City News

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.

GALETTA – For West Carleton livestock and cash crop farmer Bruce Hill, the yo-yo possibility of 25 per cent American tariff installed by the Donald Trump administration is creating uncertainty and unrest for his and much of Canada’s agriculture industry.

KANATA – Last month, the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) held its first fundraiser since 2018 and, once again, showed what a concerned community can do.

CARP – It was an opportunity for some of the world’s best hockey players to try a different ice sport on day before facing off against the Ottawa Senators.

DUNROBIN – The Evolugen South March Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) open house Sunday (Feb. 23) packed the West Carleton Secondary School (WCSS) cafeteria as hundreds of people filed through shoulder-to-shoulder, especially in the early hours of the event, looking for answers on the project.

BUCKHAM’S BAY – The snow was flying, and the fish were biting at the 19th annual Constance Bay Kids Fishing Derby on Buckham’s Bay Feb. 16.

CARP – Although records show settlers arrived in this area in the early 1800s, longtime Huntley Township Historical Society (HTHS) board member Roger Thomas says West Carleton’s history goes back much further than that.

DUNROBIN – Each year, the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) covers a lot of ground in more ways than one.

KINBURN – While the majority of media looks for stories of young love on Valentine’s Day, West Carleton Online has been around long enough to know true love lasts the test of time.