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This year’s Opeongo Hills Classic Loppet saw the biggest field of competitors yet in its five year history with 85 participants registered and 82 skiers racing on February 2. The Opeongo Hills Nordic Ski Club were excited to add two new prizes to a range of traditional cross-country ski events: …
In a close game – final score 1-0 – Round Lake Ride Program broomball team have won first place in the Wilno Winter Classic Broomball Tournament. The final match came at the end of an exciting but tiring day on February 1 for the four competing teams from Round Lake, …
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 …
A cheery giant snowman across the street greeted Valley residents who gathered at the Brudenell Lyndoch & Raglan Community Centre and Arena to kick off the BLR Winter Carnival on January 30 by crowning their 2020 Snow King and Snow Queen. BLR Facilities Manager Jordan Genrick reminded the audience that …
I sure hope someone can come forward with some further information on this interesting-looking character. The photograph is inscribed “Deer Skin, Fire Ranger, Madawaska, Ont.” Someone told me that this man’s name is Richard Conroy, also known as Buckskin Dick, and that he was the first game warden in this …
The Station Keepers MV launched their Month of Sundays (31 events during 2020) on January 19 with The Local, a series that will focus on local historic buildings and the families associated with them. “The first show deals with the glory days of the old Balmoral Hotel, something I know …
Improve your well-being with the latest health and fitness news. Reduce your risk of dementia In a large-scale study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), dementia-free participants over 60 years old were examined for genetic variants that are associated with dementia, along with a “healthy …
From a media release from Renfrew County and District Health Unit: Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) advises anyone who received a tattoo from a home-based tattoo operation located on Raglan Street South in Renfrew, Ontario to get tested for bloodborne infections such as hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C …
One of the most unique insights into the social history of Renfrew County will be played out this coming weekend in both Pembroke and Barry’s Bay. The Opeongo Readers’ Theatre, a group of literary performers who have been entertaining audiences throughout the area for the past year, will launch a …
Get ready for some curious local culture and heritage activity at the old Barry’s Bay train station, starting this coming Sunday. The Station Keepers MV, the non-profit corporation set up last year to revitalize the old railroad station in Barry’s Bay, will begin to roll out the first of 31 …
Twenty-six participants tried Kashubian embroidery at the Opeongo Seniors Centre in Barry’s Bay on January 10. The free workshop was led by tutors Catherine Bloskie, Joyce Lorbetskie and Theresa Prince (above from left, displaying embroidery samples) who are members of the Kashubian Embroidery Club that meets at Wilno Heritage Park …
Stone Fence Theatre and Finnigan’s Roadhouse are teaming up to launch a Swing Jam in Renfrew following regular Sunday night Film Group showings down the block at the O’Brien Theatre. The foundation for the jam is Peter Brown, a jazz, blues and swing piano veteran who has often played all the …
The Handmade Feast, running from October to April 2020, is a project by the Ottawa Valley Creative Arts Open Studio (OV-CAOS) that culminates in a community feast next spring. Curator Anya Gansterer is working with artists Andrew Trull, Lydia Vanderstall, Eva Gallagher, Zosia Kosinski, Theresa Prince, Joyce Lorbetskie, Catherine Bloskie, …
Mark Sunday, February 2, 2020 in your diary! It’s the date for the Sixth Annual Opeongo Hills Classic Loppet – a classic cross-country ski race hosted in the rolling Opeongo Hills near Brudenell. The mass start is at 11 a.m. Adults can compete at distances of 5, 10 or 12 …
Families in the Madawaska Valley enjoyed a fun, fit way to rock into 2020 at the Glow-Skate in Barry’s Bay on New Year’s Eve. More than two hundred people of all ages donned their skates, grabbed the free glow-sticks on offer and hit the ice at the event. The free …
