Community News

GALETTA – At 77-years-old, Galetta’s David Jefferies will be competing at the 2022 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships Aug. 15 to 25 in Burlington, ON.

CARP – July is drive-in bingo month in Carp and people from all over the Ottawa Valley and the city are making the trek out to the Carp Fairgrounds to take part.

CARP – Wayne Crawford was always a big fan of the Carp Fair and now his family has honoured that legacy with the construction of a new entrance at the Carp Agricultural Society’s (CAS) multi-use field off Carp Road.

CARP – The federal government bestowed $600,000 on the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum today (July 6) which will be used in part to “safely welcome back visitors,” after two years of struggling to deal with COVID-19 impacts on the tourism industry and a facility with no windows.

DUNROBIN – Re-named officially at City Hall last winter but celebrated on Canada Day (July 1), the Dunrobin soccer field is now named after long-serving volunteer Hugh O’Gorman who passed away far too early on Oct. 15, 2021, at the age of 54.

WEST CARLETON – Canada Day made a triumphant return to West Carleton Friday (July 1), and although there were still a couple of popular longtime events missing, those that were held were focused solely on celebrating Canada’s 155th birthday.

CONSTANCE BAY – While Constance Bay is a beautiful part of the world, it would hardly be mistaken for tropical. But you’d be surprised how many palm trees you just might find in the Ottawa River community.

CARP – The predicted hot Carp Fair summer is off and running in 2022 with a loud end to June and things really heating up in July.

ELM – A small neigbhourhood in West Carleton has brought back an important piece of its history and returned it to its proper place in front of the small schoolhouse that served Elm starting almost 200 years ago.

KINBURN – The West Carleton Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) took their equipment to the Kinburn Community Centre June 11, 12 and 13 to compete in the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) Very High Frequency contest.