Tag: goulbourn
Goulbourn Wetlands Complex – City poised to change boundaries
(Lookout over the marsh at the head of Poole Creek, along the Trans Canada Trail just west of Stittsville. Photo by Glen Gower.) There has been much controversy over the…
75th Anniversary of Juno Beach – memories brought to life by grandson of Lt.-Col. (Ret’d) Earl A. Olmsted
(General R.F.L. Keller middle of photo with his officials on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Normandy, France. All photos provided by Geoff Osborne) Geoff Osborne has been extensively researching his Grandfather’s…
Affordable rental housing units built in Stittsville since 1999: Zero.
Photo: A one-bedroom unit in this apartment building on Stittsville Main Street was offered for a monthly rent of $1,350 in October, far above the city average for a one-bedroom…
UPDATE: A wetland loophole closes slightly
Last September, Devyn Barrie wrote an article about wetlands called “A regulatory loophole you can drive a dump truck through”. In the story, local environmental activist Ken McRae (pictured above)…
New signs celebrate Goulbourn’s sesquicentennial family farms
(PHOTO: “We keep things going one way or another,” said Lillian Hobbs, 91, the owner of the Hobbs farm. When she was called up to receive her sign, she cracked:…
Celebrating Goulbourn’s Canada 150 farms and families
(ABOVE: The Hobbs family farm at Lot 12, Concession 6, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County — now known as Mansfield Road just outside of Stittsville. This aerial photo was taken in the…
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…
MARCH 25: A digital reprise of “Caretaker of Dreams”
(via Goulbourn Township Historical Society) You’re in for a treat as the Goulbourn Township Historical Society digitally reprises the Millennium Pageant “Caretaker of Dreams” on Saturday March 25, 2017 at…
NOTEBOOK: Development notes, O’Leary in Kanata, music in Stittsville
UPDATE ON HAZELDEAN CAR DEALERSHIP There’s a revised site plan online for the proposed car dealership at 5835 Hazeldean Road. The property is currently a gravel lot for the Canadian…
SECRETS OF GOULBOURN: Ghosts, murder, cemeteries and other unknowns
(ABOVE: A sign installed on a post at the scene of the murder of Robert McCaffrey.) This sounds interesting: “Have you heard stories about ghosts, murder, cemeteries and other unknowns…
New street names revealed: Bobcat, Snowberry, Brae, Henry Goulburn, Turtleback
Councillor Shad Qadri shared the information below in an email to residents today. We like to hear from our readers, particularly people who live on the effective streets: What do…
“Ghoul”bourn Street haunted backyard opens Oct 29-31
Better night tonight to get stuff done. #GoulbournStHaunt. #Stittsville #halloween pic.twitter.com/EzXwqYMoj6 — Barking Dog (@GoulbournHaunt1) October 25, 2016 Joe Chenette of “Ghoul”bourn Street sent along a note to let us…
How would you like to live on Velociraptor Avenue?
Is this the Stittsville version of Boaty McBoatface? In our informal survey on new Stittsville street names, so far our readers have picked Velociraptor Street as their favourite name for Bell…
UPDATE: Here’s the final list of new Stittsville street names
If you live on Bell Street, Goulbourn Street, Elm Crescent, Long Meadow Way, or Meadowland Drive, watch your mailbox this week for your opportunity to vote on a new name…
NOTEBOOK: Goulbourn Street petition, Erica Wiebe, retirement home launch
PETITION AGAINST GOULBOURN STREET NAME CHANGE City Council received a petition today from 43 residents on Goulbourn Street, asking the city to either keep the street name the same or…