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City’s freshet task force switching focus to Ottawa River

April 24, 2025 wadmin 0 Comments

WEST CARLETON – The City of Ottawa’s Freshet Task Force is adjusting its focus from the Ottawa area’s Mississippi and Madawaska watersheds to the big river as local conservation authorities issue a flood watch along the lower Ottawa River.

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City’s Spring Freshet Task Force activated

March 13, 2025 wadmin 0 Comments

WEST CARLETON – Not only do the birds and the bees appear in the spring, so does the City of Ottawa’s Spring Freshet Task Force.

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City’s Freshet Task Force wraps up 2024 spring thaw season

May 16, 2024 wadmin 0 Comments

OTTAWA – Yesterday (May 15), Public Works is concluding its operations related to the spring freshet.

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City’s Spring Flood Taskforce now on duty

March 6, 2026 wadmin 0 Comments

OTTAWA – The city’s Spring Flood Taskforce is now monitoring water levels on the Rideau River, Ottawa River and their tributaries and is ready to respond to potential impacts from this spring’s melt.

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City issues first 2024 spring freshet update

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 wadmin 0 Comments

OTTAWA – The city’s public works department issued its first 2024 Spring Freshet Task Force Update reporting the Ottawa River catchment snowpack is “below average” this year.

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City preparing for 2023 spring freshet

March 11, 2023April 20, 2023 wadmin 0 Comments 2023 Freshet

OTTAWA – With last week’s news the region could be in for a higher than average freshet, city staff is sharing their plan for dealing with it.

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Spring freshet arrives in WC

March 17, 2022 wadmin 0 Comments

WEST CARLETON – The warm mid-March weather has officially kicked off the 2022 spring freshet.

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City already preparing for spring freshet

February 25, 2021 wadmin 0 Comments

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C Bay quiet amidst flood concerns

May 5, 2025May 14, 2025 wadmin 0 Comments

CONSTANCE BAY – Despite the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) issuing a flood warning late last week (May 1), a drive through Constance Bay Saturday (May 3) afternoon, including many of the most flood prone areas in the community, seemed downright tranquil.

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City collects 80 tonnes of sandbags from flood

May 27, 2023 wadmin 0 Comments

WEST CARLETON – The city’s Public Safety Service director says with the Ottawa River’s flows returning to normal, the city’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) will stand down.

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