over Johnwoods consultation What we had here was a failure to communicate. I was one of about 100 people who showed up at a public meeting…
PHOTO: Foggy morning south of Stittsville
Barry Gray took this photo this morning on Huntley Road just south of Stittsville on the way to Richmond. (We love seeing photos of our community. Please send your best…
Business leaders ask mayor to accelerate light rail to west end
(PHOTO: “Take the O” by Payton Chung. Used under a Creative Commons license.) West end business leaders say that Kanata’s poor transit service is hindering their ability to attract talented…
BITTERSWEET: Sobeys owner retiring after decades in grocery biz
(PHOTO: Tim Laplante is retiring after 47 years in the grocery business. Photo by Barry Gray.) After nearly five decades in the grocery business, the owner of the Stittsville Sobeys…
First-ever Jane’s Walk comes to Stittsville Main on May 7
Will Stittsville Main Street be Ottawa’s next great neighbourhood street? That’s the question we’ll discuss on Saturday, May 7 as part of Stittsville’s first-ever Jane’s Walk. I’ll be leading a walking…
UPDATE: No attempt to cover up Hazeldean bridge report, say councillors
When we published an engineering report last month on why the Hazeldean bridge failed, it was the first time Councillor Shad Qadri or Councillor Allan Hubley had ever seen the document. Hubley,…
LETTER: Kids deserve to be safe from traffic on residential streets
I was hit crossing the street in Ottawa, at Richmond and Churchill in Westboro. I was between the white lines and I had the light. I made sure the car…
LOSING STEAM: Limits on e-cigarettes threaten industry, users
(PHOTO: Patrick Riley, owner of VapeKing on Stittsville Main Street, is wary of the effect that new regulations may have on his business.) As the Ontario government moves to impose…
CHEERS! ALE aims to revive Amberwood golf club restaurant
(PHOTO: ALE general manager Sarah St. Michael (left) with Nicolle Carson, assistant / bar manager. They’re are holding ALE’s crab spring rolls. Photo by Barry Gray) EDITOR’S NOTE: The restaurant…
Sharks head to World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando
(ABOVE: Photo taken at the Kicks Competition in Montreal on March 20 after the Finback and Pacific Sharks won their bids to represent Canada at the 2016 Worlds. Back Row: Kelly…