Hello ORLÉANS!
Welcome to the 32nd edition of Orléans Connect.
Happy belated Thanksgiving! 🦃 We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and stuffed yourselves full of whatever your favourite Thanksgiving meals and traditions you partake in. 🥧
While we continue to enjoy the mostly great weather this October, 🎃 Halloween is just around the corner and we can’t wait to welcome the throngs of trick-or-treaters we usually get!
🇹🇭 This week, we want to know what your favourite THAI food in Orléans is? Scroll down to the bottom of the newsletter to give us your answer in this week’s poll.
Let’s find out what’s happening in Orléans over the next seven days: ⬇️
The local horses are starting to feel the changing season.
Here’s our roundup of upcoming events:
🎤 October 17th - It’s Karaoke Night at Boston Pizza at 10 PM - 1 AM. Unleash your inner pop star! Sing your heart out, cheer on your friends, and enjoy a lively evening of music and good vibes! Email [email protected] to register.
📍Boston Pizza, 3884 Innes Rd
💃🕺October 17th - Looking for a fun night out for ADULTS only right here in Orléans? Join for Saved By the Bell 2 - the Ultimate Throwback Dance Party. Must be 19+ to attend. Wear your BEST throw outfit! Whether you’re rocking disco vibes, ‘80s neon, ‘90s grunge, or early 2000s glam - show up in style and own the dance floor! Bonus points for retro accessories and funky flair!
📍St Peter High School, 750 Charlemagne Blvd
🍻 October 17th - Head over to the Orléans Legion for OktoberFest! Come raise your beer stein and enjoy a delicious OktoberFest feast from 5 PM - 7 PM. Live music by Cara Q is on from 7 PM - 11 PM. No advanced tickets or reservations required. First come, first served event, all are welcome!
📍800 Taylor Creek Dr
🎵 October 17th - Stray Dog Brewing Company’s Taproom Concerts presents Amechi - a folk rock artist from Hull, Quebec, infusing a tapestry of world music influences into his performances. Playing acoustic guitar, singing, creating percussion loops live - it is all part of the plot! Music is life, and Amechi lives by it. Show from 8 PM - 10 PM. 🎟️ Tickets $15-$20.
📍501 Lacolle Way
👠 October 18th - Broadhead Brewery is hosting Halloween Drag Night from 7 PM - 10 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM. This promises to be a spooky night of drag and devilish fun! Join for a Halloween-themed drag show, packed with jaw-dropping performances, hillarious banter and a few tricks up their sleeves! 🎟️ Tickets $20. Ages 19+.
📍Unit 106, 1680 Vimont Ct
🐈 October 18th - Join Community Alley Trappers Adoption and Fundraiser Event from 11 AM - 3:30 PM. There will be a bake sale, tumblers and t-shirts to purchase. Additionally, you can bring your cat, dog or bunny:
For a nail trimming by AristoCat Grooming between 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM for only $20.
Microchip Clinic available from 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM for $50
📍Pet Valu (1980 Ogilvie Rd)
🧑🌾 October 18th - It’s the final market of the season for the Metcalfe Farmers Market, and this one is Halloween themed! On from 9 AM - 1 PM, this dog-friendly market has over 45 produce vendors and fabulous local crafters and makers selling their products.
📍2821 8th Line, Metcalfe
🧸 October 18th - Does your teddy bear or stuffed friend need a check-up? Bring them by the Blackburn Community Association’s Teddy Bear Picnic for some TLC and free “treatment” from some friendly volunteers at the stuffy repair station! Lots of fun activities for kids, including games, colouring contest, prizes, reading corner, balloon animals and a raffle supporting CHEO! The CHEO bear will be there from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.
📍Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Dr
♻️ October 18th - It’s Community e-Waste Collection Drive! They are collecting anything with a plug or battery. 9 AM - 1 PM
📍St Matthew High School 6550 Bilberry Dr
🌻 October 19th - The Original Navan Market is hosting their annual Harvest Market! Breathe in the crisp, fall air, sip on a hot beverage, take in the colours of fall, and shop all things local! From 9:30 AM - 2 PM
📍Navan Fairgrounds, 1279 Colonial Rd
🛍️ October 19th - Blackburn Hamlet Community Association is hosting a Community Closet Pop-Up (Kids and Baby Clothes and Costumes) on from 8 AM - 12 PM.
📍Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Dr
🧠 October 21st - Boston Pizza is hosting Friends TV Show Trivia Night! From 8:30 PM onwards, $3/person. Register your team of 2, 3 or 4 players by emailing [email protected].
📍Boston Pizza, 3884 Innes Rd
🎃 FALL FUN:
🎃 Proulx Farm’s Annual Pumpkin Fest is on! It started Sept 20th and goes until Oct 26th on Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 AM - 5 PM. The farm is transformed into a giant Halloween playground! Bring a picnic and come join for a ghostly gathering!
