Community News

NEPEAN – Following a nearly 10-hour (not including two recesses) meeting yesterday (June 5) featuring 69 delegations, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) unanimously voted to recommend council not provide a Municipal Support Resolution to Evolugen’s South March Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility.

CONSTANCE BAY – Constance Bay shares several issues with all West Carleton but also has a variety of issues unique to the riverside community, and last week (May 28) Ward 5 Coun. Clarke Kelly and a team of City of Ottawa staffers attempted to address those issues directly with the residents during a town hall meeting.

DUNROBIN – It was a rainy set-up but the Dunrobin and District Women’s Institute (WI) joined the West Carleton community garage sale Saturday, May 24 and raised more than $1,000 for the West Carleton Food Access Centre (WCFAC).

WEST CARLETON – A group opposed to the proposed Marchurst Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility led by the company Evolugen, say they are ready to battle the project after finding out it will be on the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) agenda next week (June 5).

CARP – It’s nice to have friends, and the Carp River’s friends gifted the meandering watercourse with 200 new native trees May 10, adding to the hundreds already planted as the Friends of the Carp River (FCR) enter year three of their reforestation project.

KINBURN – Lifelong farmer and community leader Dwight Eastman who served as West Carleton Township’s last mayor and West Carleton-March’s first councillor following amalgamation with the City of Ottawa, passed away this morning (May 16) at the age of 80 after a brief battle with cancer.

CARP – Last Saturday (May 10), the wait was finally over for local syrup lovers who flocked to downtown Carp to pick up their Scouts-branded maple syrup.

KINBURN – Although springtime has finally arrived in West Carleton, the City of Ottawa is asking residents to wait a little bit longer to before lighting up the first campfire of the season.

CONSTANCE BAY – Despite the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) issuing a flood warning late last week (May 1), a drive through Constance Bay Saturday (May 3) afternoon, including many of the most flood prone areas in the community, seemed downright tranquil.