Ontario homelessness rises eight per cent in one year
ONTARIO – Homelessness in Ontario took a huge eight per cent leap in 2025 with an estimated 85,000 people living without a home.
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Anti-South March BESS group taking issue to court
WEST CARLETON – A community not-for-profit corporation commenced a judicial review in Ontario’s Divisional Court seeking review of Ottawa city council’s Dec. 10, 2025 decision to approve a site-specific zoning bylaw amendment from Rural Countryside to a new Rural General Industrial Exception Zone, permitting an industrial-scale 250 megawatt Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), one of the largest proposed battery storage facilities planned for Canada.
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Huntley historical society looks at Bradley family Jan. 22
CARP – A new year and a return to looking at the Huntley community’s history as the Huntley Township Historical Society (HTHS) resumes its monthly presentations at the Carp Mess Hall.
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Read morePolice briefs: Amber Alert Awareness Day, Aggressive retail thefts, Smiths Falls area home invasion
WEST CARLETON – Jan. 13 marks Amber Alert Awareness Day, and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding Ontarians that Amber Alerts are a call for the public’s help to find a child in danger.
Read moreHEO Top Prospects game features six Ottawa Valley Titans
NEPEAN – Six Ottawa Valley Titans, including some West Carleton content, were named to the Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO) AAA U18 Top Prospects Game played at the Minto Recreation Complex Saturday (Jan. 10) night.
Read moreArtistic freedom focus of 2026 Awesome Authors contest
OTTAWA – Who hasn’t dreamed of being published at a young age?
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Registration for Ottawa’s March Break programming opens Jan. 20
OTTAWA – Get ready, March Break is coming the week of March 16 and your children won’t want to miss the fun of March Break camps.
Read moreFarmers urge Ottawa to protect seed saving rights
OTTAWA – Fourteen farmer and seed advocacy organizations have written to Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald urging him to listen to Canadian farmers – not multinational seed companies – and abandon proposed restrictions to farmers’ seed saving rights.
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Mayor honours Carp contributors
CARP – Last week (Jan. 8) both Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and West Carleton-March Coun. Clarke Kelly dropped by the Huntley Community Association’s (HCA) regular board meeting, and hard to believe, they weren’t even the guests of honour that night.
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