LETTER: Cyclists belong on the road, not sidewalks
Re: NOTEBOOK: New bike repair station at Village Square Park Further to your article regarding bicycle infrastructure safety. I was travelling south on Stittsville Main the other day and a…
COMMENT: Safety before shortsighted politics
I just read “Sidewalk scuttled in south Kanata“, an article by Jessica Cunha in the Kanata Kourier-Standard and I am incredulous. The article is about how a sidewalk project for Chimo…
WOCRC launches online booking tool for services
The Western Ottawa Community Resources Centre (WOCRC) has launched a new online booking tool for their community support services. Clients can now make appointments and service requests online, rather than calling…
Early bird registration is now open for GLAD Cleaning the Capital
(via City of Ottawa) The City of Ottawa is pleased to announce the annual GLAD Cleaning the Capital fall campaign will take place from September 15 to October 15. Early…
Horticultural Society is accepting photo contest entries
(ABOVE: “Through The Garden Gate” by Brian Carson, Best in Show winner for 2017.) The Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society is accepting entries in their annual photo competition. Class 1: We See…
LINKED: Ottawa tech companies recruiting to fill thousands of jobs (CBC)
Interesting article from CBC about job growth in the Ottawa area. Invest Ottawa says 10,000 positions will be filled by 2019, with around 3,000 in the Kanata North area. That will…
Local nutritionist & mom shares ideas for healthier breakfasts
(Thanks to Stittsville-based holistic nutritionist Melanie Reid for contributing this guest post to StittsvilleCentral.ca.) I’m a mom of four, wife and nutrition coach on a mission to improve the health…
GRC pool closed for maintenance August 21-September 8
(PHOTO: Goulbourn Rec Centre, May 2015. Photo by Barry Gray.) (via Councillor Shad Qadri / City of Ottawa) The Goulbourn Rec Complex (GRC)’s annual maintenance will take place later this…
Fairwinds Community hosts outdoor movie night (August 25)
(via Fairwinds Community Association) The Fairwinds Community Association presents our annual outdoor movie night on Friday, August 25. This free family event takes place at Rosehill Park (Rosehill Ave @…
PHOTOS: Stittsville Legion Golf Tournament winners
The Stittsville Legion’s golf tournament fundraiser was held on August 12 at the Canadian Golf and Country Club. Funds raised will go toward’s the group’s building fund.
Spook Show creator cranks up the fear factor with new seance show
When I met up with Joseph Carbonetto the other evening for coffee, he looked absolutely nothing like his Facebook profile pic (see above). He wore a button-up shirt, not a…
NOTEBOOK: New bike repair station at Village Square Park
Nice to see this new bike repair station added to Village Square Park this week, along the Trans Canada Trail near Stittsville Main. It’s a good spot for it, with…
CBC: Anonymous donor gives family $60K for Ottawa girl’s U.S. surgery
From CBC Ottawa: Lamitta El-Roz’s parents went to sleep last Friday night with a huge worry — how to pay for the $140,000 surgery that could help their six-year-old daughter…
How a knight in a shiny tow truck saved the day with a bottle of Coke
Having just finished a yoga class I was pretty relaxed when I discovered that my car wouldn’t start. Greeted by silence apart from an almost inaudible click when I turned…
No injuries in small fire on Cardevco Road
(This information is via Ottawa Paramedics Service. Cardevco Road is near the intersection of Carp Road and Richardson Side Road, and most of the businesses are industrial.) At 16:42, Ottawa Fire…