City News

DUNROBIN – A beautiful vista is taking shape on the boarded walls of the vacant Dunrobin plaza that when completed, will be a beautiful mural representing the community that the whole community contributed to.

KINBURN – Put your hand up if you still have the sleigh your parents took you to school in.

FITZROY HARBOUR – In what has become a bit of a tradition at the Concerts in the Park music series, last Thursday (July 6) West Carleton Online took the opportunity to catch up with West Carleton’s competitive robotics team Merge Robotics 2706.

VICTORIA, BC – Major-General (Ret’d) Ken Lett’s extraordinary journey commenced a hundred years ago on July 13, 1923, in Carp, nestled in the picturesque Ottawa Valley. Growing up on his family’s farm, he cultivated a strong work ethic by tending to the land and assisting with livestock.

KINBURN – While the results of northern forest fires lingered in the air throughout West Carleton June 29, inside the West Carleton Community Complex a group of about 20 took a deep dive on climate resiliency led by the Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) Ottawa.

CARP – City of Ottawa staff will recommend the Agricultural and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) approve a Zoning Bylaw amendment that will allow the largest development in Carp’s history proposed for 147 Langstaff Dr. to go ahead.

DOWNTOWN – The Ottawa Jazz Festival kicked off Friday (June 23) with a full Confederation Park listening to a variety of jazz-influenced music headlined by Canadian musician Feist.

DUNROBIN – For Keenan Dressler, the fourth annual Dunrobin Community Association (DCA) Fashion Show was an opportunity to be the superhero he drew for his school yearbook earlier this year.

CARP – The goal of the Huntley Community Association (HCA) will be more, more, more in 2023 as the association continues to return from COVID and build on the events it already hosts.

KINBURN – Sunday’s (June 4) St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church anniversary service was a time to honour the church’s 143rd birthday and a time to honour those that helped it get to that incredible milestone.