Tag: featured
WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE: Family wants stolen zombies returned
(ABOVE: Photo by Barry Gray, from 2016.) Somebody – or some people– without a lot of brains in their head stole some zombie decor from the Halloween display at Sunnyside…
NOTEBOOK: Carp-Hazeldean collision stats, 2011-2015
(ABOVE: Collision at Carp and Hazeldean on September 25, 2017. Photo via Wendy Wright / @wrightofwayCFRA) Stittsville Councillor Shad Qadri says he’s asked the city’s traffic department to review resident…
ALIAS GREG: Stittsville artist featured in CBC/Netflix miniseries
(PHOTO: Greg Banning with some of his sketches, in the dining room at his home in Stittsville. Photo by G. Gower.) You can see Stittsville artist Greg Banning‘s courtroom sketches…
THE GREAT OUTDOORS: Stittsville Public’s new open air classroom
(PHOTO: Students, staff, volunteers and elected officials took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony — complete with kid-sized scissors — at Stittsville Public School on Friday, September 29. It marked the…
NOTEBOOK: Mystery blasting could be from nearby quarry
(ABOVE: File photo.) City staff think they’ve identified the source of some mystery blasting that’s been felt by residents in communities like Jackson Trails, Bryanston Gate and Fairwinds in the north part of…
A holistic approach to health and exercise at Barres and Wheels
(All photos ©Tiffany Kristen Photography) (I met up recently with Marie Boivin, a long-time Stittsville resident who recently opened Barres and Wheels, a fitness studio on Stittsville Main Street, in…
Silver Seven team helps harvest for the Food Bank
Our team, Silver Seven Major Atom AA, talks a lot about leadership, particularly leading by example, on and off the ice. Every year we do a couple of things outside…
10-year-old Rowan Hendrick rocks Richmond, wins vocal competition
(PHOTO: Rowan Hendrick. Photo by Tom Linden.) A 5th grader from Guardian Angels Catholic School in Stittsville blew away all the teenage competition today and won 1st prize for his incredible…
COMMENT: Welcome to Stittsville, Amazon
(PHOTO: Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle include three “biospheres” filled with plants and endangered species. Photo by brewbooks, used under a Creative Commons license.) You may have heard this week: Amazon…
ON THE FLY: Herons and egrets (photos)
Thanks to Jacinta Cillis-Asquith for sharing these photos, taken last week in our area. “Stittsville…home to Herons everywhere,” she writes. “I could not fit enough trees into my picture. This…
WETLANDS: A regulatory loophole you can drive a dump truck through
(PHOTO: Ken McRae says he believe some landowners on Flewellyn Road are dumping fill into wetlands to avoid Provincially Significant Wetland designation. Photo by Devyn Barrie.) A local environmental activist…
Weekly table tennis program a source of fun and fitness
Last year I watched a fascinating British television program on aging, called How To Stay Young. Despite the familiar theme, it proved to be full of interesting and inspiring information…
Local nutritionist & mom shares ideas for healthier breakfasts
(Thanks to Stittsville-based holistic nutritionist Melanie Reid for contributing this guest post to StittsvilleCentral.ca.) I’m a mom of four, wife and nutrition coach on a mission to improve the health…
Spook Show creator cranks up the fear factor with new seance show
When I met up with Joseph Carbonetto the other evening for coffee, he looked absolutely nothing like his Facebook profile pic (see above). He wore a button-up shirt, not a…
NOTEBOOK: A fenced dog run, more cash for road repairs, ice cream at Quitters
FENCED DOG RUNS PLANNED FOR STITTSVILLE SOUTH NEIGHBOURHOOD Valecraft Homes recently tweeted out the design of a park and stormwater pond in their new Rathwell Landing neighbourhood, (located south of…