Community News

ARNPRIOR – To celebrate a 70th wedding anniversary you have to do two things – marry young and live right.

DUNROBIN – A lifelong Dunrobin farmer and community leader who later in life would become a symbol of Dunrobin’s resiliency, Leo Joseph Muldoon passed away overnight May 30, “waiting for his new John Deere tractor to be delivered.”

CARP – It took nearly 30 years, but yesterday (May 29) the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum greeted their one millionth visitor.

CARP – Thoughts both for and against the Village of Carp hooking up to the City of Ottawa’s main water system flowed through last week’s (May 21) water meeting which was the plan for an event designed to get the conversation started.

CARP – For the last few years a beacon of hope grew out of the soil along the Carp Road Corridor, and on Thursday (May 23) all those involved with its creation celebrated the grand opening of the state-of-the-art Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre (DSYTC) with a ribbon cutting and tour of the facility expected to save countless young lives starting in just a couple of weeks.

FITZROY HARBOUR – Yesterday (May 21) morning, Ottawa police were called to the Kinburn area to deal with a loose filly near the road.

KINBURN – Calahan Findlay is growing up on a beef farm, has been learning the industry since birth, and now he is becoming a young leader provincially, recently named to the Ontario Junior Angus Association (OJAA) board.

FITZROY HARBOUR – The Fitzroy Harbour Community Association (FHCA) is so efficient, their annual general meeting last Tuesday (May 7)

KINBURN – With Canadian wildfires already raging, and Coun. Clarke Kelly stating he has heard a lot of concern about fire in the Torbolton Forest, West Carleton Online expected a larger turnout for last Wednesday’s (May 8) Wildfire Preparedness Information Session featuring some of the community’s and the province’s foremost wildfire experts.

FITZROY HARBOUR – A large Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project known as Fitzroy BESS was selected by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to move forward despite objections from City of Ottawa council.