This amazing local family has again turned their yard into a thrilling haunted walkthrough to raise money for CHEO! Bring your family and friends for a night of thrills and chills, all for a great cause! Last year they raised over $15,000 for CHEO!
🏚️ Where: 268 Pintail Terrace, Orléans ON
🎟️ Entry: FREE, donations welcome – all proceeds go directly to CHEO!
🗓️ OPEN Wednesdays to Sundays
🕕 6 PM - 9 PM
😱 Live jump scares will only be on the last weekend.
Visitors can brace themselves for bone-chilling thrills with two terrifying haunted houses, a dark wagon ride, and maze filled with live actors creating scares at every turn. With over 150 volunteers helping bring the experience to life, sKreamers is as much a community effort as it is a thrilling adventure.
For Ages 10+
🏚️ Where: Proulx Farm, 1865 O’Toole Rd.
🎟️ Entry: $25/person. Tickets sold online and in-person (no ATM).
🗓️ OPEN on Fridays and Saturdays in October
🕕 Gates and box office open at 7 PM. Box office closes at 9 PM. Last wagon leaves at 9:15 PM. Doors close at 10 PM. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.
🗓️SAVE THE DATES! 🗓️
Get those calendars out - plenty of events coming up:
🖼️ Paint Night is on Thur, Oct 23rd at 6 PM, at the Orléans Legion, in partnership with It Takes a Village Dog Rescue. Register with Melanie at [email protected]. 🎟️ $40 per person, includes all materials.
🧠 Taproom260 is hosting Halloween-themed Trivia Night on Fri, Oct 24th from 8 PM - 9:30 PM.
🐕 Fetch Local Markets is hosting a ‘Howl’oween Market! This dog-friendly (but not dog-only) event features over 50 vendors. Dress up for a chance to win the door prize! Sat, Oct 25th from 10 AM - 3 PM.
🎃 Boston Pizza is hosting a Halloween Kids Party on Sat, Oct 25th at 11 AM. It’s the Great Pumpkin Party! Decorate a pumpkin to take home.
🚲 Halloween Family Bike Ride (Kidical Mass), hosted by the Greater Avalon Community Association. Ride starts at 1 PM - start and finish at François Dupuis Recreation Centre, on Sat, Oct 25th (rain date Sun, Oct 26th). Hot chocolate and treats served!
Do you have an event you want to see featured here? Let us know!
📰 News you should know about…
🏥 Committee’s approval paves way for future health care facility on Innes Road (The Orléans Star)
👮 Pilot Program: Ottawa police to start wearing bodycams in November (CBC News)
💉 Ottawa Public Health launches RSV immunization for infants and high-risk children (Ottawa Public Health)
📚 A new chapter for Le coin du livre - the highly popular local French bookstore. (Tim Tierney)
💰 Your local City Councillors want to hear from you! It’s time for the 2026 Pre-Budget Consultation - East End session! On Saturday, October 25th from 1 PM - 3 PM head over to Ray Friel Recreation Centre (in the Rendez-vous Room Hall D) and have your say! The following City of Ottawa Councillors will be present:
Ward 1: Councillor Matthew Luloff
Ward 2: Councillor Laura Dudas
Ward 11: Councillor Tim Tierney
Ward 19: Councillor Catherine Kitts
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 🔦
This week’s Orléans business spotlight is… 🥁 … THE LOVE OF CHOCOLATE FACTORY located at 2854 St Joseph Blvd.
The Love of Chocolate Factory, as you can probably surmise makes and sells a massive variety of Belgian chocolates, pralines, confectionary and ice cream. This shop is truly one of the real retail treasures in Orléans and it’s well worth a trip to sample their huge variety of tasty chocolate treats.
No matter what your favourite chocolate type is (dark, milk, or white), or perhaps you prefer brittle, fudge, or toffee, this place has you covered.
As always, if you wind up visiting them, make sure to tell them that Orléans Connect sent you.
Chatelaine Village, north of Highway 174, is the oldest residential neighbourhood still standing in Orléans, with homes dating back to the late 1960’s.
Many thanks to Lyn W. for sending in a photo of Nala, a gorgeous pup who, when in trouble, gets called out by her middle name (Sophia) as well! 😆
Submit a photo of your Orléans pet(s) by emailing it to: [email protected]
THIS WEEK’S POLL
What is your favourite 🇹🇭 Thai Food Restaurant / Take out in Orleans?
📊 Results of last week’s poll: What is your favourite ☕️ Coffee Shop in Orléans?
🥇 Cafe Latte Cino - 30%
🥈 Beyond Cafe - 29%
🥉 BBCR Café - 11%
Second Cup Café (any location) - 8%
Café Amore - 8%
Tim Hortons (any location) - 6%
Juice Dudez - 4%
Country Perks - 1%
Other - My Home - 1%
