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The city of Ottawa will host nine household hazardous waste drop-off events this year, giving residents a chance to safely dispose of household hazardous waste.

Around 100 horsepeople from across eastern Ontario and Quebec gathered to assist staff at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Tuesday (Feb. 21)  to clear a full storage barn in the first step to preparing a temporary paddock while the previous one, destroyed during a fire on Feb. 15, is rebuilt.

In the current edition of 'Rewind' Robert Smith recalls the importance of the once popular family scrapbooks that most families once kept.  

Ottawa’s Rideau Carleton Raceway is celebrating its 60th anniversary and is inviting the community to join in recognizing this milestone. The public is invited to join the celebrations at the raceway on Sunday, Sept. 4 for an evening of harness racing and fireworks.

For the fifth consecutive year, The Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) will support National Caretaker Appreciation Day at the racetracks across Ontario the week of Aug. 29 – Sept. 4.

For the fifth consecutive year, Standardbred Canada (SC), in cooperation with racetracks, associations and industry partners across the country, will host National Caretaker Appreciation Day events the week of August 29 – September 4.

The first household hazardous waste depot of the year in Ottawa will be held on Sunday at Tunney’s Pasture, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Robert Shepherd is slowing down. Not on the racetrack, but at the racetrack. 

Rideau Carleton Raceway embarks on its 60th season of live harness racing this Sunday (Feb. 13) with a 12-race card.