ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY at the Royal Oak Orléans, 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. (corner of Jeanne d'Arc Blvd.) Join us for the biggest St. Patrick’s day in Orleans! Green beer, live music all day and night & Irish-inspired food! Doors open at 9 a.m.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY at the Taproom260. $7 Guinness and Kilkenny. $5 shots of Jamieson. $14 chicken pies and curry. Entertainment 3-7pm Chris Evans Band. 8pm to midnight Maddy O'Reagan Trio.

TAPROOM260 presents the Where’s Waldo Trio live and in concert starting at 8 p.m. Taproom260 is located in the Centrum Plaza across from the Shenkman Arts Centre.

SHAMROCKED SATURDAY at Moose McGuire’s. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2.0 and enjoy some Irish music by Gamut. Things kick off at 9 p.m. Moose McGuire’s is located at the corner of Innes Rd. and Jeanne d’Arc Blvd.

THE ORLEANS BREWING CO. presents MAMMA MIA! the ultimate music trivia night. Up to six persons on a team are allowed. Call 613-830-8428 to register.

Orléans is blessed with a large number of women and girls who each and every day strive to make a difference in their community. On March 10, Orléans MP Marie-France Lalonde held a breakfast and award ceremony to honour 49 of those women as part of this year’s Leading Women, Leading Girls Awards in recognition of International Women’s Day. Read more

 

 

Parwin Parie has been altering people’s clothes in Orléans for over 30 years. The first business she had was in the Turkish Village strip mall on St. Joseph Blvd. The native of Afghanistan learned how to sew when she was just six years old and crochet by the time she was eight. Read more

 

 

Sisters Mariam and Maxence Pepin have a lot to be thankful for. First, of all they managed to escape the Orléans gas explosion that destroyed a number of homes under construction in Avalon and severely damaged several more nearby homes in-cluding their own without sustaining any injuries. Read more

 

 

A second Orléans resident has won $100,000 in as many weeks playing the lottery. Michel Gauthier, 42, purchased an Intstant Ultimate ticket earlier this month from Moe's Convenience store on Cyrville Road across from the Home Depot. Read more

 

 

The Ottawa Police Service is asking for the public's help in their investigation into a head-on collision on Hwy. 174 near Trim Road on Monday, Feb. 13 that left both male drivers seriously injured. Read more

 

 

The Busy Fingers knitting group lived up to its moniker in 2022, producing more than 3,000 items for veterans and other seniors, local women’s shelters, victims of fire who have been left out in the cold and anyone else in need of warmth during Ottawa’s long winters. Read more