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.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the restaurant industry especially hard. Hundreds of restauants have been forced to close in Ottawa resulting in thousands of restaurants. Many of the restaurants that have managed to stay open have had to change the way they do business, switching to a delivery and take-out service. But two local restauants in particular have managed to think way outside of the box. Read more

The City of Ottawa is losing $1 million a day in revenues due to the COVID-19 outbreak. That includes rental fees, recreational fees, building permits, and OC Transpo fares. 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