Tag: kanata
Kanata councillor wants to set up alternative to soon-to-be closed paper
Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson is looking to set up a community news site to replace the Kanata Kourier-Standard, which is to be closed in January, writes Paul Adams, an…
PHOTO: Autumn on the Old Quarry Trail
Thanks to Emma Moore for sharing this photo. The Old Quarry Trail is located across from the Hazeldean Mall, east of Eagleson. (We love seeing photos from in and around our community.…
PHOTO: Heron on the Rocks
Brian Eastop snapped this photo on October 18 at the Beaver Pond in Kanata. “A picture of patience,” he says. (We love seeing photos from in and around our community. Please…
LINKED: British military officer wounded in Kanata drive-by
UPDATE, September 15: CBC reports that more than a dozen rounds were fired out of a white Jeep Cherokee in a drive-by shooting early Thursday morning, and Ottawa police are…
Princess Auto opens September 19 in Kanata
(press release) Princess Auto will open its 45th Canadian location in Kanata North on September 19. “It’s a no-brainer to open a store in Kanata, really” comments Ken Larson, Princess…
COMMENT: Welcome to Stittsville, Amazon
(PHOTO: Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle include three “biospheres” filled with plants and endangered species. Photo by brewbooks, used under a Creative Commons license.) You may have heard this week: Amazon…
LINKED: Residents question Hydro One easement plans in Kanata
UPDATE (Sept 1): Hydro One commits to trimming trees in Beaverbrook *** “To have them…take it all down was devastating.” Residents question Hydro One plans in #Kanata #Beaverbrook https://t.co/pwOvNmuKY0 pic.twitter.com/KDeRdtGrWn…
NOTEBOOK: Kanata-Stittsville LRT study will look at three route options
(PHOTO: Artist’s rendering of the Rideau LRT station downtown. Via City of Ottawa.) It occurred to me on the drive home from Monday night’s LRT open house that we just…
La Cucina moves from Kanata to Stittsville next month
La Cucina restaurant is moving from Kanata to Stittsville in June. They’re currently located at Castlefrank and Hazeldean, and they’ll be moving to the former Fresco Bistro location in front of…
Campaign aims to replace instruments destroyed in Kanata Montessori fire
A fire last week in a portable at the Kanata Montessori School destroyed many of the school’s musical instruments. David and Marie Haynes, who have kids who attend the school, are organizing…
LINKED: A Kanata dad’s brutally honest letter about his daughter and drug abuse
(PHOTO: Sean O’Leary with his son, Ronan, inside the family store MYHome Furniture in Kanata. O’Leary says he is trying to give his children as normal a life as possible…
NOTEBOOK: Food truck news; Dogs of Quitters; Snowmobile parking
THE EVOLUTION OF WICHES CAULDRON Posted today on the Wiches Cauldron Facebook page: “We had no idea when we opened our service window November 11th 2016, that it would be…
REVIEW: Cabela’s interactive experience is right on target
(Editor’s note: We sent Stittsville neighbour Coreen Tyers to a media preview on Tuesday of the new Cabela’s store, across the street from Tanger Outlets in Kanata. The store opens…
Police seek “persons of interest” in robbery of Uber driver
(via Ottawa Police) Update, Sept 9: Persons of interest and suspect identified Following the media release yesterday, two of the three persons depicted in the attached image, as well as…
Kanata Ribfest returns to Walter Baker Park this weekend
(sponsored) Thursday-Sunday, 11am-9pm daily. At Walter Baker Park (next to the Kanata Rec Centre) on Terry Fox Drive in Kanata, south of the Queensway. It’s back, and even more sticky…