A rock story, a love story, a thank you
(Painted rocks lined up along the pathway in Stitt Park Stittsville. Photos: Janice Blain.) I love rocks and have been collecting them from far and wide throughout my adult life,…
Category: Nature & Environment
Entries judged at annual garden and flower photo contest
(Presentation of the Goulbourn Stittsville Horticultural Society photo contest trophy to Kathy Lunau. L to R: Penny Horeczy, Vice-President; Judith Cox, President; Kathy Lunau, Best in Show winner; John Brummell,…
Stittsville Library offers plenty of activities for March Break
What are you doing for March Break? The theme for 2020 March break at the Ottawa Public Library is ‘Around the World’ and the Stittsville Library Branch has many free…
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…
Presentation – living with coyotes in an urban environment
As part of the Wildlife Strategy, the City of Ottawa initiated a Wildlife Speaker Series to increase residents’ knowledge and appreciation of wildlife, and promote coexistence through understanding and respect.…
Tweed Collective supports local communities through grants
(Tweed Collective funds various community projects, including this community garden. Photo: Tweed Collective) Stittsville has existing projects and others in the works that could be considered to receive funding from…
Stittsville Library initiates green thumb business to young gardeners
(Tracy Facchin, Public Service Supervisor at the Stittsville Library, oversees the children’s hydroponics Growing Futures garden project. Photo: Stittsville Central.) When you enter the Stittsville Library Branch, you will quickly…
Forecast for snow, cold, a job fair and events for the weekend and next week
(Snowy splendour along the Trans-Canada Trail) Brace yourself for a snowy weekend, but don’t stay inside. Get out and enjoy some of the events and activities taking place over the…
Jessica and Omar Sultan – bring an old farm to life and how they did it
(Jessica and Omar Sultan presenting their sanctuary farm life at the Stittsville Library on January 8, 2020. Photo: Stittsville Central) The Grace Thompson meeting room of the Stittsville Library was…
Sunflowers harvested and barn less chilly just in time for winter at Sultan farm
(Harvesting the sunflower seeds at the Sultan Farm Sanctuary in November 2019. All photos: Jessica Sultan) If you passed our farm in the afternoon of 11 November, 2019, you would have…
Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society photo contest opens
If you are devoted to photography then this should interest you. The Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society has opened its annual photo competition. The classes, judging criteria and rules for the 2020 photo…
Stittsville photographer snaps up awards
(Danielle Barabé-Bussières, Stittsville Professional Photograher, wins coveted Photographic Artist of the Year award. Photo: David Anthony Williams) Stittsville resident and professional photographer, Danielle Barabé-Bussières, has won the coveted title of ‘2019 Photographic Artist…
End of year wrap-up for Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society at AGM
(The 2020 Board of the Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society. From left back row: Nancy Lowden, Darlene Palsson, Mary Lou O’Rourke, Brenda Raid, Vivian McLean, Margret Farr; and, from left front row: Penny Horeczy,…
Sunflowers, new baby goat and winter preparations brings flurry of activity to Sultan Farm Sanctuary
Hello to our readers! It’s been awhile! I thought I knew what ‘busy’ was, but from the end of August (when our sunflowers reached peak) to this first week of…
Local happenings for Thanksgiving weekend
Thanksgiving is the first family gathering of the autumn season and Canadians have a lot to be thankful for. Celebrate the kick-off of autumn by making new memories with family…