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DUNROBIN SHORES – The riverside community east of Dunrobin, affectionately known as Dunrobin Shores, spent the weekend shoveling sand, thankful forecasted rains did not show up to add to an already very high Ottawa River.
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This is a difficult time for our community. The unknown of rising flood waters has left many anxious and I
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(Editor’s note: As we did during the 2017 flood, 2018 tornado, 2019 flood and COVID-19 pandemic, we will be making
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CONSTANCE BAY – Today (April 20) is a beautiful spring day. Constance Bay around noon is relatively quiet. But there is also a dread in the air as the Ottawa River raised another 10 centimetres since yesterday (April 19).
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VYDON ACRES – West Carleton riverside residents, city staff and volunteers continue to build sandbag walls across the community preparing for a flood currently building momentum but expected not to exceed a one-in-10 year flood level.
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WEST CARLETON – While city staff work feverishly in West Carleton and beyond, preparing for an expected flooding of the lower Ottawa River, management updated city council late last night (April 18) on their mitigation plans.
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WILLOLA BEACH – Every time West Carleton Online speaks to Willola Beach homeowner David McKay, he’s battling a flood.
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WEST CARLETON – The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) have upgraded last Friday’s (April 14) flood watch to flood warning status today (April 17) saying low-lying areas in West Carleton should expect flooding by mid-week.
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KINBURN – Spring is quickly becoming the scariest time of the year in West Carleton.
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KINBURN – It didn’t pack the hall like flood meetings in 2017 and 2019 did, but Coun. Clarke Kelly’s flood preparedness meeting Wednesday (April 12) evening drew a good crowd of about 30 individuals who still remember those unprecedented flooding events in great detail.
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