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Note: The Current’s editor was in London at the time of the lecture, so seized the opportunity to attend. Dr. Richard Shaw, Barry’s Bay resident and Chairman of History at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC), gave the inaugural St. Augustine of Canterbury Feast Day lecture in collaboration with …
This is the first summer in Canada for Stanny Chippure (née Constance Sprenger) in 1946 just after World War II. (Above) On this day, she is standing on the original wooden bridge that leads to Mask Island. Notice St. Joseph’s Elementary School in the background beyond the piles of lumber. …
On May 18 the sound of a train whistle was once again heard in the waiting room of the Barry’s Bay Railway Station. The Station Keepers blew handcrafted wooden whistles to start the ceremony that officially re-opened the Station. Shown above are the Station Keepers surrounding guest of honour Greta …
Last June under the heading Countdown to new era at SFMH begins, The Current published news of the countdown to implementation of the EPIC health information system at St. Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH). Click HERE to read. In a press release dated May 17 SFMH announced that EPIC will go …
Sarah and Neil Wright of Madawaska Coffee Co. announced their café expansion plans with a characteristically witty social media post entitled, “We’re spilling the beans.” On Saturday May 18 (Bay Day) their café opens at 19578 Opeongo Line, Barry’s Bay with Madawaska Valley Mayor Kim Love doing the official ribbon-cutting. …
2019 season features Up at Fred’s – Allons-y!, a Cuban concert and the new Stone Fence Theatre Showband Up at Fred’s – Allons-y! For fifty years or so, “Fred’s” – the Hotel Chapeau in Chapeau, Quebec – was the destination of choice for diners, drinkers, and dancers, lumbermen, hunters and soldiers, tourists and locals, celebrities …
This Grade 6 school picture was taken in 1952-53. If you see a mistake and you can make a correction, please let us know. FRONT ROW: Kenneth LaHaie; Raymond Coulas; Michael Kulas; Gerald Luckasavitch; Kenneth Recoski; Raymond Stamplecoski; Edward Yantha; Harold Skuce; Larry Proulx; Sheldon Mackin; Zigmund Biernaski; Tony Palubeskie …
On May 14th, 1894, Nellie Irving, a 20-year-old schoolteacher from Alice Township (shown at centre in above photo of Renfrew Model School Convocation c.1894), opened the first school established in the village of Barry’s Bay. It happened 125 years ago this week and was a big moment in a very …
Pop Up Art Renfrew County launched at Fifth Chute Coffee in Eganville on May 2. The travelling art exhibition features eleven Renfrew County artists whose creative practices are very different but whose works in this exhibition have a common theme: each work was inspired by an ordinary object and tells …
Hundreds of people who live, have lived, or whose families lived in Madawaska at one time converged on the community centre in Madawaska throughout the day on Saturday May 11 to reflect on the “good old days”, preserve their community’s history, and to celebrate family and friendship. (Shown at top …
The sun shone over Wilno Heritage Park for the twenty-first annual Kashub Day Festival on May 4. Peter Glofcheskie, President of the Wilno Heritage Society, greeted festival goers and thanked the almost 75 volunteers who worked hard to make the day a success, donating their time to be organizers, set-up …
If you don’t know why local people love to celebrate Polish and Kashub Day on May 3 every year, The Opeongo Readers’ Theatre may be able to help explain it. At 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 at the Opeongo Senior Centre, 19 Stafford Street, Barry’s Bay, this troupe of local podcast performers …
Easter Weekend was a time for family fun in Barry’s Bay. Activities started off with a free story time at the Madawaska Valley Public Library, where kids enjoyed stories read by Library Program Coordinators Julia Beggs and Emily Mintha. Picture at top some young listeners; …
April 22 2019 is Earth Day, a day to increase our awareness of our natural surroundings and to encourage us to adopt more environmentally-friendly practices. This seems like an appropriate time to report on a new venture in the Valley. On April 16 residents near Carson Lake attended a presentation …
This hockey picture is from the days when St. Joseph’s High School occupied the space that is now taken up by the Beer Store in Barry’s Bay. Desription: The above photo shows the triumphant St. Joseph’s High School hockey team of 1960-61. Seated from left to right are Mervin Yandernoll; …
