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Upscale fish tacos and poutine on the menu at new Kanata restaurant
(Above: Franchise owner Aaron Gillingham in front of the new Joey’s Urban Kanata on Hazeldean Road. Photo via Facebook.) A new restaurant specializing in fish tacos and poutine opens next…
George Escher donates famous father’s art to National Gallery
(Above: George Escher, son of artist M.C. Escher, holding a print of one of his father’s drawings, Hand with Reflecting Sphere, from January 1935. The drawing shows the room that George grew…
PHOTOS: Hair Donation event collects over $115,000 and 10,000 inches of hair
(Above: City councillor Shad Qadri had his head shaved as part of Sunday’s fundraising event at Algonquin College. Wayne Patrick from Shears in Stittsville has the razor in hand and…
One person dead after car crash near Eagleson and Fallowfield
(Above: An Infiniti-brand car involved in a fatal early morning single-vehicle collision on Fallowfield Rd. at Eagleson Rd. is removed from the scene on a flatbed truck. Photo by Mike Carroccetto.)…
Cabotto’s hosts Opera Night on April 30
(Above: Vince Pucci and his son Perry outside of Cabotto’s on Hazeldean Road.) Cabotto’s restaurant is hosting their first “Night at the Opera” on Thursday, April 30 featuring Ottawa tenor Alain Paquette. “We’ve…
UPDATE: Tough to turn a profit on Speedway, says former operator
The person who ran the Capital City Speedway for the past four years says it’s tough to turn a profit on the operation. Todd Gow operated the speedway for the past four years.…
Original Sens owner Bruce Firestone plans book about the team’s founding
(ABOVE: In a video from the early 1990s, Bruce Firestone talks to reporters on the Huntmar Bridge overlooking the farmer’s field that would eventually become the Palladium, now known as Canadian…
Video recounts 1938 Richmond bank robbery
John Curry, editor of the Stittsville News and local historian, went all out last Saturday afternoon as he presented the story of a bank robbery that happened in Richmond in…
PHOTOS: Meet Al Caughey, Stittsville’s maple syrup “sapelier”
(Above: Stittsville resident Al Caughey tastes his tree sap as he boils it down in his back yard.) Al Caughey calls him self a “sapelier”, not a sommelier. The Conductor Street…
Munster beekeeper wins Awesome Ottawa grant
(A version of this article originally appeared on the Awesome Ottawa web site.) April’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Graeme Peterson, to support community beekeeping, as well as demonstration and…
Gluten-free cookie maker bakes up expansion plan
Joanna Zappia, the owner of Stittsville-based bakery Dolci, has big plans to expand her gluten-free cookie business. She’s launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise money to help fund the expansion.
Companies and individuals linked to Richcraft donated nearly $50k to campaigns
Corporations and individuals closely linked to one of Ottawa’s largest home builders made a combined $47,850 in donations to municipal candidates in the 2014 election.
Traffic lights coming to Huntmar and Maple Grove by end of June
UPDATE (June 12): Phil Landry, Manager of Traffic Services for the City of Ottawa, wrote in an email to StittsvilleCentral.ca that the traffic signal is expected to be installed by the…
Capital City Speedway needs a new operator, and fast
The owners of Capital City Speedway just west of Stittsville are looking for a new operator, with only a few weeks left before the traditional start of racing season. “We’ve had…
Pretty Pots is a vault of local history
(Above: Pretty Pots owner Shannon Gorman, in front of the flower cooler. All photos by Barry Gray.) There’s a lot of hidden history in Stittsville, sometimes you just have to…