Tag: dogs
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…
COMMENT: Five places to enjoy the great outdoors on Thanksgiving Monday
(PHOTO: Lookout over the marsh at the head of Poole Creek, along the Trans Canada Trail just west of Stittsville. Photo by Glen Gower.) As I sit down to write…
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.…
Clean-up at the Abbott Street dog park on Sept 10
The Responsible Dog Owners of Canada (RDOC) are organizing a clean-up at the “unofficial” Stittsville dog park south of Abbott Street. The event happens on Saturday, September 10 from 9am-10am.…
NOTEBOOK: Wild parsnip, mosquitos, and a cross-Canada bike trip
DOG WALKERS BEWARE Jonathan Seguin sent along some photos and warning about wild parsnip along the trails south of Abbott Street and east of Shea. Colloquially known as the “Abbott…
NOTEBOOK: Kanata dog park, new mini-roundabouts, Bradley-Craig Farm
KANATA DOG PARK UPDATE Last fall we reported on a proposed fenced dog park in Kanata at Insmill Park near Terry Fox Drive. Here’s an update from Kanata North Councillor…
NOTEBOOK: Stories we’re watching in 2016
I often jokingly refer to Stittsville as “one of Ottawa’s most exciting suburbs”, but there’s actually a lot of truth to that. (Just look at what happened here in 2015…
DOG BLOG: Time to include dog parks in community planning
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to our new canine affairs correspondent, Roscoe. He’s an eight-month-old boxer – pictured above – with some strong opinions and a love of peanut butter. He’ll be…
Fenced dog park proposed for Kanata North
(via Marianne Wilkinson) Kanata North councillor Marianne Wilkinson is hosting a town hall meeting next week that will include details about a proposed fenced dog park on Terry Fox Drive…
HOLLY THE GOLDENDOODLE: “Credible” sighting near Fallowfield/Huntley
The hope is still alive to find Holly the lost Goldendoodle. One of the volunteers searching for her says the group has received a report of a sighting this weekend in the…
NOTEBOOK: Dog park signage, voter turn-out, 6279 Fernbank
DOG PARK SIGNAGE Earlier this year we published a map of off-leash dog parks in Stittsville, using data pulled from the City of Ottawa’s web site. Recently, a reader pointed out that signage in…
Comments of the week: Off-leash dogs, heritage funding, more
Every week we get lots of comments from our readers on our web site, via email, and social media. Here’s a sample of what we heard this week. Add your thoughts…
Responsible Dog Owners of Canada plan poop clean-up Oct 10
The Responsible Dog Owners of Canada are planning a fall clean-up along the Trans Canada Trail on Abbott Street, near the “unofficial dog park” on October 10. The clean-up happens…
LETTER: Off-leash dogs limit enjoyment of paths
(Photo by Barry Gray.) I like to walk around the paths and there are dogs running loose and ahead of their owners. These animals are larger dogs (huskies, collies, German…
Possible sighting of Holly the Goldendoodle in Kanata North
Volunteers searching for Holly the Goldendoodle haven’t lost hope that the dog can still be found. This week they’re following up on a possible sighting in Kanata North.