Category: News
NOTEBOOK: Trespassing, parking tickets and bike lanes
NO TRESPASSING SIGN HAS BIG IMPACT Finally had a chance to talk to Gerry Stephens from Stephens Auto Wreckers about the massive “NO TRESPASSING” sign he’s placed at the edge of…
Lightning strike suspected in Canada Day house fire on Warner-Colpitts Lane
Several readers sent in reports about a house fire at a house at 1418 Stittsville Main Street, next to Warner-Colpitts Lane across from the Johnny Leroux arena. The Ottawa Fire…
LOST & FOUND: How Kathleen Edwards got her guitar back
(PHOTO: Kathleen Edwards and her guitar with Russell Mason and his dogs Riggin and Beans, standing at the bench in Bell Park where Mason found the instrument. Photo by Barry…
UPDATE: City extends street name suggestion deadline to August 12
Several readers received emails today from Rebecca Anderson of the City’s Building Code Services department, alerting them to the fact that the City will be re-opening the consultation process for…
TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS: Driver crashes into Hillary’s on Stittsville Main
(PHOTO: SUV drives into Hillary’s on Stittsville Main Street. Photo via François Côté.) An SUV drove into the Hillary’s dry cleaner on Stittsville Main Street this afternoon. No injuries reported.
Lots of street name suggestions, but few meet City’s criteria
(ABOVE: Boxty, a traditional Irish potato pancake, was suggested as a new name by a Goulbourn Street resident.) UPDATE, JUNE 28: City extends street naming process to August 12 The…
LETTER: Where are the historical street names?
Re: Sugar Shack or Mitig? City offers new street name options Not one of the names suggested by the City of Ottawa for the six streets in question has any…
A FINE BALANCE: Study looks at why Goulbourn wetlands are changing
(ABOVE: Looking north from the Trans Canada Trail, west of Stittsville, June 2016. Photo illustration.) “No interrupting, no swearing, no shouting. We’re all here to be heard, and this is…
Refugee sponsorship group reunites family from Afghanistan
It had taken almost four years, but the day finally arrived. A family was reunited and all were now safe in Canada. Shakeba Hakam, her husband Mirwis and their four…
Sugar Shack or Mitig? City offers new street name options
Residents on several Stittsville streets received letters today with options for new road names. The City of Ottawa said back in January that six streets (Bell Street, Goulbourn Street, Elm Crescent, Long Meadow Way, Meadowland…
New quarry proposed near Fernbank and Jinkinson
The City of Ottawa has received applications from Crain’s Construction of Maberly, Ontario to rezone 180 acres of land at 7731 Fernbank Road (just west of Jinkinson) for a quarry.
NOTEBOOK: West Ridge speeding, Porter Place, Carp-Hazeldean intersection
Tweets from the Ottawa Police via @opswesttraffic often leave me flabbergasted, like this one on Wednesday… I guess the driver must have been on a really tight deadline?
Stittsville library to close from June 17 to July 14
(via City of Ottawa) The Ottawa Public Library’s Stittsville branch will be closed from June 17 through July 14 to receive improvements. The improvements include full conversion to Radio Frequency…
CBC: Stittsville farmers lose crops, cry foul over wild parsnip purge
(FILE PHOTO: Wild parsnip growing along the ditch on Huntley Road south of Stittsville. Photo by Barry Gray.) From CBC Ottawa: Organic farmers near the Ottawa community of Stittsville say…
Fire hydrant testing in Stittsville June 14-17
Minion fire hydrant, as seen on Stonepath Crescent in Crossing Bridge (via City of Ottawa) Did you know that the City has over 22,000 fire hydrants? To ensure they are…