Category: News
Section of Maple Grove closed on Saturday for more hydro pole relocation work
(via Hydro Ottawa) In May, Hydro Ottawa began conducting a pole relocation project to improve the reliability of the electrical service in the Stittsville and Kanata West area. Pole relocation…
LINKED: Stittsvegas podcast “When I was your age!”
This week’s Stittsvegas podcast by Devyn Barrie is well worth a listen. Highlights include an interview with Deborah Brummell about growing up in Stittsville in the 1980s, Sacred Heart’s Relay…
City begins planning for light rail extension to Kanata
A large group of politicians showed up at the Terry Fox transit station today for what was billed as “an important announcement regarding Ottawa’s future transit options”. The announcement turned…
Fundraiser on June 25 to help Yakabuski family #YakStrong
(PHOTO: Mark and April Yakabuski and with their three boys.) Sometimes life can change in the blink of an eye. Such was the case for the Yakabuski family last month. As…
Here’s how your OC Transpo commute will change in the next few years
No more express fares, and a transfer from bus to train at Tunney’s Pasture if you’re heading downtown. Those are two of the biggest changes in the next few years as…
VIDEO: Lisa MacLeod presents high school petition at Queen’s Park
Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod presented a petition at Queen’s Park today calling for the Ministry of Education to approve funding for a new public high school in Stittsville.
Parents asked to sign new public high school petition this weekend
Jennifer Smith (left) and Jenny Guth along with other parents in the community have started a new petition calling for a public high school for Stittsville. A provincial politician has promised…
COMMENT: Sorry’s not enough to fix Johnwoods
Councillor Shad Qadri says City staff provided him with “misleading information” about the plan to convert Johnwoods Street into a park, and that he won’t be asking the Planning Committee to stop…
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL: Catching up on homework
(PHOTO: Jennifer Smith (left) and Jenny Guth stand on one of the possible sites for the new school, at the south west corner of Robert Grant and Cope. The two parents have…
MPP Jack Maclaren says he’ll run again
Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack Maclaren spoke at a fundraiser in his honour last night. He talked about his recent sensitivity training and confirmed that he’s planning to run in again…
COMMENT: Public high school is about giving parents a real choice
A public high school for Stittsville has finally hit #1 on the public school board’s priority list. At tonight’s Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) meeting, parents, trustees, the local councillor…
LIVE: Tonight’s public school board meeting
UPDATE: Click here for a recap of the meeting… If technology co-operates, we’ll be sharing updates here from tonight’s public school board meeting where trustees will discuss their capital priority…
Parents persist in push for public high school
ABOVE: Jennifer Smith recorded a video urging parents to attend a public school board meeting on Tuesday to support a public high school in Stittsville. (press release & video via…
9-year-old Michael Meehan returns home after second cancer battle
(this article was originally published on stittsvegas.com) A local boy is back home and on the road to defeating cancer a second time after he put the disease into remission about a month…
LINKED: Transgender Stittsville tween takes part in federal announcement
Ten-year-old Charlie Lowthian-Rickert from Stittsville stood alongside Justice Minister Judy Wilson-Raybould on Tuesday when she introduced a bill to prevent discrimination and hate crimes based on gender identity and gender expression. “Transphobic people…