City News

KANATA – Last month Hospice Care Ottawa (HCO) announced their plan to build Ottawa’s second wind phone – a sacred space for remembrance, reflection and healing.

FITZROY HARBOUR – A highlight of the Fitzroy Harbour Winter Carnival for the last 29 years has been Dan and Carole’s Trivia Challenge.

BUCKHAM’S BAY – The long-running Constance Bay Kids Fishing Derby enjoyed perfect weather last Sunday (Feb. 15) and that brought out the kids in record numbers.

KINBURN – It’s not always good news when the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) invites you over for a chat.

CARP – There’s a reason it’s called a winter carnival.

MacLAREN’S LANDING – MacLaren’s Landing-based author David Shackleton has tackled gender issues for decades, and as he gets set to publish his third book Shackleton is introducing a new word to the lexicon to describe the feminine collective shadow.

STITTSVILLE – Corkery writer Karine Di Cesare is launching her new children’s book next week (Feb. 15) and you’re sure to love it like you love lemonade.

CARP – Last week (Jan. 29) approximately 50 residents attended a City of Ottawa open house at the Carp Mess Hall to learn more about the city’s plans for the slated March Road and Old Carp Road/Donald B. Munro Drive intersection overhaul.

CARP – The Village of Carp Business Improvement Area (BIA) does a lot to market the village with very little, and last Friday (Jan. 30) we learned how they do it.

OTTAWA – “Picture yourself in your most traumatic situation and now you have to move,” Shelter Movers Ottawa Chapter director Heather Brisebois told West Carleton Online last week (Jan. 20).