COMMENT: Marijuana shop may be illegal, but risk to community is low
(PHOTO: If it wasn’t for all the media coverage you might never know this was a marijuana dispensary.) I stopped in at Magna Terra’s open house over lunch today. Owner…
Stittsville tween activist will marshal Ottawa’s Pride Parade
(PHOTO: Charlie Lowthian-Rickert on the Family Services of Ottawa/Gender Mosaic float at last year’s parade.) Stittsville’s Charlie Lowthian-Rickert will be the Grand Marshal at this year’s Ottawa Pride Parade in…
Gas leak near Fernbank & Hartsmere
Crews from Enbridge are on the scene responding to a gas leak on James Lewis Avenue, near Fernbank and Hartsmere. Paramedics and firefighters have also responded. Nearby residents were evacuated…
LETTER: Marijuana dispensary owner responds to councillor’s comments
(ABOVE: Franco Vigile, owner of the Magna Terra marijuana dispensary on Iber Road, is holding an open house on August 2 and 3.) Re: Marijuana dispensary too close to schools, says…
Ottawa’s go-kart community comes to Karters’ Korner next weekend
(PHOTO: Stittsville’s Stephanie Berg will be competing at the Capital Karting 2016 Grand Prix at Karter’s Korner on August 6-7. Photo by Barry Gray.) Engines rumble to life and gasoline…
COMMENT: New street names should honour community leaders
(PHOTO: Warner-Colpitts Lane is named after Sterling Warner and Ian Colpitts, two Stittsville volunteers who were instrumental in building the Johnny Leroux Arena. We should recognize more of our community…
Following Poole Creek, Part 3
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Poole Creek may be Stittsville’s most important natural feature. It meanders from west to north east, crossing through neighbourhoods old and new, playing a crucial role in our community’s ecology. In the final…
Marijuana dispensary too close to schools, says Qadri
(Shad Qadri shared these comments in his weekly newsletter to residents today.) As many of you may be aware, a new medicinal marijuana dispensary, Magna Terra, is slated to open…
Following Poole Creek, Part 2
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Poole Creek may be Stittsville’s most important natural feature. It meanders from west to north east, crossing through neighbourhoods old and new, playing a crucial role in our community’s ecology. In the…
Multiple injuries, including 4 kids, in crash on Queensway near Eagleson
(Via Ottawa Paramedics) Paramedics responded to a call for a single vehicle collision that occurred on the Queensway westbound near Eagleson Rd. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the…
PHOTO: Fairwinds sunset
Fairwinds sunset. Photo by Loretta Botvinkin. (We love seeing photos of our community. Please send your best pics to us at feedback@stittsvillecentral.ca)
Open house at Iber Road marijuana shop August 2 & 3
(via Magna Terra Health Services) I would like to invite the residents and businesses of Stittsville to Magna Terra’s two day community engagement event whereby all are welcome to come…
Following Poole Creek, Part 1
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Poole Creek may be Stittsville’s most important natural feature. It meanders from the Trans Canada Trail to the Carp River, crossing through neighbourhoods old and new, playing a crucial role in…
PHOTO: Full moon
Full moon over a barn just south of Carp. Photo by Barry Gray. (We love seeing photos of our community. Please send your best pics to us at feedback@stittsvillecentral.ca)
Blanding’s Turtle habitat to be affected by Potter’s Key development
(File photo: Blanding’s Turtle along Hazeldean Road. Photo by Ken McRae.) Minto is proposing several measures to protect Blanding’s Turtles at the new Potter’s Key development on Hazeldean Road. They’ve applied…