Thursday 6 Jun 2019 will mark the 75th anniversary of D Day when the Allied landed on the coast of Normandy, France, and began their long-awaited and costly liberation of Europe. 14,000 Canadians soldiers landed at Juno Beach. Landing at other beaches were British and American soldiers. The fighting in Normandy lasted until 23 August when the German army began its withdrawal from France. Among the 4,915 Canadians killed in Normandy were eight Gananoque area men:

Charles Massey Oliver Harper Ernest Waldie John Lachapelle Hubert Dundon

Archibald MacDonald Blake Keyes Edward Rogers Hubert Dundon

Citizens are invited to a short ceremony 11 am Thursday 6 June at the Gananoque War memorial to mark D Day and are invited to a Legion Open House following the ceremony at which snacks will be available.

Date :
Wednesday, June 6, 2019 at 11am

Event location :
War Memorial and Gananoque Legion

Contact :
Wilbert Beswetherick
Phone: 613-382-3023
E-mail: rclbr92@bellnet.ca
Website: http://www.rclbranch92.com/

Residents are asked to place leaves and yard wast at the edge of the street or alley no later than 7 am on the date below.

• West Ward (All West of the King Street Bridge) – April 29th – May 3rd
• South Ward (All South of King Street & East of the King Street Bridge) – May 6th – May 10th
• North Ward (All North of King Street & East of the King Street Bridge) – May 13th – May 18th.

Each street and alley will be picked up ONLY ONCE

The works yard will be open for brush, leaves and yard waste drop off on Wednesday and Saturdays from 8 am – 12 pm at the James A. Brennan Road Entrance starting May 1st, 2019. The Town has closed the entrance from Charles Street, North. Biodegradable paper bags must be used. Plastic bags, loose leaves and loose yard waste will not be picked up. 

Date : April 29, 2019 from 7am to 3pm

Event location : King Street Bridge, Gananoque ON

Contact : Mike Prior, Roads Foreman, mprior@gananoque.ca or 613-382-2149 ext. 1614

Tom Wilson STORYTELLER, SONGWRITER, PERFORMER & VISUAL ARTIST

Tickets on sale now! You won’t want to miss this intimate evening of music and storytelling with Canadian icon Tom Wilson – Beautiful Scars, A Literary Recital.

TOM WILSON is the best selling author of Beautiful Scars as well as a three-time Juno winning Canadian musician with multiple gold records. He has written for and recorded songs with Sarah McLachlan, City and Colour, Jason Isbell, Colin James, Lucinda Williams, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mavis Staples and The Rankin Family. His band Junkhouse has scored eleven top-ten hits, and his iconic, Americana-fuelled Blackie and the Rodeo Kings was widely publicized for its presence on George Bush’s iPod. Tom’s most recent incarnation, Lee Harvey Osmond, has received extensive praise and airplay throughout the United States. His art has shown in galleries in New York City, Vancouver, Toronto and more recently, The National Gallery in Ottawa. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.

“I have unchained all the prisoners from my basement and freed the ghosts from my attic.

I was the guy who ended up holding the keys to their freedom.

It was me who let them out.

It’s a job that no one else could do and one that comes with great consequence because these ghosts and prisoners are standing around me now all day, all night long.

I told my truth the way I heard it and the way I remembered it and that’s all I have. Everything else is bullshit.” Tom Wilson

Admission Details
Tickets $30 available at the Thousand Islands Playhouse Box Office online or call 613-382-7030.

Date : April 27, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Event location : Firehall Theatre Gananoque 185 South Street, Gananoque

Contact : https://www.1000islandswritersfestival.ca/ ;  1000islandswritersfestival@gmail.com

Cornerstone Church invites all children age 0 – 12 to our free Giant Easter Egg Hunt. 

Date : April 20, 2019 from 10:30am to 2pm

Event location : 106 County Rd 32, Gananoque

Contact : 613-382-2328

WERK IT! A Fashion Show that Pushes Boundaries

Date : April 19, 2019 from 6:30 to 8:30pm

Event location : Royal Theatre Thousand Islands, 75 King Street E., Gananoque, Ontario K7G 1E8, Gananoque, Canada

Contact : www.RoyalTheatre.ca

Play offs for Leagues continue….
Awards Night PotLuck March 28
Provincial Elementary School Curling April 3-7
Swing & Sweep April 18 & 19

Only 36 teams will be accepted! This Bonspiel quickly fills every year! Call Jayne Curtis to reserve your spot today! Be sure not to miss out on this fabulous deal!

$300 per team/ $75 Per person Entry Includes:

• Curling – Thursday evening and Friday morning at the Gananoque Curling Club
• Golf – Friday afternoon Golf at the Smugglers Glen Golf Course (Cart Included)
• Food – Thursday Night Fish Fry
• Friday Lunch and Dinner
• Live Entertainment and Prizes

Date : April 18, 2019 from 8am to 10pm

Event location : Gananoque, ON

Contact : Jayne Curtis at 613-382-3281; info@gananoquecurlingclub.com ; http://www.gananoquecurlingclub.com/

Canada has produced some the finest singer/songwriters know throughout the world. Three iconic Artists Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Tyson and Neil Young are all featured. Performed by Cliff Edwards, Kevin Head and Wayne Huff.

Saturday show is at 7:30 pm, Sunday matinee is at 2:30 pm

Tickets are $25 plus taxes and fees or $21 plus taxes and fees for groups of 10 or more

Date : April 13, 2019 from 7:30pm to April 14, 2019 at 4pm

Event location : Firehall Theatre – 185 South Street, Gananoque

Contact : 613-382-7020 or http://www.1000islandsplayhouse.com/

Annual Soup & Sandwich Luncheon
Soup, Sandwich, Pie and beverage
EAT IN – TAKE OUT – DELIVERY
ONLY $9.00

Date : April 12, 2019 from 11am to 1:30pm

Event location : St Andrew’s Church 175 Stone St. South

Contact : Elizabeth at 613-382-2315

“Portraits in a Day”
Part one the Human Face – April 12, 2019
Part 2 La Visage des Animaux/wildlife – May 10, 2019
by C. Perry, contributing artist for Wildlife Canada Heritage.

Cost $40 each, $80 for both

Limited space available.

Date : April 12, 2019 from 9am to 4pm

Event location : 186 King St. E. Gananoque

Contact : phone 613-389-4752 for info or to reserve a space or send e-mail to chrisphoto04@hotmail.com

Tom Wilson STORYTELLER, SONGWRITER, PERFORMER & VISUAL ARTIST

Tickets on sale now! You won’t want to miss this intimate evening of music and storytelling with Canadian icon Tom Wilson – Beautiful Scars, A Literary Recital.
Saturday April 27, 7:30 pm at the Firehall Theatre, Gananoque.
TOM WILSON is the best selling author of Beautiful Scars as well as a three-time Juno winning Canadian musician with multiple gold records. He has written for and recorded songs with Sarah McLachlan, City and Colour, Jason Isbell, Colin James, Lucinda Williams, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mavis Staples and The Rankin Family. His band Junkhouse has scored eleven top-ten hits, and his iconic, Americana-fuelled Blackie and the Rodeo Kings was widely publicized for its presence on George Bush’s iPod. Tom’s most recent incarnation, Lee Harvey Osmond, has received extensive praise and airplay throughout the United States. His art has shown in galleries in New York City, Vancouver, Toronto and more recently, The National Gallery in Ottawa. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.

Date : Wednesday, March 27, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Event location : Firehall Theatre Gananoque 185 South Street, Gananoque

Contact : 1000 Islands Writers Festival, call 613-382-7020 or visit 1000islandswritersfestival@gmail.com