Category: Nature & Environment
LETTER: Proposed development on Fernbank raises concerns about flooding
(ABOVE: Stittsville residents Ian McKim, Jillian McKim, Gerry Kroll and Keldine FitzGerald are concerned about a proposed 140-unit housing development on marshlands off Fernbank Road. Photo by Barry Gray.) Editor’s…
90% of city council candidates would fight the proposed Energy East pipeline
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from Ecology Ottawa. Dave Lee and Shad Qadri did not respond to the survey, although in a recent Q&A they did address the issue.…
PHOTO: Carp Road field on a rainy night
Thanks to Barry Gray for sending along this photo of a field along Carp Road near Kinburn on a recent rainy night. (Click for full size.) Do you have a…
Sacred Heart students to help care for 100-year-old forest
(All photos by Coreen Tyers.) Students from Sacred Heart Catholic High School will play an active role in caring for the Kemp Woodland as part of a partnership with the…
PHOTO: Full moon over Stittsville
Thanks to B. R. Ravishankar for sending along this beautiful photo of a full moon over Stittsville, taken earlier in September. Do you have a photo of our community…
Endangered snapping turtle back home after stint in Peterborough trauma hospital
Laula the turtle recently returned home to Poole Creek, the final chapter of a two-month rehabilitation for the endangered snapping turtle. “It is extremely satisfying to see an animal return to the wild,”…