City News

CONSTANCE BAY – The small group of attendees at last Sunday’s (April 6) Constance and Buckham’s Bay Community Association (CBBCA) annual general meeting heard finances are in great shape but the board could use a little more manpower.

CITY HALL – To hear the members of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) talk yesterday (April 3), it sounded like they had lots of misgivings about the project and sympathy for the neighbours but will recommend a rezoning to council allowing Thomas Cavanagh Construction to expand its quarry operation in the Corkery area.

CORKERY – Spark the Night in Corkery as West Carleton marks World Parkinson’s Day.

CARP – Last week (Mar. 27), the Friends of the Carp Hills (FCH) spent an evening looking in the rearview mirror. 

WEST CARLETON – A wild winter storm that started with a blanket of snow last night (March 28) and is expected to continue with freezing rain today (March 29) has already created headaches for motorists here and across eastern Ontario.

CONSTANCE BAY – Last week (Mar. 20) West Carleton Online joined Ward 5 Coun. Clarke Kelly and staffer Lisa McGee for a door knocking outing on the back streets of Constance Bay.

SOUTH MARCH – A Huntmar Drive pothole cost Carp’s Nick Holloway nearly $700, and although he doubts he will get reimbursed by the city for the damage, he’s hoping city staff will reevaluate the road that has become a busy throughway for West Carleton residents heading to west Ottawa.

WEST CARLETON – Not only do the birds and the bees appear in the spring, so does the City of Ottawa’s Spring Freshet Task Force.

GALETTA – For West Carleton livestock and cash crop farmer Bruce Hill, the yo-yo possibility of 25 per cent American tariff installed by the Donald Trump administration is creating uncertainty and unrest for his and much of Canada’s agriculture industry.