City News

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.

KANATA – Last month, the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) held its first fundraiser since 2018 and, once again, showed what a concerned community can do.

CARP – It was an opportunity for some of the world’s best hockey players to try a different ice sport on day before facing off against the Ottawa Senators.

DUNROBIN – The Evolugen South March Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) open house Sunday (Feb. 23) packed the West Carleton Secondary School (WCSS) cafeteria as hundreds of people filed through shoulder-to-shoulder, especially in the early hours of the event, looking for answers on the project.

BUCKHAM’S BAY – The snow was flying, and the fish were biting at the 19th annual Constance Bay Kids Fishing Derby on Buckham’s Bay Feb. 16.