Mark your calendar - Saturday May 4th & 5th.
The Smiths Falls home and living show will be at Settlers Ridge Centre in Smiths Falls. 
|For more information on the event, vendors or becoming a vendor you can visit 

www.smithsfallshomelivingexpo.com

Join us for a unique opportunity to sample campfire-inspired cuisine prepared and served by local culinary experts, while listening to the sensational sounds of The Dixie Hicks (Kate Brioux, Melissa Payne and Kate Suhr), and strolling through the galleries of The Canadian Canoe Museum. Guests will be invited to participate in a live auction featuring paddles designed and painted by local artisans and Canadian celebrities. A canoe built by renowned builder, Walter Walker, will also be available to bid on! Funds raised through the event will support the award-winning educational and public programs offered at the museum.

Fundraiser for The Cancer Society In Memory of Rose Lague And Betty Laframboise.  April 28th, 2pm - 7pm.

“Back to Basics – Canadian Census Records” – On Tuesday, May 7th, the Nipissing District Branch of Ontario Ancestors, the Ontario Genealogical Society, will be hosting a talk on the Censuses of Canada, where to find them and how to use these records in our genealogical research.  The presentation will be given by Ann Smith in Nipissing Branch’s genealogical library on the upstairs mezzanine, North Bay Public Library, 271 Worthington Street East, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  For more information, please call (705)474-4830, extension 2833.  All are welcome!

Free bereavement support to families who have experienced loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby.  Provided by Pregnancy & Infant Loss Network, held at Community Care’s Hospice Services, 2 Kent St. W., Lindsay, May15th from 7 to 8:30 p.m.  Call 1 888 303-7245 for additional information. 

A free peer-to-peer support group for children, teens and their parents or caregivers who have experienced the death of a family member.  Presented by Community Care’s Hospice Services,  at the Daycare Centre, 55 Mary St.W., Lindsay, on May 8th and 22nd, from 6 – 7:30 p.m.  Call 705-879-4123 for information or to register.