Community News

CARP – 2021 was far from perfect, but it was a huge step up for the Carp Agricultural Society (CAS) which was at least able to bring back the Carp Fair from its one-year COVID-forced hiatus after a dreadful 2020.

CARP – The Huntley Community Association’s (HCA) revival of the winter carnival was short-lived as the global pandemic took hold just a few weeks following the successful re-launch in March 2020, putting an end to the feasibility of large, organized gatherings in the COVID-19 era.

WEST CARLETON – One of the community’s longest running annual events and biggest fundraiser, the Diefenbooker Race, has thrown in the towel, knocked out by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

DUNROBIN – Step one of efforts to provide a new care centre for Dunrobin’s Holly’s Haven Animal Rescue is done, but lots more work, and fundraising, is still ahead before the desperately needed new building is ready for use.

CARP – In an effort to keep busy during the global COVID-19 pandemic work slow down, Meadowridge Circle resident Barbara McDougall became a community hero thanks to her efforts to keep kids occupied  and entertained during a trying time for the whole world.

CARP – It was the Carp community’s turn to blow Santa away, filling two pick-up trucks with donations for the West Carleton Food Access Centre (WCFAC) as Carp Santa Claus Parade organizers put Plan B in to operation last night (Dec. 16) to salvage a fundraiser cancelled by Saturday’s windstorm.

ARNPRIOR – We’ve seen Fitzroy Harbour’s Syd Gravel tow cars, move tractors, lift more than 110,000 pounds in a single day, and last week (Dec. 8), the Valley strongman clean and jerked a really big cheque, right over to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

KINBURN – For the first time in two years the Kinburn Seniors Association (KSA) was able to celebrate the holidays in the fashion they were used to, following the return of the KSA Christmas luncheon held last Tuesday (Dec. 7).