Youth Day life lessons for WC 4-H Clubs
KINBURN – About 40 youth learned life lessons disguised as agricultural learning Aug. 12, as club leaders hosted a farming workshop at Elm Holme Farm on International Youth Day.
COMMUNITY NEWS
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Bay Days return with full weekend of fun Sept. 11
CONSTANCE BAY – Constance Bay will kick of the school year with the return of Bay Days, this time two-whole days of family fun.
POLITICS
Mayoral candidate Lawson shares rural platform
OTTAWA – Ottawa mayoral candidate Alex Lawson is promising to require rural assessments for decisions made at city council and to improve rural infrastructure maintenance if elected this October.
BUSINESS
MEA tracking energy loss for Ridge Rock
CARP – Hours before Carp’s Ridge Rock Brewing Company was set to open for the day yesterday (July 27), the team from Modern Energy Advancements (MEA) was working with the team from KU Power Group to install state-of-the-art equipment that will allow the popular brewery and eatery to track every single drop of power it uses to run its business.
CITY NEWS
Carp garlic festival darn popular
CARP – The Carp Farmers’ Market is already incredibly popular, but when you add garlic to the recipe, it becomes very tasty indeed.
SPORTS
Greensmere club champions crowned over weekend
CORKERY – Last weekend (Aug. 15 and 16) the Greensmere Golf and Country Club found out who its 2026 club champions would be.
SCHOOLS
St. Michael, Fitzroy parents want permanent vice principal
FITZROY HARBOUR – Several Fitzroy Harbour parents are tired of the rotating carousel of principals that have been coming through the tiny St. Michael’s Catholic School, Fitzroy Harbour and are pressing the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) for some permanency in the position.
