What's Happening This Week

Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC News

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February 18: Christie Lake Kids' Social Rec Connect Project invites you to a free Family Day Weekend Outdoor Hockey Game from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at McNabb Park Outdoor Rink, corner of Bronson and Gladstone. The event features an outdoor hockey game, and players in this game include former Ottawa Senator Shean Donovan and members of the Ottawa Police Force. There will also be free food and hot chocolate

February 19: Carleton Heights and Area Residents Association is pleased to invite everyone to our annual Winter Carnival in celebration of Family Day. All activities are free including carnival games and horse drawn sleigh rides. Please join us from noon to 4 p.m. at the Carleton Heights Community Centre. CHARA gratefully acknowledges financial support provided by the City of Ottawa for this event./For more information please visit:/www.carletonheights.org.

February 21: Shrove Tuesday will take place at St. Luke's Anglican Church, 760 Somerset St. - home of the best Anglican pancakes. There will be a silent auction from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Supper starts at 6 p.m. and there will be a live auction from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Adults are $8, seniors are $6 and children under 12/are $5. A family with children can eat for $20. The event will be handicapped accessible.

February 22: Knowledge is Power!/ Ovarian Cancer Canada will be hosting a presentation about ovarian cancer at the Carlingwood Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 281 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa at 7 p.m. There is no screening test for ovarian cancer, so come and learn the signs, symptoms and risk factors of the disease and what you can do.

February 27: The Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association (CHNA) will be holding their Annual General Meeting at 7 p.m. in the civic hospital amphitheater. For more information contact CHNA4U@gmail.com.

March 1: The Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Diabetes Association and the Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre have joined together to promote healthy eating in the heart of Ottawa's Chinatown. From 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., a celebration will take place with a healthy traditional nine course Chinese Banquet at Yangtze Restaurant, 700 Somerset St. W. in Ottawa. Tickets are now available and the cost is $38 per person. Net proceeds from this event will go towards the three local health organizations. For more information or to purchase your tickets to the banquet, call the Heart and Stroke Foundation at 613-727-5060 ext. 235, the Canadian Diabetes Association at 613-688-5931, or the Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre at 613-235-4875 ext. 115.

March 28: Friends of the Farm's Travel to Upper Canada Playhouse in Morrisburg takes place on March 28. There will be a matinee performance of Norm Foster's "The Foursome", followed by dinner at the legion. Cost for members is $90, and others is $95. For more information call 613-230-3276 or email: info@friendsofthefarm.ca.