Author: Devyn Barrie
Devyn Barrie has regularly contributed to the blog for a while, first when he was a student at Sacred Heart in 2015. He graduated from Algonquin College in 2018 with a journalism diploma.
SWAT team responds to “public safety concern”; one man arrested
UPDATE, FEB 1: The Ottawa Citizen reports: “…a barricaded man was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot his roommates. Police believe the man was intoxicated and had access.” UPDATE, 10:00pm:…
Sacred Heart student hits the road for Montreal Rubik’s cube competition
Matthew McMahon, 17, is a student at Sacred Heart High School with an interesting hobby – Rubik’s cubes. He is a certifiable cubing fanatic and it is rare to not…
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…
SPECIAL REPORT: Neighbours express mixed views on Iber Road pot shop
(ABOVE: John O’Dacre lives in Granite Ridge, near the Magna Terra marijuana dispensary on Iber Road. He says he doesn’t oppose marijuana itself but wants a legal framework in place…
Late-night dog walk leads to arrest in Fairwinds vehicle thefts
(PHOTO: Michael Sinclair and Jacob, his 8-year-old German Shepherd, sniffing out crime in their neighbourhood.) Two people have been arrested in connection to a series of thefts from vehicles in…
PHOTOS: GRC gym renamed after Erica Wiebe
Erica Wiebe dropped into town Tuesday for the christening of the “Erica Wiebe Gym” in the Goulbourne Recreation Complex. The renaming was proposed in August by Councillor Shad Qadri after Wiebe…
“A GREAT PLACE TO BE”: ALC anniversary a trip down memory lane
https://twitter.com/DevynBarrieNews/status/782037662089748480 Mike Mackay opened the door and turned on the lights. As his eyes scanned the room, his only thought was to say “interesting.” It was the first time Mackay,…
BATTLE BUDDIES: How Stittsville fundraising is helping veterans with PTSD
(PHOTO: Shawna Church Roy with her second service dog, Loki.) SHAWNA CHURCH ROY WAS WALKING BACK FROM SOME ERRANDS WHEN SHE SAW IT: flames shooting out the roof of her family’s house.…
Stittsville’s Grace Lachance releases first single, Anymore
A little more than a year since Grace Lachance won the Bluesfest She’s The One contest, the 15-year-old singer from Stittsville has released her first single through a record label. “Anymore” hit…
PHOTOS: Stittsville’s Erica Wiebe touches down at YOW
PHOTO: Via Blair Crawford/Twitter UPDATE: The City of Ottawa is hosting a reception for Erica Wiebe at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Thursday, August 25 at 7:00pm. All residents are…
Erica Wiebe wins gold medal in Olympic wrestling
Canada. We did it. pic.twitter.com/k0bb6BJvyf — Erica Wiebe (@ericawiebe) August 18, 2016 It was the moment we were all waiting for. Stittsville’s Erica Wiebe won a gold medal for Canada in…
The life and death of John Herbert Wall, WWII veteran
PHOTO: Herb Wall in Sicily, 1944 Canada loses about 50 World War II vets per day. Two weeks ago, Stittsville’s John “Herb” Wall was one of them. Wall passed away…
BUILT UP: Increasing density both a positive and a challenge
(Photo: Aerial photo of Fairwinds. Photo by @TwitchxB) With a couple of proposals for low-rise apartment buildings along Robert Grant (Haliburton Heights, Livery Street), and a multi-story retirement complex along Hazeldean (Wellings), we…
FOOD TRUCKS: Keeping it cool with Mellow Yellow
(Photo by Devyn Barrie.) The Stittsville food truck scene already has a good amount of variety. Anne Wilby (pictured above) plans to add a lot more with Mellow Yellow. Wilby is…
VIDEO: Stittsville’s Marks Records is a big deal on Vine
Video produced by Devyn Barrie for StittsvilleCentral.ca… more about Marks Records here.