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.

Louis-Riel sprinter Kayla Vieux won a pair of gold medals in the senior girls 100- and 200-metre sprints at the OFSAA East Region track meet in Belleville this week. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO

Area athletes won a number of medals at the OFSAA East Region track and field championships in Belleville this week, including six gold and eight silver.

Four of the gold medals were won by Leewinchel Jean from École secondaire Gisèle-Lalonde and Kayla Vieux from École secondaire Loui-Riel who each won a pair of gold medals in their respective events.

Jean won gold in the senior boys 100- and 400-metre hurdles and Vieux doubled up in the seiors girls 100- and 200-metre sprints. Louis-Riel's Kadiatou Wann in the senior girls long jump and Jerry Delorme from Colonel By Secondary School won a gold medal in the junior boys triple jump.

Vieau and Wan also won a silver medal in the senior girls 4x100 metre relay.with teammates Megan Roy and Elodie Lavictoire. They missed out on a third gold medal by .05 seconds.

Vienna Courteau from St. Peter High School was also a double medalist, winning a silver medal in both the senior girls long jump and the 80-metre hurdles.

Katie Newlove won a silver medal in the senior girls 3000-metres; Eleni Pantieras from Colonel By Secondary School won a silver medal in the senior girls pole vault; Jeremy Eneyka from St. Matthew High School won a silver medal in the midget boys 100-metres; Wariso Dullo won a silver medal in the senior boys javelin; the Colonel By foursome of Eric Lee, Brian Lee, Jad Attieh, and Alex Chomsky won a silver medal in the junior boys 4x100; and Corey Abouem won a bronze medal in the junior girls shot put;.

The top four athetes in each event qualified for OFSAA.

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