Public budget consultations get underway this week
Feb. 2, 2023
Ottawa residents are being invited to provide their input into the draft 2023 budget, which is being tabled this week. A series of budget consultations meetings will be held over the next three weeks beginning in Ward 21 Rideau-Jock on Feb. 6. Read more
Local news
Busy Fingers produces another 3,000 items in 2022
Feb. 2, 2023
The Busy Fingers knitting group lived up to its moniker in 2022, producing more than 3,000 items for veterans and other seniors, local women’s shelters, victims of fire who have been left out in the cold and anyone else in need of warmth during Ottawa’s long winters. Read more
Sports
Documentary tells the story of improbable championship run
Feb. 2, 2023
Merrick Palmer – basketball coach, mentor, and entrepreneur – can now add documentary maker to his already impres-sive resumé. The co-owner of the Capital Courts Academy in Orléans recently released a 21-minute documentary on the improbable run made by the Academy’s girls team to the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA) championship last spring. Read more
Artcetera
Brilliantly written holiday production an instant Christmas classic
Nov. 28, 2022
It’s been three long years since the Ottawa School of Theatre last graced the Richcraft Theatre stage with an all ages holiday production. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the OST Christmas play had become an annual tradition for live theatre aficionados in Orléans, along with East End Theatre’s pantomime play and Vintage Stock Theatre’s historic holiday productions. Read more


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