Community News

KANATA – Last Monday (Sept. 28) afternoon the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) celebrated 40 years of dedicated community service.

CARP – The weekend weather cooperated; the crowds flocked to Carp; and edition 163 of the Carp Fair had something

KINBURN – It’s amazing what a pair of scissors can do for your self esteem and more so what a haircut in Kinburn did do for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) on Sept. 19.

DUNROBIN – Last Saturday (Sept. 12), a couple hundred people gathered on the decorated ice pad outside the Dunrobin Community Centre for the second iteration of Wing Dings, and let us tell you, man, it was a vibe.

KINBURN – After 48 years, fast talking auctioneer John O’Neill called his last official auction Aug. 29 and then called it a career with a party.

VYDON ACRES – It was a record number of ukeleles, and a record amount of money raised for the food bank at the seventh edition of the still growing Island Vibes community concert in Vydon Acres.

DUNROBIN – For as long as anyone can remember, the St. Mary’s Anglican Church annual corn roast has been a popular social event for parishioners and neighbours.

KINBURN – About 40 youth learned life lessons disguised as agricultural learning Aug. 12, as club leaders hosted a farming workshop at Elm Holme Farm on International Youth Day.

KINBURN – Six of West Carleton’s hardest working, longest serving volunteers were honoured for their commitment to community by Coun. Clarke Kelly and Mayor Mark Sutcliffe with a commemorative coin minted in honour of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Bytown.