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Upcoming events

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.

Local sports

Blondin, Weidemann wrap up season with world title
By Fred Sherwin
March 16, 2023

East end natives and Gloucester Concordes alumni Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann wrapped up the 2022-2023 speed skating season with a gold medal in the Team Pursuit event at the World Long Track Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Read more

Les Sittelles gymnasts win bevy of medals at Envol 2023 meet
Feb. 6, 2023

The Club de gymnastique Les Sittelles played host to more than 300 gymnasts from across Ottawa and as far away as Kingston and Northumberland earlier this month during the 33rd annual ENVOL meet. Read more

Gloucester Cumberland Wolverines win one gold, three bronze in home tournament
Feb. 6, 2023

The Gloucester-Cumberland Basketball Association celebrated the 25th edition of the Mike O’Connor Girls Tournament earlier this month by winning one gold and three bronze medals. Read more

Documentary tells the story of improbable championship run
Feb. 2, 2023

Merrick Palmer – basketball coach, mentor, and entrepreneur – can now add documentary maker to his already impressive resumé. The co-owner of the Capital Courts Academy in Orléans recently released a 21-minute documentary on the improbable run made by the Academy’s girls team to the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA) championship last spring. Read more

U12 Panthers, St. Matt's Tigers named co-Teams of the Year
Dec. 31, 2022

For the first time since the Orléans Star has been naming a Team of the Year, two teams get to share the distinction for 2022. The U12 Mosquito Cumberland Panthers and the St. Matthew Tigers varsity football both won a city championship this year and they both went on to post-season provincial title games. Read more

Orléans Star names male and female high school
Athletes of the Year
Dec. 31, 2022

This year’s male and female high school Athletes of the Year are a track athlete from Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School and a football player from St. Matthew High School. Read more

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