Community News

DUNROBIN – In what can only be described as a hard pivot, Dunrobin’s Spinks family is moving from the pool services business to the produce growing business. And they did it all in one spring.

CARP – The West Carleton Family Health Team (WCFHT) is using innovative methods to serve its patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CONSTANCE BAY – A long-time leader in his community and, along with his wife Linda Cassidy, the co-founder of West Carleton’s Terry Fox Run, Robert ‘Bob’ Dupuis passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

CONSTANCE BAY – Two 17-year-old West Carleton natives re-purposed a grant they received from Taking IT Global to share with community members making a positive difference in the face of a global pandemic.

KINBURN – It was a multi-car salute as Stonecrest Elementary School Principal Cindy Alce wrapped up her career in education with the typical send-off of the COVID-19 era.

KINBURN – PhD student William Twardek was awarded the $10,000 Polar Knowledge Canada POLAR Scholarship June 16 for his work studying the challenge the Whitehorse Dam creates on spawning Yukon River chinook salmon.

DUNROBIN – Normally a manager of incidents, West Carleton’s Ottawa Fire Service (OFS) sector Chief Bill Bell rolled up his sleeves, dove in to the Ottawa River and saved the life of a motor vehicle collision victim trapped in her vehicle as it filled with water.

KINBURN – When you offer 32 years of convenience in Kinburn, you get a parade.

DUNROBIN – COVID-19 couldn’t stop Laura Taffiner’s Sweet 16 from being a memorable one, kicked off with a 35-car parade.

CARP – West Carleton’s biggest annual party is the latest event to be tackled by COVID-19. The Carp Fair will not go ahead this September.