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Category: Nature & Environment

Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society holds annual photo contest

Stittsville Central StaffJanuary 25, 2015April 30, 2015

  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…

Machines clear trees on Fernbank Road

UPDATE: Tree removal begins on Fernbank property

Stittsville Central StaffJanuary 22, 2015February 20, 2015

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…

UPDATE: Tree removal on Fernbank Road

Stittsville Central StaffJanuary 20, 2015February 20, 2015

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…

Gerry Kroll stands in front of a large grove of trees that are slated for removal beginning this week.

Trees to be removed from disputed development property

Glen GowerJanuary 17, 2015February 20, 2015

(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…

Update to the City’s Wildlife Construction Protocol now available for review

Stittsville Central StaffJanuary 17, 2015January 17, 2015

(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…

PHOTOS: Frozen in time

Stittsville Central StaffJanuary 8, 2015January 11, 2015

Thanks to B.R. Ravishankar for sending along these frigid photos taken earlier in the week.   (The statues are on his neighbour’s property.)  

Winter along Poole Creek. Photo by Barry Gray

The loud bang you heard on Monday morning was probably a frost quake

Stittsville Central StaffJanuary 5, 2015

(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…

Photos from the first winter storm of 2015

Stittsville Central StaffJanuary 4, 2015January 11, 2015

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…

Residents invited to make comments regarding Carp landfill expansion

Stittsville Central StaffDecember 21, 2014December 26, 2014

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…

Deadline for the Carp Landfill Community Liaison Committee extended to January 5

Stittsville Central StaffDecember 16, 2014December 15, 2014

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…

LETTER: Fernbank and Flewellyn have always been wet

Stittsville Central StaffDecember 12, 2014October 2, 2015

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…

Tomlinson Quarry sign and Len Payne

QUARRY QUERY: Do industrial operations on Jinkinson affect water levels in the area?

Glen GowerDecember 4, 2014October 22, 2016

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…

Dead and damaged trees removed from Pioneer Plains Park in Jackson Trails

Stittsville Central StaffDecember 3, 2014

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…

Waste Management's Carp Road Landfill

LETTER: Concern over continuing impact to groundwater safety at Carp landfill

Stittsville Central StaffDecember 1, 2014October 2, 2015

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…

Carp landfill exceedances don’t pose a threat to drinking water, says MOE

Stittsville Central StaffNovember 27, 2014November 29, 2014

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…

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