City News

CONSTANCE BAY – Opening night is still a month away, but the Rural Root Theatre Company (RRTC) is hard at work getting both nuanced reactions and pratfalls ready for their fall production of Sandy Toes and Salty Kisses.

GALETTA – It was a beautiful late-summer evening for the touring Ottawa Valley Market which came to Galetta Friday (Sept. 12) putting roots down in an idyllic location – a working farm.

CORKERY – It takes a steady hand and a keen eye to be named West Carleton’s finest shooter, and last

KINBURN – As the City of Ottawa begins the 2026 budget process, West Carleton-March Coun. Clarke Kelly has announced he will host a Ward 5 specific public budget consultation on Wednesday, Oct. 29.

CARP – Last Sunday (Aug. 31), an astronomical crowd gathered after dark to take in a celestial view from the parking lot of the Carp Branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

CARP – You didn’t have to be at the Carp Fair parking field to hear the monster trucks rolling through town, but you did need to be there to see the action.

CONSTANCE BAY – Last Thursday’s (Aug. 19) City of Ottawa-led skateboard park talk in Constance Bay attracted one couple very invested in the city’s updated skateboard strategy.

KANATA – Last Sunday afternoon (Aug. 17), American rider Adrienne Sternlicht claimed the largest purse ever offered for show jumping in Ottawa.

DUNROBIN – Hot on the heels of the Marchurst Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) controversy, Dunrobin residents recently learned (Aug. 5) a large-scale energy solar project is slated for their neighbourhood.

KANATA – Some say the magic of elite show jumping lives in the partnership between horse and rider – a certain trust that fuels the confidence to jump great heights.