Category: Health
COMMENT: Marijuana benefits are real, but so are the risks
(PHOTO: Lemon kush / photo by Mark via Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons license.) (Editor’s note: A medical marijuana dispensary called Magna Terra will be opening soon on Iber Road. Most of…
Medical imaging centre will open this fall on Stittsville Main Street
Here’s a note from Councillor Shad Qadri about a medical imaging centre opening at 1609 Stittsville Main Street later this year. That’s next door to the Dynacare medical lab next to…
Marijuana dispensary opening soon on Iber Road
(Photo via Facebook.) From beads to buds… Magna Terra, a medical marijuana dispensary, will be opening soon at 83 Iber Road, in the space formerly occupied by Dragon’s Lair Beads. Here’s their…
Precautionary Boil Water Advisory in effect for Carp communal well water users
(via Ottawa Public Health) Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has issued a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for the users of the Carp communal well water system. The advisory is being issued…
Precautionary Boil Water Advisory in effect for Kings Park communal well water users in Richmond
UPDATE: The boil water advisory has been lifted as of Sunday evening. (press release from Ottawa Public Health) Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has issued a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for…
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…
ALC honours former student with new Buddy Bench
(Photo: The Jude family, left to right: Steve, Mason (8), Colby (6) and Dev. They’re sitting on a Buddy Bench at A. Lorne Cassidy elementary school named in memory of…
LOSING STEAM: Limits on e-cigarettes threaten industry, users
(PHOTO: Patrick Riley, owner of VapeKing on Stittsville Main Street, is wary of the effect that new regulations may have on his business.) As the Ontario government moves to impose…
PHOTOS: Hair Donation brings in over $95,000 (and counting!)
(Above: Deputy Mayor Mark Taylor cuts Councillor Shad Qadri’s hair at the annual Hair Donation Ottawa event at Algonquin College on Sunday. Looking on are stylist Eli Saikaley and Hair Donation…
Dental hygienist helps patients in the Dominican Republic
Stittsville’s Shannon Helleman (pictured above with a patient) spent a week in the Dominican Republic, but she didn’t go for a vacation. A dental hygienist by profession, Helleman joined Health Teams…
Goulbourn Historical Society welcomes author of Clara’s Rib
Goulbourn Township Historical Society Community Event Saturday, April 16 at 1:30 p.m. Stittsville Public Library – Meeting Room Local Author Anne Raina relates the story of her connection to the…
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…
LINKED: Sacred Heart student recovers from stroke after hockey hit
Here’s a story from Devyn Barrie at Stittsvegas: A rough hit during a hockey game resulted in a stroke less than 24 hours later for one Sacred Heart Student. Ben…
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…
LETTER: GoFundMe for 8-year-old girl’s surgery
I’m hoping that some of you will be able to help! A dear friend of mine (and fellow Stittsville mom Jen Martin) will be bringing her daughter to Ohio for…