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May 25, 2023

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Upcoming events


ROYAL OAK FUNDRAISER FOR KYLE ANDRADES – The Royal Oak Orléans is holding a fundraising event for the Kyle Andrades Memorial Bursary. This event will include live music by the Jasen Colson Duo, a silent auction, raffles and BBQ!! Come help us hit our $25K goal.

NAVAN LIONS WALK FOR DOG GUIDES​ – Meet under the domes on the Navan Fairgrounds. Registration begins at noon. 3km walk around the beautiful streets of Navan begins at 1 p.m. Stay after for Yappy Hour and free BBQ. Family-friendly event. All dogs must be on a leash.

ST. HELEN’S FINE ART FAIR from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Helen’s Anglican Church, 1234 Prestone Dr., Orléans. This year’s art fair is supporting the Young Artists Initiative. You can view the artists’ galleries at sthelensartfair.ca and follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sthelensartfair.

GRANDMAS AIDING GRANDMAS will be holding a Plant & Garden Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., corner of Bearbrook and Innes in Blackburn Hamlet. Annuals, perennials, houseplants, crafts, baking and raffle. All proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers Campaign, supporting African grandmothers raising a generation of children orphaned by
AIDS.

THE ORIGINAL NAVAN MARKET returns with over 200 different vendors at the Navan Fairgrounds including several new vendors. Gates open at 9 a.m.

TBLACKBURN FUN FAIR – Pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fun Fair parade 10 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Midway 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. BBQ from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Little Ray’s Reptiles 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the arena. Bouncy castle, face-painting and Dunk Tank from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stage show 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Beer Garden 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Cake cutting at 1 p.m. Paint party 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Fireworks show at 10 p.m. Visit www.blackburnfunfair.ca for a complete schedule of all the activities and events.

 

Local news

Paying the price to live in paradise
May 11, 2023

As the saying goes, everything in life has a price tag and for residents living along the Ottawa River near Cumberland Village, the price of living at the edge of a river with some of the best sunsets anywhere in the city is the occasional flooding. Read more

 

 

Queenswood Heights loses one its first residents
May 9, 2023

Orléans lost another true pillar of the community last week with the passing of long-time Queenswood Heights resident Al Tweddle. After a spirited battle with gall bladder cancer, he passed away at home on Monday, May 1, surrounded by his family. Read more

 

 

Local couple looking forward to living the 'van life'
April 23, 2023

It’s called “van life” and it’s a concept that is sweeping across the globe. From Europe to Australia and to every part of Canada and the United States, young people have been taking a break from the traditional lifestyle their parents may have followed and instead decided to live and travel in vans they’ve converted into tiny mobile homes. Read more

 

 

Fallingbrook couple victims of home invasion
April 23, 2023

A Fallingbrook couple has been left shocked and traumatized after experiencing a violent home invasion on April 17. The incident occurred at around 9 a.m. on Neptune Way in Fallingbrook South. Read more

 

 

Author, inventor reunited at Chapel Hill Retirement Residence
April 11, 2023

When Orléans author and inventor Roy Mayer first penned a book on Canada’s most influential innovators in the late 90s, little did he know that he would one day end up living in the same retirement residence as one of his subjects. Read more

 

 

Flood warning has Ottawa River residents worried
April 11, 2023

Every spring, Cumberland residents living along the Ottawa River brace themselves for possible flooding which varies from year to year. For instance, 2022 was an average year for water levels along the Ottawa River, sparing residents the risk that their properties would experience any major flooding. Read more

 

 

Entertainment

  Sports


OST production presents the best of Winnie-the-Pooh

Brilliantly written holiday production an instant Christmas classic

Plenty to see and do at the Shenkman Arts Centre this fall


U12 Wolverines capture EOBA championship

GCRA ringette teams win pair of provincial titles

Beacon Hill native Canada’s newest Olympic hero

 
Local business

  Opinion

 


MAKER FEED CO. Cumberland Village restaurant unveils exciting new fall menu

 

SANTÉ CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS CENTRE: Where healthy people go

 

180-FITNESS CENTRE: Home of the Biggest Loser

 

 

 


VIEWPOINT: Orléans vibrant live music scene is worth checking out

 

WALTER ROBINSON: When it comes to selling a home, seller – not buyer – beware

 

Doug Feltmate: COVID-19 pandemic the final straw for troubled restaurant industry

     
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