Politics

DUNROBIN – West Carleton and a chunk of Renfrew County will be the beneficiaries of a multi-level government announcement promising $13 million to bring high-speed Internet service to 6,400 homes in rural eastern Ontario.

DUNROBIN – The Dunrobin and District Women’s Institute (WI) hosted Ward 5 Coun. Clarke Kelly Monday (March 6) and the meeting covered many of the community’s most pressing issues.

CITY HALL – Council approved a revised timeframe for developing a new Zoning Bylaw for Ottawa, during today’s (March 8) regular City of Ottawa council meeting. 

CITY HALL – It took more than five hours and had to navigate a minor protest, but City of Ottawa council approved a more than $5.5 billion budget to manage the city in 2023.

ARNPRIOR – It was a high school rivalry game that suddenly got political.

WEST CARLETON – The latest proposal for the new federal electoral boundary map will see West Carleton split in to two ridings, with a huge chunk of the rural community joining Conservative leader MP Pierre Poilievre’s south Ottawa riding.

KANATA – Beaches-East York MP Nate Erskine-Smith dropped by the Kanata-Carleton riding yesterday (Feb. 15) testing the waters on a provincial Liberal leadership bid.

KINBURN – The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) had some political power at their regular monthly meeting last night (Feb. 13).

WEST CARLETON – The recently released City of Ottawa 2023 draft budget has more than $13.4 million in spending targeted in Ward 5.

KANATA-CARLETON – Kanata-Carleton Member of Parliament Jenna Sudds has boiled down 2022 and shared a snapshot of the last year in numerical data.