Tag: health
Join Ottawa Public Health at this years Fall Health Fair!
The Aging Well in Ottawa Fall Health Fair is right around the corner! Older adults and caregivers can stop on by to connect with over 30 local health, social and community organizations.
Whole Health Pharmacy introduces ‘virtual doctor’ to Stittsville
Before Christmas, we dropped in to visit Avish Shah, the owner and pharmacist at Whole Health Pharmacy, to see how his first year in Stittsville has been. He said, “all…
Winter rec classes coming to a facility near you
Ottawa – The City of Ottawa is helping residents fulfill their New Year’s resolutions and start 2019 in a fun and active way. Thousands of classes for all ages and…
CBC: Family upset government won’t cover out-of-country surgery
CBC Ottawa did a story about a Stittsville family raising money to pay for surgery in the United States. Lamitta El-Roz is six years old and has been denied funding for…
Blood donation drive at NEXT on February 13
(via Canadian Blood Services) Canadian Blood Services is encouraging residents of Stittsville to give life by donating blood in 2017. More than 72 blood donors are needed at the upcoming clinic…
UPDATE: Flewellyn-Jones house project seeks re-zoning
(ABOVE: Flewellyn-Jones House, November 2013.) Last January, City Council approved heritage designation for the Flewellyn-Jones House on Fernbank Road, just east of the Shea Road roundabout. I noticed that a…
NOTEBOOK: Thanks to firefighters, art at Gaia Java, wild turkeys, more
A THANK YOU TO STATION 81 FIREFIGHTERS Stephanie Poff sent us a letter thanking volunteer firefighters for their activities here in Stittsville on Halloween: “I just wanted to share my…
LETTER: GoFundMe for 8-year-old girl’s surgery
I’m hoping that some of you will be able to help! A dear friend of mine (and fellow Stittsville mom Jen Martin) will be bringing her daughter to Ohio for…