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Residents along Ottawa River busy preparing for potential flooding
Posted
April 20, 2019
For the
second time in two years, residents living along the Ottawa
River near Cumberland Village are busy preparing for potential
catastrophic flooding as heavy rain has seen the water rise
over 14 inches in 24 hours. Read
more
 Maple
Fest celebrates 50 years serving up flap jacks and sausages
for charity
Posted
April 7, 2019
"It
was a little cheaper and the pancakes were better,"
says Fred Jones recalling the very first Cumberland Lions
Maple Fest pancake breakfast in 1969. "Other than that
it's pretty well stayed the same just different faces." Read
more
 Veteran
of WWII, Korean War laid to rest in Navan
Posted
April 7, 2019
The
family and friends of Eric George Smith filled St. Mary's
Anglican Church in Navan on Saturday to pay their final
respects to a member of Canada's greatest generation and
someone who was respected and loved by everyone who was
honoured to get to know him. Read
more
GoFundMe
campaign raises $32,000 and counting for family of Orléans
fire victim
Posted
April 6, 2019
A
GoFundMe campaign has been established for the family of
a 20-year-old non-verbal autistic man who died in a house
fire on Boake Street in South Fallingbrook early Wednesday
morning.
 Sarsfield
senior celebrates 100th birthday with friends, family
Posted
April 4, 2019
When
Lola Larmour was born, the First World War had just ended,
cars were still a novelty and television hadn’t even been
invented yet. On March 31, = Lola celebrated her 100th birthday
surrounded by her five children, 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren
and five great-great grandchildren in the St. Mary’s Church
Hall in Navan.
 Bradley
Cup still creating memories 100 years later
Posted
April 3, 2019
It’s
been more than 100 years since John Thomas Bradley first
created the Bradley Cup in a challenge between his hometown
Navan hockey team and a team from Vars. Navan won the game
1-0 in overtime and so started a tradition that has carried
on through the decades and created a century of memories.
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CHILD
HAVEN INTERNATIONAL hosts its 34'th Ottawa Annual Fund Raising
Dinner at 6 pm at Hellenic Community Centre, 1315 Prince
of Wales Dr., Ottawa. Child Haven operates Homes for over
1300 children and assists destitute women and seniors in
India, Nepal and Bangladesh and has a child support program
in Tibet in China. For info and tickets please visit 
ANNUAL
SPRING BAZAAR at the Résidence Saint-Louis, 879 Hiawatha
Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monies raised will go to purchase
new equipment and articles essential for residential care.
ORLÉANS
POUTINE FEST from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 10 and 11 and
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 12 in the Centrum
Blvd. Festival Plaza. Come sample some of the very best
poutine in Ottawa paired with some delicious craft beer,
wine, and tasty coolers while enjoying live music in the
beer garden.
