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TORONTO – While 2019 spring flooding conversation made the rounds at the recently held Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) 2020 conference, Coun. El-Chantiry says he still doesn’t know the province’s plan is if flooding returns during the 2020 spring freshet.

TORONTO – Irony aside, the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) annual conference, held in Canada’s largest city from Jan. 19 to Jan. 21, was an opportunity for rural communities to shine the spotlight on rural issues, ROMA vice chair Eli El-Chantiry told West Carleton Online.

CONSTANCE BAY – It’s a place that holds a lot of memories for Coun. Eli El-Chantiry – The Lighthouse Restaurant. A lifetime ago, it used to be his business.

WEST CARLETON – 2019 was West Carleton Online’s first full calendar year of operation. After five months of operation, 2019 was when we really hit our stride. We had a stable number of subscribers who were now accustomed to visiting West Carleton’s first daily-publishing media service every day.

WEST CARLETON – Last Friday (Dec. 20) City of Ottawa staff outlined the process and timeline as the planned ward boundary review begins early in the New Year and finishes near the end.

WEST CARLETON – Yesterday (Dec. 11) City of Ottawa council approved the $3.76 billion operating budget, but West Carleton Coun. Eli El-Chantiry says savings need to be found moving forward.

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WEST CARLETON – Provincial special advisor on flooding, Doug McNeil, says there was no human error involved in last spring’s extreme flooding in his report published by the Ontario government today (Nov. 28).

OTTAWA – A group of riverside residents from Toronto to West Carleton, and both sides of the Ottawa River are