From left: The Honourable Michael Barrett, M.P.; Mayor Arie Hoogenboom; Jen Pryal and Tim McMichael of Recess Café (Business of the Year); Joe Chase of Clearly Auto Glass (Small Business Award); Kim Lulashnyk of Stone Manor Studios (New Business Award); Carole Fuller of KPMG MSLP (sponsor); Terry Wills of Wills Transfer Ltd. (sponsor); Kevin Tackaberry of G. Tackaberry & Sons Construction Ltd. (sponsor); Sandra Houle, Matt Piche and Prithi Pal Ratti of RBC Royal Bank (sponsor

Q-Mack entertaining students at St. Edward Catholic School with astonishing balancing skills. Photo Credit: Tanya Hammond “Canada’s most experienced school performer,” Quincy Mack, or Q-Mack for short, made a stop in Westport recently to entertain and encourage students to be an ALL-Star. The high-energy entertainer brought his popular presentation to St. Edward, where students from kindergarten through grade eight were fully engaged from the moment they entered the audito

(left to right) Rideau Vista Public School Principal Nancy Holman, Grade 5/6 students Ellie Stoodley and Aubrey Bles, School Council member Rebekah Hambley, and teacher Lisa Lemieux-Beaudoin. Photo credit: Tanya Hammond For Principal Nancy Holman, a longtime Rideau Ferry resident, “becoming the principal for Rideau Vista Public School is like coming home.” And it is at ‘home’ at Rideau Vista that Principal Holman strives to ensure all students feel included, connected and see

Some of the Rideau Sewers Lap Quilt group holding up a selection of finished lap quilts ready to be donated. Pictured left to right are Jane Pickard, Marianne Kenney, Moira Bell, Pat Watson, Cathy Mulville, and Jan Haskin. A giant roll of batting in front will be used in quilts (one of the many material costs involved in the creation of the quilts). Photo credit: Tanya Hammond Well over 20 years ago, a group of dedicated sewers gathered in the Portland area to make quilts and