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ORLEANS FARMERS MARKET every Thursday from 11 am to 4 pm in the parking lot at the Ray Friel Recreation Centre on Tenth Line Road. Shop the freshest seasonal produce, meat and dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and more while getting to know the folks who grew and made it.

SCOTT JAZEY & FRIENDS OPEN MIC SESSION at the Blackburn Arms Pub in Blackburn Hamlet starting at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit www.facebook.com/
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OPEN MIC NIGHT at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way. Registration begins at 7 p.m. Music at 8 p.m. with your host Matthew Palmer.

"LIFE AS A SHOWGIRL" ALBUM RELEASE AND LISTENING PARTY from 8 p.m. to late at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Themed cocktail and friendship bracelet making, plus chance to win an album. Admission $5 in advance at straydogbrewing.ca.

OPEN MIKE NIGHT at the Royal Oak Orléans 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. (corner of Jeanne d'Arc) with our host Mike Murphy, who plays with bands including the Fake McCoys and The Wild Cards, from 8 p.m. to midnight.

STATION 71 PANCAKE BREAKFAST from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Fire Station 71 in Navan with a freewill donation to the CHEO Foundation. Come enjoy pancakes with local maple syrup Erabliere des Wats Sugar Bush, local coffee from Papa Bean coffee roastery, and sausages and bacon from Lavergne Meat. After breakfast check out the Navan Fall Fest at the Navan Fairgrounds.

WILLOWBEND RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We welcome you to visit our vibrant community located at the corner of Innes and Trim Roads. Independent living, assisted living and memory care.

NAVAN FALLFEST on the Navan Fairgrounds from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Festival favourites include old-fashioned scarecrow making, kid’s crafts, homemade games and activities, firefighter demonstrations and tug of war and BBQ. FREE ADMISSION

 

 

 

 

Orléans Legion Poppy Project surpasses 11,000 mark
By Fred Sherwin
Sept. 6, 2025

For the past two weeks volunteers at the Orléans Legion have been busy turning more than 11,000 knitted and crocheted poppies into a display to mark the 100th anniversary of the national veterans’ organization.

The Orléans Legion is among several Legion branches in Ontario that have launched their own Poppy Projects. The local project is the brainchild of Ladies Auxiliary president Wendy Fortier.

When the Legion first launched the project last spring, Fortier was hoping they might get 5,000 knitted and crocheted poppies. That goal was surpassed within the first six weeks and the poppies kept coming. In fact, knitted poppies are still arriving every day along with cash donations that have been used to purchase wool for other knitters.

The poppies been knitted by more than 50 individuals and a number of organizations including the Busy Fingers knitting club in Orléans, St. Helen’s Anglican Church and several seniors homes.

“I’m absolutely blown away,” says Fortier. “Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think we would get so many.”

One of the things that Fortier has found so interesting about the project is the many different types of poppies they’ve received. The poppies have been created using differ-ent shades of red wool and they’re a variety of different sizes.

More than 40 volunteers have been meet-ing at the Legion to attach the poppies to two large cargo nets. Fortier estimates they will need to meet again in a week or so to finish the job.

In the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, the poppy festooned cargo nets will be draped over the outside wall of the Legion that faces the cenotaph.

The Royal Canadian Legion was founded in 1925 as the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Services League. The organization was essentially an amalgamation of 15 various veteran groups that formed in the years following the First World War. The largest of them was The Great War Veterans Association.

In 1960, Queen Elizabeth II granted the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Services League royal patronage and so it became the Royal Canadian Legion.

Today, there more than 1,350 branches of The Royal Canadian Legion located in communities across Canada.

The Orléans Legion is Branch 632 in Ontario. It was formed in 1980.

 
 
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