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City splash pads are now open
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Just in time for the long weekend, the City of Ottawa has opened the majority of its splash pads that will operate from…
Bus shelters, better express routes among suggestions at OC Transpo meeting
OC Transpo representatives met with Stittsville residents at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex Wednesday night to update them on route changes as well as discuss concerns about current bus service. Residents…
PHOTOS: Creative cakes raise over $2,400 for Stittsville Public School
This fundraiser really takes the cake. This year’s annual Cakewalk at Stittsville Public School raised $2,455 and featured 286 cakes. Parents donate the cakes (both home-made and store-bought), and then…
PHOTOS: Megan Lewis and her horse Lady stop in at Quitters
(Photo by Aidan Saunders.) Megan Lewis and her horse Lady are travelling across Canada to raise money for charity, and on Saturday they stopped in at Quitters on Stittsville Main…
Ride for Disabled Vets roars through Stittsville
Hundreds of motorcycles left Stittsville today on a 150 kilometre charity ride in support of disabled war veterans.
Karters’ Korner to host inaugural go-kart grand prix in July
(Press release from the Capital Karting Grand Prix organizers.) Stittsville’s Karters’ Korner will host the inaugural Capital Karting Grand Prix (CKGP) on July 25-26, 2015. Go-kart racers from Ontario, Québec…
Farmers’ Markets in nearby Kanata and Carp open this weekend
The weekly farmers’ markets in Kanata and Carp both open for the season this Saturday, May 9. The Carp Farmers’ Market is located at the Carp Fairgrounds, about 10km from the Carp…
Sacred Heart students set to launch Relay For Life fundraiser
(Above: Last year, about 50 Sacred Heart students travelled to a Relay for Life event at Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Orleans.) A group of grade 12 students at Sacred…
City and developer agree on further study of 6279 Fernbank
(Photo: Ian McKim, Jillian McKim, Gerry Kroll and Keldine FitzGerald stand in front of the land at 6279 Fernbank Road last fall. Photo by Barry Gray.) An Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing about…
Long-time nursery school teachers set to retire
(Photo: Sue Blackhall (left) and Judy Starr are two teachers at Stittsville Co-Operative Nursery School who are retiring this year after many years of working at the facility. Photo by…
MAPPED: A list of (legal) off-leash dog parks around Stittsville
(Photo: At the dog park by Michelle Tribe. Used under Creative Commons license.) Here’s a map showing parks in Stittsville and surrounding wards where dogs are allowed off-leash. Dogs always…
Westwind students paint the town red, blue, yellow, green, pink and more
Pablo Picasso is famous for saying that it took him a lifetime to learn to paint like a four year old. If only he could have seen the works of…
Fire on Lloydalex leaves five people homeless
A fire at 122 Lloydalex Crescent on Saturday afternoon has left five people homeless, including two adults and two kids from one unit, and a woman from another. There…
VIDEO: Raising the hydro poles along Huntmar
“On my way to work yesterday, I noticed that Hydro One was in the process of erecting the replacement wood hydro poles along Huntmar,” says videographer Hien Hoang. “I quickly…
Holly the lost Goldendoodle may be hiding near Timbermere area
Last Sunday, about a dozen volunteers searched the fields west of Timbermere between Hazeldean and Rothbourne for Holly the Goldendoodle. She’s the dog who went missing back in December on…