• UPDATE: Three not-so-little pigs rescued in Navan

  July 15, 2009 - 14 h 01

  Ottawa Humane Society (OHS) agents have had their hands full caring for a group of abandoned pot-bellied pigs over the past two weeks.

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• Farmers save under new fee structure

  May 8, 2009 - 9 h 07

  With the city slashing building permit fees to boost construction across the city, some in the east end are hailing the move as one that will further stimulate development and growth.

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• Blaze on Briargate

  April 6, 2009 - 12 h 59

  A fire at a Briargate Private condominium on Sunday, April 5 is still under investigation.

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• Weather fails to dampen Navan Fair

  August 22, 2008 - 14 h 32

  Dour days with downpours and the high price of gas may have kept numbers down, but even these snags couldn’t hold back success from reining once again at the 63rd Navan Fair Over a rain-filled weekend throngs of people still managed to brave...

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• Vandals target local high school

  August 20, 2008 - 14 h 11

  With the halls of area schools set to soon be full once more, damage to trees on one east-end school property have some angry about the senseless destruction of a "beautiful" space.

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• Harvesting entertainment

  July 26, 2008 - 14 h 30

  With a host of events that include a smash-up derby, strongman show, bed race, celebrity cow milking, a wide-range of agricultural shows, top-notch musical entertainment and a little lady named Oprah, the 63rd Navan Fair is sure to live up to its...

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• More yard waste pick-up for rural areas

  July 18, 2008 - 15 h 17

  Starting this fall, the City of Ottawa will increase leaf and yard waste pick-up in rural non-village areas to four collections a year.

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• Riverkeeper questions how waterways are protected

  June 25, 2008 - 13 h 29

  Though it's the thought of almost a million cubic metres of raw sewage spilling into the Ottawa River in 2006 that currently haunts most east-end residents, one ecological expert is calling the multi-government, "piecemeal" approach to protecting...

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• A Fowl Business in Cumberland

  June 19, 2008 - 15 h 00

  A most ‘fowl’ deed is set to shake up the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum this weekend.

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• Gingerbread houses benefit a great cause

  December 12, 2007 - 13 h 46

  A class decides to adapt their English unit to favor those in need this Christmas. Students are taking the traditional gingerbread houses and making them their own.

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Other news

• December 7, 2007 Underground fault causes power failure
• November 4, 2007 City promoting new initiative to help local farmers
• October 21, 2007 Harvest time creates fun family memories
• October 2, 2007 Fall harvest fun
• August 1, 2007 Taking a bite out of summer
• July 22, 2007 Fruit farm grows into long-standing institution
• March 9, 2007 Irish frolic will boost Food Aid and Ottawa farmers
• October 9, 2006 Screaming fun at Proulx Farm