Community News

CORKERY – When you own your own Zamboni, the sky’s the limit when building your backyard winter wonderland.

FITZROY HARBOUR – It’s a peaceful ski trail through a beautiful part of West Carleton maintained by a club enjoying its 27th year.

CONSTANCE BAY – Volunteer firefighter Ryan Littler battled the flood in 2017 and won. In 2019, the flood brought reinforcements in the form of a fire and won round two. Now it’s 2020 and thanks to friends, family and community, Littler and his family’s home will stand again.

FITZROY HARBOUR – It was a record-breaking start to the St. Michael’s Catholic Church fundraising euchre series which kicked off at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre last Saturday (Feb. 1).

FITZROY HARBOUR – Week three of the West Carleton Outdoor Hockey League (WCOHL) was Toque Day, but the weather cooperated Saturday (Feb. 1) morning and even the fans were able to be comfortable on the sidelines, Canadian head gear or no.

CORKERY – Volunteers across West Carleton are ecstatic to see some consistent cold weather this week. It means the blood, sweat and tears they have been pouring in to West Carleton’s outdoor rinks, won’t end up as a puddle of former ice by the end of the day.

CARP – When it’s not a school day in Carp, it’s a hockey day. And for several of the peewee A West Carleton Warriors, last Friday was a day of it including a little ice time with Ottawa Senators rugged defenceman Mark Borowiecki.

CARP – It was bitterly cold Saturday, Jan. 18, the perfect weather to kick off the new season of the West Carleton Outdoor Hockey League (WCOHL).

CARP – By the time it’s over, participants will have gone from walking in the snow, to confidently tackling a five-kilometre run at this spring’s Diefenbooker Race.

CONSTANCE BAY – Like the plot of every ‘90s-era Disney live-action movie, the story of Jasper is the story of an escaped pet, thought lost forever, who beyond all odds, makes his way home.