Out and About

The Hawkesbury Food Bank delivered 110 Christmas baskets on Saturday, December 9, to both individuals and families. "Things went super on Saturday," said food bank president René Baril.

Vankleek Hill Cougars hockey enthusiasts waved from their float in the Vankleek Hill Parade of Lights which took place on Friday, December 4. photo Jean Sarrazin

This year was the first time that The Review organized the Victorian Christmas Home Tour independently. Independently, of course, but with lots of help from a great community of volunteers!
Scroll down to see our photo galleries from this year's event.

Review publisher Louise Sproule has been involved in organizing the Spring Home Tour and previous Christmas Home Tours, so was pleased to take on the Victorian Christmas Home Tour from the Vankleek Hill Business and Merchant Association.

Storytelling. Songs. A voice. From another time. That kind of punchy delivery, soft but direct at the same time, was the intoxicating cadence of the Issa concert which took place last Sunday afternoon in Vankleek Hill. What you are missing by just reading this, of course, are the sometimes dried-up guitar strokes making the downbeat and the sincerity in Jane Siberry’s eyes as she connected with the audience. And connect she did. Right from the start.

Artists are selecting their best work and getting ready for the fourth-annual Colours on the Bay show in Rockland.
The art exhibit happens on October 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This year’s honorary president is artist Charles Spratt, and the guest speaker will be Canadian children’s entertainer Suzanne Pinel, better-known as “Marie-Soleil.”
Thirty-four professional artists are expected to attend the show.
This year, proceeds from the show will be donated to Operation 20/20, a fundraising endeavor of the Cancer Unit of the Ottawa Hospital.

One thousand pounds!

That’s the weight of this year’s biggest pumpkin as measured on October 3 in Vankleek Hill.

This year’s giant pumpkin contest saw 25 entries, which is twice the amount registered in 2008.

In the heavy hitter class, Louise Lauzon won with a massive 1,009-pound pumpkin.

An evening of country music was held on October 3 at l'école secondaire catholique de Hawkesbury. (ESCRH)

Shown in this gallery are musicians Bourbon Gautier, Guylaine Tanguay, Waylon John, Mario Guindon, Annie St-Germain and Jacques Boucher.

ALEXANDRIA - There were no covered wagons in Alexandria last weekend, but the Tabac jr's Little Nashville Country Festival welcomed more than 500 Rvs.

This was the fifth year for the four-day festival.