City News

DUNROBIN – The West Carleton Fibre Guild has been creating practical art for 35 years and the group of weavers, spinners and knitters still love the camaraderie of getting together once a month sharing stories, tips and companionship talking about what they love to do and make.

CITY HALL – The city’s The Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services committee (EPPSc) will recommend council approve the motion classifying

FITZROY HARBOUR – Much like the Carp Winter Carnival held the same weekend, The Fitzroy Harbour Winter Carnival had to deal with a lack of ice, but that was more than made up with high spirits.

CONSTANCE BAY – City staff are in the very early stages of designing a roundabout, the preferred plan to replace the troubled intersection at Constance Bay and Dunrobin roads.

CARP – Roughly 15 people attended Saturday’s (Feb. 3) Carp Health Access (CHA) Mental Health Symposium, focusing on the challenges of mental health in a rural setting.

CARP – The Carp Agricultural Society (CAS) directors must be living right. Last week (Jan. 25) in the midst of week-long freezing rain alerts on all sides of the calendar they landed the 2023 CAS annual general meeting on schedule and without a hitch.

CARP – Let’s just say, what happens at knitting group stays at knitting group. But it’s no secret the twice monthly Carp Social KNITwork gathering at the Carp Branch of the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) has a warm welcome for anyone wishing to join in.  

BUCKHAM’S BAY – It was the coldest day of winter so far, by far, but that didn’t stop 15 people from taking a dip in the Ottawa River Saturday (Jan. 20), and those brave souls reaped the health benefits of their efforts.

CARP – “It lit a fire under me,” Dr. Barry Bruce said when he first learned about the potential of regenerative agriculture to reverse the effects of climate change.