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Seaway Inundation Memories: Part II
IROQUOIS – “What do I miss most? I miss that you used to know everyone in the town, all the families and all their kids. Now that’s been lost. The memories of the old community […]
Articles by W. Gibb – Leader staff
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Knickers: fun-filled comic ‘slice of life’ opens at Upper Canada Playhouse
MORRISBURG – “This show is a true comedy, filled with lots of laughs,” said director Donnie Bowes at a June 29th press conference launching the new Upper Canada Playhouse production of Sarah Quick’s Knickers. “But […]
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Memories flood back at inundation anniversary
IROQUOIS – “July 1, 1958, I experienced a range of great emotions. But one thing was for sure. That day the landscape along this river changed and changed forever.” Lorne Strader, now 92, was one […]
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It’s Your Funeral: fun-filled romp at the Playhouse
MORRISBURG – There’s nothing like being enthusiastic about the work you do and optimistic about your business future. “We’ll put on a show like these people have never seen,” George Cranston tells his wife, Helen. […]
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The Long Road Home: Cory Coons releases new album
IROQUOIS – “I think the title says it all, “ said Cory Coons, song-writer and singer. “I’ve come back to my roots: some of these songs were nurtured over several years. And for the last […]
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Beartracks, Dreamcatcher headline at Bluegrass Festival
IROQUOIS – There’s only one place to be June 14-16: at the Point in Iroquois taking in some of the finest bluegrass music north or south of the border. Organizers of the Galop Canal Bluegrass […]
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UCP debuts “do or die” comedy It’s Your Funeral
MORRISBURG – “Upper Canada Playhouse is an impressive venue, and this is really a rocket ship of a show,” said actor Derek Moran, in the cast of the hilarious new farce, It’s Your Funeral, making […]
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2018 Ride For Dad helps raise thousands
IROQUOIS – “The communities of Chesterville, Ingleside, Iroquois and Winchester welcomed Ride For Dad with open arms and turned a good day into a beautiful day,” said Keith Fong, co-chair of the TELUS Ottawa Ride […]
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New president for Lost Villages Historical Society
LONG SAULT – “It is thrilling for me to know that the Lost Villages Historical Society will have Gardner Sage as its new president,” said Jim Brownell, who served as the organization’s president for the […]
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It’s Your Funeral: debut for playwright Jamie Williams
MORRISBURG – He’s been a professional actor for 26 years. Playhouse audiences already know him as a talented performer from such hits as Run For Your Wife, It Runs in the Family, The Affections of […]