Art & Entertainment

PAKENHAM – The Pakenham Maple Run Tour returns on April 4 and 5, inviting visitors to explore the creative offerings and maple syrup heritage of the Ottawa Valley.

CARP – While today (March 17) makes it feel like spring will never arrive, hundreds of gardening enthusiasts took the opportunity to get some seeds, some gardening advice and learn about this year’s hottest gardening trends at the fourth annual Seedy Saturday in Carp last Saturday (March 14).

CARP – Corkery’s Dianne Bramble learned she was afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease in 2013. As April is Parkinson Awareness Month and April 11 is World Parkinson’s Awareness Day, Bramble wants those on the same journey to know, a diagnosis is not the beginning of the end.

KINBURN – The paddlers of the Prior Chest Nuts dragon boat team were greeted by a sea of green in Kinburn last Saturday (March 7) as the group of cancer survivors hosted their second annual St. Patrick’s Day Party.

CARP – Turn St. Patrick’s Day in to a full workweek by enjoying the season March 19 in Carp with Irish musical legends the Barley Shakers.

FITZROY HARBOUR – The West Carleton Fastball Committee has a big summer of top level fastball ahead of it, but first the volunteer group will work on fundraising, and they’ll do that by asking you questions on April 10.

CARP – Nothing says spring like Seedy Saturday. While weather reports more than three days out are for entertainment purposes

CONSTANCE BAY – Winter often brings a fine line between too cold and too warm. On Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) the sun was out, the weather was beautiful and it made fishing the Ottawa River an angler’s dream.

FITZROY HARBOUR – Softball in winter? Anything goes at the Fitzroy Harbour Winter Carnival kicking off Thursday (Feb. 19) evening.

PERTH – Earlier this month (Feb. 1), the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) released its latest film, Nature’s Path to Wellness, a testament to nature’s restorative power.