A volunteer-run program is helping children throughout Renfrew County to get assessed for the vision care they need for success. Above: Audrey Cormack, of the Beachburg Lions, works with a student. (Photo submitted) Since 2024, the Killaloe and Area Lions Club has run a Vision Screening Program that visits area …
When Stone Fence Theatre brings its musical comedy, High Times at the Heart Institute, to Barry’s Bay August 7 in support of St. Francis Valley Healthcare, it will be carrying on an important tradition. The show, first produced in 2016, has been updated and completely revamped by co-directors Shirley Hill …
This summer and fall, Stone Fence Theatre presents an updated version of one of its most popular shows, High Times at the Heart Institute, by the company’s producer, Ish Theilheimer. It is a musical comedy tribute to Canada’s health care system inspired by Ish’s own experience as a patient at the University of …
A group of non-profit organizations and businesses based in British Columbia has injected new hope into the quest for affordable housing in Renfrew County. In December, Keith Gordon of Anhart Solutions in Vancouver contacted Brian Abdallah, Deputy Mayor of Pembroke and a member of the Affordable Housing Alliance of the …
Opinion Provincial legislation (Bill 212) aimed at keeping towns and cities from building bike lanes and even forcing some to remove them is bad news for everyone in Ontario, wherever they live. For people who live in the towns and cities directly affected, it will result in more dangerous streets …
Take thirty children, ten grades, a brand new teacher, a one room schoolhouse in rural Ontario and add a little twist and shout as the Swinging Sixties meet SS #7 in Stone Fence Theatre’s new musical comedy, Miss Pringle’s Mini-Skirt. Written by Johanna Zomers with Ish Theilheimer and Kathy Eisner, the two-act play casts a fond look back at the …
Renfrew County’s eleven food banks have set up a website to encourage those who need help to seek it out and to tell those who want to support their community’s food banks how to do it. The site www.RenfrewCountyFoodBanks.ca was set up and designed by three volunteers from Stone Fence Theatre, which …
Covid-19 has put a lot of people out of work and left them and their families without enough to eat. Help is available, but some people aren’t coming forward for help. Some people who need help simply don’t know it is available. Others may feel overwhelmed or are reticent to …
Editor’s note: We received the following message from Ish Theilheimer asking us to share it with family and friends. This Father’s Day weekend seems an appropriate time to do just that. This music video called Essential Little Things shows our take on how the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us who …
More than a million Canadians go to Cuba every year, mostly for “playa y sol,” beach and sun, which they soak up at all-inclusive resorts. These places are fun, economical, and convenient, but they offer barely a glimpse of the richness of the real Cuba, real Cubans, and real Cuban …
