Category: News
LINKED: New Kanata park-and-ride costs $47,000 per spot
https://twitter.com/joeboughner/status/648986693576622080 https://twitter.com/KellyEganColumn/status/648998027152240640 Kelly Egan writes in the Ottawa Citizen about overcrowding at OC Transpo’s Eagleson park-and-ride, the city’s plan for a new lot at the corner of Innovation Drive and Terry Fox Drive…
Residents grill candidates on wide range of issues at debate
Close to 200 people packed a hot Stittsville United Church sanctuary on Monday night, and peppered Carleton candidates with a wide range of questions from terrorism to income splitting. The…
Update on elementary labour dispute from the public board
Here’s a letter that the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board sent to parents on Friday afternoon, warning of job action including the possibility of one-day rotating strikes in the province starting…
Boil Water Advisory for King’s Park residents in Richmond
(via the City of Ottawa) Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has issued a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for users of the King’s Park communal well water system in the village of…
CANDIDATE Q&A: Deborah Coyne (Green Party)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This week we’ve been publishing short Q&A’s with each candidate. We want to give our readers some background about each person and what motivates them to run for office. Today we…
Jackson Trails resident Omar Sultan receives Mayor’s City Builder Award
(Photo: Omar Sultan (middle) receives the Mayor’s City Builder Award from Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Shad Qadri. Photo and text via the City of Ottawa.) Mayor Jim Watson and Stittsville Ward…
CANDIDATE Q&A: Kc Larocque (NDP)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Over the next few days we’ll be publishing Q&A’s with each candidate in Carleton. We wanted to give our readers a bit of background about each person and what motivates…
RUNNING ON EMPTY: Owner silent on plans for old gas station
The future remains uncertain for the defunct gas station located at 5938 Hazeldean Road in Stittsville. It’s been a decade since anyone’s pumped gas there, and the derelict building has residents…
CANDIDATE Q&A: Chris Rodgers (Liberal)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Over the next few days we’ll be publishing Q&A’s with each candidate in Carleton. We wanted to give our readers a bit of background about each person and what…
RESPONSE: Accusations of vandalism unfair to teens
EDITOR’S NOTE: This column comes from Connor Boudreau, a Grade 12 student at Sacred Heart High School. We invited him to submit it in response to an article published last week, ‘Bored teenagers’…
COMMENT: More oversight needed on Carp River Restoration Plan
(Above: Carp River looking west from Maple Grove Road, August 2015.) A couple weeks ago we published an article called “Something Fishy with Carp River pathway plan”, outlining concerns about…
Ottawa Police are enforcing youth curfew
UPDATE (Sept 21): Thanks to several of our readers for the heads up about the applicable age. Sgt. Maria Keen of the Ottawa Police Youth Services Section clarifies: “The Child…
Stittsville Food Bank needs donations!
via Shad Qadri’s weekly newsletter: The Stittsville Food Bank would appreciate the following donations as the stock on these items is low: Apple Juice 1.89 litre, mixed juices, boxed drinks,…
Comments of the week: Vandalism, lost farm at Tanger, Syrian refugees
Every week we get lots of comments from our readers on our web site, via email, and social media. Here’s a sample of what we heard this week. Add your thoughts…
Group puts plan in place to sponsor Syrian refugees
(Photo by Shannon Lough.) The momentum sweeping across the country to help Syrian refugees has drawn the Kanata Stittsville Refugee Sponsorship Group to consider how it can sponsor the resettlement…