Ottawa City Council has approved guidelines and timelines for the 2020 draft budget, including a three-per-cent overall increase to the municipal tax rate. The three-per-cent increase would address the financial pressures facing…
The wealth of green spaces is a defining element of Canada’s Capital Region, and a new study has been publicly released that measures the size of our extensive tree canopy –…
The Ottawa Police Service Fraud Unit is advising the community of recent scams involving phone numbers similar to the Ottawa Police Service, including 9-1-1 and their main phone number, 613-236-1222.…
This week and next, children will be returning to school and many will be busing, walking and riding their bikes to their destinations. The Ottawa Police Service reminds motorists and…
Earlier this year Goulbourn Museum staff underwent training with the Alzheimer’s Society to make the Museum more inclusive for visitors affected by Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Since then, they have been…
The Fall Cleaning the Capital campaign runs from September 15 to October 15, and the Capital Clean Up Weekend is September 27-29. Register your litter pick-up or graffiti removal project by…
(All media provided by West End Jiu-Jitsu) Fall registration at West End Jiu-Jitsu is under way! Spaces and class sizes are limited so don’t wait! Fun for all ages, kids…
(Photo: via Councillor Glen Gower) The Wyldewood entrance sign has been looking most dilapidated for the past several years. Pleased to say that Councillor Glen Gower, working with local residents, has arranged and…
It is with great pleasure that we announce the second anthology of Stories — Legends and Lore of Stittsville’s Haunted Heritage Tours 2019! For 2019, your “host of the ghosts” Joseph…
The great grandson of Goulbourn settler Isabella Pratt Allen is hoping to connect with other descendants and gather for the unveiling of a new exhibit at the Goulbourn Museum on…
On Tuesday July 16, at 7 p.m., the Stittsville Minor Softball Association will be hosting an event at the Alexander Grove Park located at 10 Warren-Colpitts Drive Lane, called a…
The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) has introduced an exciting new summer-long program for book-loving teens: Teen Reads. Teens can now head over to the OPL website and look for the weekly…
Stittsville author, John W. Egan, and Ottawa author, Bakar Mansaray, will hold a book launch for their novel, The Ebola War, at the Stittsville Library on Wednesday, 17 July, from 6:30 to…
Transit is the best option for travelling to Canada Day festivities across the city, with no-charge service all day on OC Transpo and Para Transpo. A special holiday schedule will…
The Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on cycling safety and distracted driving during the month of July. Cycling Safety — Between 2013 and 2017, there were 1,460 collisions involving…
