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.
THIS OLD HOUSE: Lytle family puts Stittsville Main Street home up for sale
(ABOVE: Cathy Lytle stands in front of her family’s home at 1495 Stittsville Main Street. Photo by Devyn Barrie.) After more than a century on Stittsville Main Street, the Lytle…
New barbershop blends old style with new features
(ABOVE: Photo by Devyn Barrie.) After a collective 22 years at Heads Up Barbershop on Stittsville Main Street, two local barbers are going it alone with their own enterprise, the…
Bryanston Gate residents will start a community association
Residents in Bryanston Gate are closer than ever to getting their own community association. Last week, about 50 residents held a meeting to discuss forming an official association, confirming to…
UPDATE: Zida Academy plans wide ranging program from athletics to academics
(PHOTO: Zida’s Sheng Lan with his mother Hua (Jennifer) Lan and father Julian Ni. Photo by Devyn Barrie. After about a year of renovation and plenty of mystery, a new…
It’s probably not a cougar that you saw in Stittsville
(ABOVE: Neighbours on Savage Drive think this paw print may be from a cougar. Photo via Pat Goyette.) It’s not impossible, but it’s unlikely there are any cougars wandering around Stittsville,…
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…
Police look for owner of wrecked motorcycle at Abbott and Stittsville Main
UPDATE: An individual has been charged in relation to this incident. Emergency crews responded to collision between a motorcycle and a Toyota Camry at the intersection of Abbott Street and…
BITTERSWEET: Sobeys owner retiring after decades in grocery biz
(PHOTO: Tim Laplante is retiring after 47 years in the grocery business. Photo by Barry Gray.) After nearly five decades in the grocery business, the owner of the Stittsville Sobeys…
UNWELCOME: Graffiti to be removed from Stittsville Main Street wall
ABOVE: Welcome to Stittsville, early 2015. Photo by Joe Newton. (EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve been wondering for a while if that “Welcome To Stittsville” graffiti on Stittsville Main Street was intentional…
WHERE’S WALDORF? Goulbourn Street school could find new life as music academy
Tucked away to the side of the Trans Canada Trail and currently unoccupied, it’s a school many residents may not even be aware ever existed.
GROWTH SPURT: Can “village feel” be maintained in Stittsville?
(Above: Aerial photo of Fairwinds. Photo by @TwitchxB) Stittsville has changed a lot in the past few decades. From a small farming village of about 500 in the 1950s to the…
Residents on Long Meadow Way petition to halt name change
A petition signed by residents of Long Meadow Way calls the city’s decision to rename their street unnecessary and a “make work” project. Long Meadow Way is a tiny street…
Unique aqua physio clinic opens on Iber
PHOTO: Hydrathletics co-owner and manager Shawna Emmott along with founder Joe Stilwell. Photo by Devyn Barrie. “Taking the weight off, taking the pressure off… it allows people that have major…
New medical lab opens on Stittsville Main
Rapid population growth and a large senior population convinced Dynacare to open a new medical lab on Stittsville Main Street. The new location at 1609 Stittsville Main Street (next to…
New co-prime minsters elected at Sacred Heart
Students at Sacred Heart Catholic High School voted today on May 28 to decide who would become their new co prime minister of student council. Paul Smith and Jessica Dassanayake…