Community News

CARP – Last Wednesday (Aug. 6), the Carp Agricultural Society (CAS) hosted a very special benefit Carp Fair Drive-In Bingo for a very special member of the Carp Fair family.

WEST CARLETON – Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Chief Eric Stubbs took time to focus on West Carleton in a conversation with Ward 5 Coun. Clarke Kelly.

GALETTA – When it comes to family friendly fun, the second annual Great Galetta Gathering ticked all the boxes last Saturday (July 26).

CAMBRIDGE – It was a historic season for Harvard University’s already historic rowing team, topped off with all four of its lightweight varsity rowing teams sweeping the 2025 Eastern Sprints – a feat the Harvard Rowing Team hasn’t done since the 1998 season.

DUNROBIN – It’s a busy time at Holly’s Haven Wildlife Rescue with more than 70 wild animals currently under its care. And for the first time ever, a moose.

KINBURN – The Fitzroy Township Historical Society (FTHS) put out the call, and the Ottawa Valley’s car community brought the wheels for a pre-Canada Day Antique Show and Shine Saturday, June 29.

WEST CARLETON – A mid-week Canada Day is not ideal, but West Carleton residents made the best of it enjoying time with friends and family at their own events, at some of Ward 5’s classic Canada Day events as well as a new, international one in Fitzroy Harbour.

ASHTON – In only eight brief years, the EY Golf Quest 4 Clinical Trials golf tournament has become one of Ottawa’s largest charity tournaments, and last week broke its own record raising roughly $2 million for The Ottawa Hospital.