Fitzroy Harbour CA launches logo competition
FITZROY HARBOUR – The Fitzroy Harbour Community Association (FCHA) is looking to rebrand and they are hoping their creative neighbours will help them with the work.
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Letter: Reader not fond of BESS headline
First, I’d like to comment that we in the community who are opposed to the Marchurst BESS are not “anti” BESS as the reporter has written here in the headline.
Read moreCouncil briefs: Council continues path to purchase Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre
CITY HALL – The first city council meeting of the New Year was an in-camera session discussing the purchase of a potential new landfill site.
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Carp Road Corridor BIA AGM Jan. 27
HUNTLEY – It’s an election year for both the municipality and the Carp Road Corridor Business Improvement Area (CRCBIA), so you know the Jan. 27 annual general meeting is going to be a big one.
Read moreOntario homelessness rises eight per cent in one year
ONTARIO – Homelessness in Ontario took a huge eight per cent leap in 2025 with an estimated 85,000 people living without a home.
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Anti-South March BESS group taking issue to court
WEST CARLETON – A community not-for-profit corporation commenced a judicial review in Ontario’s Divisional Court seeking review of Ottawa city council’s Dec. 10, 2025 decision to approve a site-specific zoning bylaw amendment from Rural Countryside to a new Rural General Industrial Exception Zone, permitting an industrial-scale 250 megawatt Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), one of the largest proposed battery storage facilities planned for Canada.
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Huntley historical society looks at Bradley family Jan. 22
CARP – A new year and a return to looking at the Huntley community’s history as the Huntley Township Historical Society (HTHS) resumes its monthly presentations at the Carp Mess Hall.
Read moreLetters: In praise of West Carleton Online
I enjoy it even more than I expected to when I first signed up.
Read morePolice briefs: Amber Alert Awareness Day, Aggressive retail thefts, Smiths Falls area home invasion
WEST CARLETON – Jan. 13 marks Amber Alert Awareness Day, and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding Ontarians that Amber Alerts are a call for the public’s help to find a child in danger.
Read moreHEO Top Prospects game features six Ottawa Valley Titans
NEPEAN – Six Ottawa Valley Titans, including some West Carleton content, were named to the Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO) AAA U18 Top Prospects Game played at the Minto Recreation Complex Saturday (Jan. 10) night.
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