New signs celebrate Goulbourn’s sesquicentennial family farms
(PHOTO: “We keep things going one way or another,” said Lillian Hobbs, 91, the owner of the Hobbs farm. When she was called up to receive her sign, she cracked:…
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Celebrating Goulbourn’s Canada 150 farms and families
(ABOVE: The Hobbs family farm at Lot 12, Concession 6, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County — now known as Mansfield Road just outside of Stittsville. This aerial photo was taken in the…
Tickets on sale Tuesday for Secret Eats Tour
(Press release via City of Ottawa) Ottawa 2017, in collaboration with lead partner CIBC, is pleased to announce a new Agri 150 experience. Tickets for the Secret Eats Stittsville Tour will go…
Rotary Club hosts Canada 150 Community Picnic on September 9
Stittsville’s Rotary Club will host a Canada 150 Community Picnic on September 9 at the W.J. Bell Rotary Peace Park. The event runs from 1:00pm-5:00pm and includes an official renaming…
PROJECT OF A LIFETIME: Interior designer revamps a Canadian icebreaker
(PHOTO: Tania Kratt boards the Canada C3 icebreaker.) Tania Kratt has a long commute. Fortunately, her roughly 340 km travel between her home in Stittsville and office in Burlington, Vermont,…
Odyssey Theatre spreads its roots with Canada 150 arts project
Ottawa’s Odyssey Theatre is recruiting Stittsville residents and community arts groups to participate in Spreading Roots, a community art project in conjunction with AOE Arts Council’s Neighbourhood Arts 150 project. The group…