SATURDAY BREAKFASTS AT THE ORLEANS LEGION have been canceled until further notice under the nation wide state of emergency to combat the spread of COVID-19.

THE OTTAWA SCHOOL OF THEATRE has postponed its 30th birthday celebration, originally scheduled for April 4 to a later date.

THE BYTOWN BEAT CHORUS has canceled it’s planned Open House scheduled to take place on March 23.

MIFO has canceled the following productions: “Les Fabulateurs - La légende de Barbe d’Or” scheduled for March 19; “Flip Fabrique - Blizzard” scheduled for March 28; and “Laurent Paquin et Simon Boudreault - On va tous mourir” scheduled for April 4 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

THE ‘BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, OPERA FOR CHILDREN’ scheduled to take place at the Shenkman Arts Centre on March 28 has been postponed.

Ottawa Public Health has declared the rising number of cases at the Promenade retirement residence in Orléans an outbreak after five more residents in the building were deemed "presumptive" in the past 48 hours. Read more

It was supposed to be the trip of a life-time when Orléans teacher Amelia Alie left for Peru on March 7 with her boyfriend Alex. The couple had been looking forward to hiking through the Andes and visiting Machu Picchu. But what started out as the trip of a lifetime turned into a nightmare, thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

The Orleans Bengals Football Club is now the Orleans Minor Football Association after the organization recently underwent a rebranding process lead by its new president Qasim Khan. Read more

Lights open on The Notre Dame Cathedral, 1482, where a young man who has spent his whole life hidden away finally decides to defy his master and try his luck in the real world. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School’s recent production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by the school’s drama teacher, Sonya Schrum, was powerful and thought provoking. Read more