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)…
Category: Nature & Environment
NOTEBOOK: No food forest (yet) for Blackstone Community Park
City of Ottawa staff received plenty of comments about the proposed plan for the new Blackstone Community Park, but in the end won’t be making any major changes for the…
NOTEBOOK: Stewardship Council lends its support to a food forest for Blackstone Park
You may remember Paul Wilson’s idea for a permaculture food forest at Blackstone Park that we published a couple of weeks ago. Now the idea is getting support from the…
LETTER: A field of dirt and potential in Blackstone
(EDITOR’S NOTE: I recently went for a walk with Paul Wilson (pictured above) around the site of the future Blackstone Community Park near his home. Like many new parks in…
PHOTO: Maple Leaf Crystal
“Maple Leaf Crystal”, by John Edkins. “I saw it on my window and thought it looked like a lot like a maple leaf,” he says. John’s photo exhibition, Seeing Black…
Tree clearing set to begin at 195 Huntmar
I have been advised by City staff that the applicant has adequately rationalized the need for tree removal at 195 Huntmar and a tree permit is expected to be approved…
Stay clear of ice covered surfaces, ditches, smaller tributaries and lakes
With the recent mild weather, rain and snow melt, ice conditions on area lakes, rivers and creeks may become unstable. Although Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) does not monitor ice…
Developer charge will fund study of Upper Poole Creek
(PHOTO: Poole Creek Walkway. Photo by Barry Gray.) On January 23, 2018, a report will be coming forward to Planning Committee recommending Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Planning,…
PHOTO: Crystal
“Crystal” by Richard Monette. If you’re on Instagram, check out more of Richard’s photos at @richmonty_blackwhite. (We love seeing photos from in and around our community. Please send your best pics…
LETTER: A lynx on Carp Road
Re: Where the wild things are… I have a shop in the Reis industrial park off of Carp Road just north of Richardson Side Road. We have seen a lynx…
PHOTOS: The trails of Jackson Trails
Thanks to Connor Boudreau for sending along these photos from a recent walk around the trails of Jackson Trails. We love seeing photos from in and around our community. Send your…
Friends of the Carp River comment on Kanata Highlands Development
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The City of Ottawa and Richcraft Homes held a public information meeting last week to give a preview of concept plans for the Kanata Highlands development adjacent to…
Jo-Jo’s Community Garden already planning for warmer weather
(PHOTO: Kids at Jo-Jo’s Community Garden, Summer 2017) You know you are a serious gardener when you’re planning for planting season while it’s -15 and snow is falling. Here’s a…
BOUGHNER: Today is the most important shovelling day of the year
Fun piece in the Citizen today from our Stittsville neighbour Joe Boughner. It’s your old pal Joe the Suburban Dad here with the first “Driveway Shovelling Tips from a Suburban…
Where the wild things are…
(Photo via of Kathleen Edwards.) StittsvilleCentral.ca reader Kathleen Edwards Tweeted us this photo from a recent walk along the Trans Canada Trail, west of West Ridge Drive: @StittsCentral anyone in…