Community News

CARP – Sure it was windy and a bit cool, but any Friday is a good Friday to be out

LOWERTOWN – Caribbean food, cooked in Constance Bay and served in West Carleton, has provided a financial boost to a downtown Ottawa’s men’s shelter.

DUNROBIN – While doctors across the region, and the country, have left their practices to join the frontline in the

ARNPRIOR – It’s a simple idea, but one that highlights the Grove long-term care centre’s shifting focus on providing a social model of care instead of a medical model.

KANATA NORTH – It was a celebration and a parade for Juanita Snelgrove as she wrapped up her 104th year, a woman who grew up in Carp and whose name can be found on road signs all over the community.

ARNPRIOR – Premier Doug Ford opened the golf season just in time for the long weekend, and Madawaska Golf’s Rick Munro was thankful to let the community get swinging again.

CONSTANCE BAY – The good news came down last week, community gardens are ready for your seeds and transplants.

CARP – Volunteer firefighters were put to work fighting a brush fire in Carp protecting a number of homes along Hidden Lake Crescent the very same day the city’s fire ban was lifted.

CONSTANCE BAY – it has been an impossible challenge for the Constance Bay Community Market (CBCM) to hit its opening date targets the last few springs.

WOODLAWN – A plea from a West Carleton nurse working on the COVID-19 frontlines, was answered with a flurry of sewing support as hundreds of scrub caps were made to equip those dealing with the pandemic face-to-face.