Community News

DUNROBIN – This year, the weather cooperated, and the volunteer firefighters of Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) Station 66 served record crowds heaps of pancakes during their annual Firefighters Pancake Breakfast Sunday (June 4) morning.

CONSTANCE BAY – The roughly week-long run of the Rural Root Theatre Company’s (RRTC) production Murdered to Death was a return to pre-pandemic crowds, who enjoyed a blend of comedy and mystery in a return to live theatre.

KINBURN – With the lingering effects of the 2023 spring freshet still being felt in West Carleton, including by the volunteers hosting last Wednesday’s (May 17) disaster preparedness panel discussion, West Carleton Disaster Relief (WCDR) put the focus on wildfires during the meeting.

CARP – The Friends of the Carp River (FCR) added 150 native trees to the Carp RiverWalk last Saturday (May 13), the first of a four-year plan to improve the walking trail for everyone, and everything, that uses the natural greenspace.

KINBURN – Any opportunity West Carleton Online gets to reference Right Said Fred’s 1992 hit, I’m Too Sexy, West Carleton Online takes.

DUNROBIN – King Charles III officially received his crown Saturday (May 6), and on Sunday (May 7) St. Mary’s Anglican Church celebrated it.

FITZROY HARBOUR – It was the first craft market of any kind in Fitzroy Harbour since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and it was clear the community had been patiently waiting for such an event, flocking to the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre Saturday, April 29.

DUNROBIN – Fairly or unfairly, the Dunrobin Plaza has become a symbol of the 2018 tornado and the Dunrobin community’s effort to recover from it.