City getting ready for annual spring cleaning
OTTAWA – City staff are ready to help the community help the city sparkle during its annual spring cleaning.
COMMUNITY NEWS
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Seedy Saturday a gardener’s delight
CARP – While today (March 17) makes it feel like spring will never arrive, hundreds of gardening enthusiasts took the opportunity to get some seeds, some gardening advice and learn about this year’s hottest gardening trends at the fourth annual Seedy Saturday in Carp last Saturday (March 14).
POLITICS
Coun. Gower won’t seek re-election in Stittsville this fall
STITTSVILLE – Two term City of Ottawa Stittsville Coun. Glen Gower will stay true to his word and not seek re-election during the 2026 municipal election scheduled for next fall.
BUSINESS
2023 $13 million rural fibre Internet promise sounding hollow
WEST CARLETON – In March of 2023, all three levels of government gathered in Dunrobin to announce $13 million in combined funding heading to Bell Network to provide 6,400 homes in West Carleton and Renfrew County with high-speed Internet service.
CITY NEWS
Kiss me, I’m Irish in WC
WEST CARLETON – With an early weekday St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) and pretty darn cold weather, West Carleton Online thought the day dedicated to the Irish might be pretty quiet in West Carleton this year.
SPORTS
WC curlers take All Saints to OFSAA
NEPEAN – The All Saints Catholic High School curling team, well represented with West Carleton athletes, is heading to Thunder Bay, ON, to take part in the Ontario high school curling championship.
SCHOOLS
Carleton students unveil public transit plan for Carp
OTTAWA – As part of their education Carleton University students have been working on a plan to address rural transit problems, specifically addressing the Village of Carp, and last Monday (March 9) they unveiled it to a group of dignitaries.
