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MEC Summer Century Ride includes a trip through Stittsville
(via MEC/Mountain Equipment Co-op) This third annual ride returns on Sunday, August 28, 2016! For only $45 (CAD), you can choose between three different ride options, 50km, 100km or 160km…
PHOTOS: A drive out to Carp
Here’s another gorgeous collection of photos from Barry Gray, taken last week on an evening drive to Carp. (We love seeing photos from in and around our community. Please send your…
Precautionary Boil Water Advisory in effect for Carp communal well water users
(via Ottawa Public Health) Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has issued a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for the users of the Carp communal well water system. The advisory is being issued…
NOTEBOOK: West Ridge speeding, Porter Place, Carp-Hazeldean intersection
Tweets from the Ottawa Police via @opswesttraffic often leave me flabbergasted, like this one on Wednesday… I guess the driver must have been on a really tight deadline?
LINKED: Stittsville MPP apologizes after crude remarks at Carp fundraiser
The Toronto Star reported today on “crude and vulgar” comments that Jack Maclaren made about Karen McCrimmon at a recent fundraising event:
Carp residents still trying to “Buy the Village Green”
(EDITOR’S NOTE: A few weeks back we published an article about projects funded through a “Community Initiative Fund” for the Carp Road Landfill. As part of an agreement with the City…
PRESERVE, CONNECT, ENJOY: Meet the Friends of the Huntley Highlands
Preserve. Connect. Enjoy. These are the goals of the Friends of Huntley Highlands (FHH) for preserving the Carp Hills for the benefit of its natural history and those who love it.…
PHOTOS: The 152nd Annual Carp Fair
Thanks to Peter Tremblay from Ottawa Drone Services for sending along these shots of the 152nd annual Carp Fair. It continues until Sunday. We love getting photos from readers. Please send…
PHOTOS: Family Day at Carp Airport
Thanks to Jiyun Shin for sending along these photos from Saturday’s Family Day at the Carp Airport. Shin is the Ottawa Bureau Chief for Korean Newsweek, and the young man featured in some of…
FIELD TRIP: Carp Airport Family Day this Saturday
This Saturday, August 29 from 9:00am-2:00pm is Family Day at the Carp Airport, featuring bi-plane rides (for a fee), free food samples from Carp restaurants, warbird and vintage aircraft static displays as…
FIELD TRIP: Carp drive-in movie night, August 26
The Huntley Community Association is hosting an out-door drive-in movie at the Carp Fairgronds (3790 Carp Road) on Wednesday, August 26. The movie is Paddington, and starts at dusk (about…
MEC Century Ride adds ‘epic’ 160k cycle route from Carp
(via Mountain Equipment Co-Op) Rolling through Ontario’s premier riding country, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) is hosting an epic imperial century ride – that’s a distance of 160 kilometers via bike!…
Farmers’ Markets in nearby Kanata and Carp open this weekend
The weekly farmers’ markets in Kanata and Carp both open for the season this Saturday, May 9. The Carp Farmers’ Market is located at the Carp Fairgrounds, about 10km from the Carp…
New fitness club could be coming to Carp Road
The City of Ottawa has received a site plan control application for 6303 Hazeldean Road (at Carp Road): “The application is proposing to revise two buildings previously approved, which have…
Alice’s Village Cafe and Gourlay Ruins win architectural conservation awards
(From the City of Ottawa.) The Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards recognize excellence in the preservation of the City’s architectural heritage. Submissions were received in the following categories: Restoration (returning a…