Fighting landfill expansion requires pushing for increased waste diversionPosted Jul 29, 2010 By Peggy Feltmate In the discussion at council over Waste Management's proposal to allow the Carp Road Landfill to be expanded, the Mayor suggested that after what people living near the landfill...Read more » |
Update on lands north of Beaver Pond
Posted Jul 29, 2010 By Marianne Wilkinson At the time of writing no approval has been given by the city to remove trees on the KNL lands North of the Beaver Pond. City staff are requiring that the developer fully meet the conditions relating to trees before any are removed and that has not yet happened. I will put a notice on the Facebook...Read more »
Kanata runner finishes first in world record kilt run
Posted Jul 29, 2010
By Amy Hogue
EMC Events - If you were trying to get around Perth on Saturday, June 26, one might have thought the community had been invaded by the Scots!
Twelve hundred kilted runners lined Gore Street for Perth's World Record Kilt Run, an eight km racing event engineered to place Perth in the Guinness Book...Read more »
OCPA Plowing Match set for Aug. 27-28
Posted Jul 29, 2010 By Theresa Fritz EMC Events - Ottawa's rural community will be showcasing what it has to offer next month. The Ottawa Carleton Plowmen's Association (OCPA) is holding its annual plowing match and rural celebration Aug. 27-28. The match and field day will be held at the corner Eagleson and Rushmore Road. The OCPA...Read more »
High tech word wins spelling bee champ a tour with a NASA astronaut
Posted Jul 29, 2010
By David Johnston
EMC News - When it comes to spelling, 12-year-old Laura Newcombe of Toronto is tough to beat. She recently won a national spelling bee by correctly spelling a word made famous by an Ottawa technology firm.
She spelled LiDAR at the 2010 Canwest Canspell National Spelling Bee to win her second championship...Read more »
