Category: News
Public meeting on February 27 about youth opioid overdoses
City officials are hosting a public meeting on Monday, February 27 at the Kanata Rec Centre on the youth opioid drug overdoses in the community.
NOTEBOOK: Development notes, O’Leary in Kanata, music in Stittsville
UPDATE ON HAZELDEAN CAR DEALERSHIP There’s a revised site plan online for the proposed car dealership at 5835 Hazeldean Road. The property is currently a gravel lot for the Canadian…
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…
Consultation on “Early Years & Family Centres” on Saturday
(via City of Ottawa) The Ontario Ministry of Education is transforming the way services for children 0 to 6 years are delivered in the province. In 2018, all child and…
NOTEBOOK: New restaurant on Stittsville Main, OC Transpo suburb service, more
Stittsville Main Street is getting a new restaurant this spring. Kevin Conway and his partner Allison Pearce plan to open a 30-seat restaurant called Jack Ketch at 1536 Stittsville Main Street. Most…
City and junk yard face off in zoning scrap
A four-year-old zoning scrap between the City of Ottawa and a Goulbourn scrapyard could wind up back in court, as the area’s city councillor criticizes what he says is “blatant”…
City seeks input on four commemorative naming proposals
(via City of Ottawa) The City of Ottawa Commemorative Naming Committee is conducting public consultations on four separate naming proposals for Stittsville:
New street names coming March 13
Five streets in Stittsville will have new names as of March 13, 2017. “As you may know, last year, five Stittsville streets were required to undergo changes due to duplicate…
Another collision at Eagleson and Fallowfield
12:50 MVC Fallowfield: Car M26 abdominal & leg injury. Truck M57 facial & chest injury, patients serious & stable to Trauma Center #ottnews pic.twitter.com/GPKVrBmUzC — Ottawa Paramedic Svc | Service…
John Brummell receives Mayor’s City Builder Award
John Brummell brings the community together through his involvement & photography. He gets his photo taken today as City Builder recipient! pic.twitter.com/K0xRy046PI — City of Ottawa (@ottawacity) January 25,…
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…
Petition opposes tree cutting from South March Highlands
(PHOTO: South March Highlights. Photo by Denise Deby.) Trees are again being cut down in Ottawa’s South March Highlands. KNL is removing trees from 75-100 hectares of land in the Highlands,…
LINKED: John Brummell retires from the Stittsville News
(I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve run into John Brummell at local events. The man is everywhere with his big camera. He is a real pro – just watch…
Can a video game engage youth in community planning?
(ABOVE: Screenshot from one of the worlds created during the pilot project.) Ottawa Public Health is hoping that Minecraft will lay the building blocks to getting kids engaged in their…
LINKED: Heartsick couple in their 90s separated by province’s rules
From Bruce Deachman in the Ottawa Citizen: When Nancy Burgoin spoke to a nurse this week following her father’s first full day at Granite Ridge Care Community, a long-term healthcare…