The Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society is running their annual photo contest again this year. Rules Photos will be accepted in original (CAMERA) .jpg or print format. Photo prints can be dropped off at the…
Construction equipment began clearing trees on Thursday from the disputed development property at 6279 Fernbank Road. Neighbouring residents were hoping to delay the tree clearing until they had a chance to…
On Saturday, we wrote about residents living near a disputed development property on Fernbank Drive who are concerned about tree removal that was slated to begin this week. Here’s the…
(ABOVE: Gerry Kroll stands in front of a large grove of trees that are slated for removal beginning this week.) UPDATE (Jan 20): Tree removal delayed a day; more information about work…
(From the City of Ottawa.) The 2013 Wildlife Strategy identified the need to update and revise the City’s current wildlife construction protocol, previously approved by the former Region of Ottawa-Carleton, prior to…
Thanks to B.R. Ravishankar for sending along these frigid photos taken earlier in the week. (The statues are on his neighbour’s property.)
(Above: Winter along Poole Creek. Photo by Barry Gray) There were lots of reports of a series loud bangs on Monday morning in Stittsville and surrounding areas. It’s likely the noise was…
All that ice today made for some great photo opportunities. If you have a great photo of Stittsville, send it along to us at feedback@stittsvillecentral.ca How lovely! #Stittsville #icestorm2015 pic.twitter.com/RQon5RG0Wl…
From the Ontario government: The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change received a submission for a multi-media Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) under Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act…
The deadline to apply to become a member of the Carp Landfill Community Liaison Committee (CLCLC) has been extended to January 5, 2015. The CLCLC provides members of the community the…
Re: Property values drained by wetland designation I’m 60 years old. I grew up in Stittsville. When I was a young boy we didn’t have garbage pick-up in Stittsville. On weekends…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The network of streams and wetlands surrounding Stittsville have been changing over the past few years. Landowners say they’ve seen a dramatic rise in the amount of water…
Over the past week city forestry crews have been removing some trees in Pioneer Plains Park in Jackson Trails. Shad Qadri provided this update on Facebook earlier today: “They are…
Re: Carp landfill exceedances don’t pose a threat to drinking water, says MOE Yes there has been historical off site groundwater contamination at the site. In fact it was first noted…
The Ontario Ministry of Environment provided this response to the Don’t Let Ottawa Go to Waste group’s press release from earlier this week regarding Waste Management’s current and past compliance with…
