City News

KINBURN – It’s the unofficial start to the Christmas shopping season, and if the 42 annual Kinburn Craft and Gift Fair can be used as a barometer, it’s going to be a busy season.

CONSTANCE BAY – Branch 616’s Saturday (Nov. 9) Remembrance Day service seemed to be a bigger affair than West Carleton Online has witnessed in recent years, even including sentries around the Cenotaph for the first time, and the Legion itself was as boisterous as always following the somber ceremony on a perfect fall afternoon.

CARP – Carp’s Cheryl Bush and Peter Bowles return as organizers for this year’s Nov. 11 Remembrance Day service, now less than a week away.

CONSTANCE BAY – The West Carleton Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 616, continues its tradition of hosting West Carleton’s first Remembrance Day Service, and that tradition is always on the first Saturday before Nov. 11.

SOUTH MARCH – Operational since last March, Ottawa firefighters and politicians figuratively cut the ribbon on the city’s newest fire hall Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) Station 45 just last Monday (Oct. 28). Literally, it was a fire hose.

GALETTA – It seems like a long time ago now, but we bet many of those Great Galetta Rummage Sale volunteers are still recovering from the event a little less than two weeks ago.

KINBURN – A vehicle ignited inside a Kinburn-area barn today (Oct. 28) eventually destroying the barn and a barn-full of antiques and local history in the process.

WEST CARLETON – In the wake of three West Carleton house fires last week (Oct. 22-24), residents may be wondering what they can do to protect their families from a similar tragedy. According to Ottawa Fire Service (OFS) District 6 Chief Bill Bell the first deterrent to fire is education.

CARP – Last Saturday morning (Oct. 19) the Carp Fairgrounds were in full swing.

KANATA – Last Tuesday (Oct. 8), the City of Ottawa hosted the second in its series of in-person consultations on the new Zoning Bylaw in Kanata.