ORLÉANS FARMER’S MARKET from 11 am to 4 pm in the parking lot at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex on Tenth Line Road featuring local food vendors and producers..

CUMBERLAND FARMERS’ MARKET from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the R.J. Kennedy Arena, 1115 Dunning Rd. in Cumberland Village. The Cumberland Farmers’ Market features fresh vegetables, seasonal fruits, specialty foods, homemade treats and a variety of artisan goods.

CONVENT GLEN, ORLEANS WOOD COMMUNITY BBQ – Presented by the Convent Glen, Orléans Wood Community Association from 11 am. to 1:30 p.m. in the Convent Glen Plaza 6505 Jeanne d’Arc Blvd. South. Games, face painting, music and, of course, BBQ

KARAOKE NIGHT from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at the Orléans Brewing Co. 4380 Innes Rd. near Tenth Line.

THE NAVAN FAIR returns to the Navan Fair Grounds after a three year hiatus. Plenty to see and do including a demolition derby, midway, livestock shows, the Ultimutts Dog and Cat Stunt Show, the Rock the Arts Puppet Show, tractor and truck pulls, musket demonstrations and live entertainment under the domes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night as well as Sunday afternoon. For a complete schedule visit navanfair.com.

 

There’s a saying that everyone in life is given 15 minutes of fame, but the problem is that you never no when it will come or why it will happen. For 71-year-old Navan resident Ray Vetter, his 15 minutes of fame happened last December with the appearance of a couple of recordings he made over five decades ago in Trail, B.C. Read more

Most days of the week you can find Chef Michel Gaumond either in the kitchen at his restaurant, Maker Feed Co., where he is constantly raising the culinary bar with some of the most inventive dishes in Ottawa, or in his office taking care of the administrative side of owning a restaurant. Read more

 

Orléans deafblind golfer Kevin Frost is the newly crowned provincial Stableford champion for blind golfers. Frost competed at the Blind Ontario and Canadian golfing championships in Simcoe, Ontario, where he took home first prize in the Stableford category which gives points to holes based on par. Read more

For the past two decades, Kathi Langston has been the face and the inspirational heart of the Ottawa School of Theatre. Langston took over the role of artistic director from David Hersh in 2002. At the time the school, which was formerly known as the Orléans Young Players Theatre School, shared space with a daycare in the Cumberland HUB building on Tompkins Boulevard, and they only offered programming in English. Read more