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TAPROOM 260 presents Bird King live from 8 p.m. No cover charge. Located in the Orléans Town Centre on Centrum Blvd.

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE at Orléans United Church, 1111 Orléans Bvd. "A Very Noisy Christmas" at 5 p.m.; "Countdown to Christmas" at 7 p.m.; "Candlelight Communion Service" at 9 p.m..

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE at Divine Infant Roman Catholic Church, 6658 Bilberry Drive – 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight.

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE at St. Helen's Anglican Church, 1237 Prestone Drive. 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m..

TAPROOM 260 presents Ryan King live from 8 p.m. No cover charge. Located in the Orléans Town Centre on Centrum Blvd.

THE STRAY DOG BREWING COMPANY presents Rory Taillon from 8 p.m. Tickets $15 in advance or $20 at the door. For tickets visit straydogbrewing.ca. The Stray Dog Brewing Company is located at 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park.

ORLÉANS GREENS CHRISTMAS PARTY 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Queenswood Heights Cummunity Centre, 1485 Duford St. Light snacks will be served. Kids and adults of all ages are welcome.

Orléans native Blondin wins gold at opening Wold Cup speedskating event
Fred Sherwin
Nov. 11, 2023

Orléans native Ivanie Blondin has picked where she left off last season by winning a gold medal in the mass start at the opening World Cup event in Obihiro, Japan on Thursday.

The defending World Cup champion in the mass start beating out 21 other skaters to win the event, including teammate Valerie Maltais from Quebec who finished fourth.

"I wasn’t quite sure how I would do because we haven’t raced in quite some time, but the speed was there, and I was really happy with it. Near the end, I just went for it," Blondin said following the race.

On Friday, Blondin and Maltais teamed up with Beacon Hill native Isabelle Weidemann to win the silver medal in the Team Pursuit event.

The win in the mass start marked a return to the podium for Blondin following a successful 2022-23 season in which she won the World Cup title and brought home a silver medal from the World Championships. It was also the 33-year-old’s second career Mass Start medal from Obihiro, having previously won gold in 2014.

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