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Family Day Winter Carnival

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February 16 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com Join the CGOWCA for an afternoon of outdoor fun for the family! We’ll be serving hot chocolate (bring your own mug!) and there will be plenty of games.

Bring your …

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Moonlit Cross-Country Ski

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February 12 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Photo by Nicky Pe on Pexels.com Details TBD

Free
Community Association

Jeanne d’Arc Park Rink

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After-School Snow Day

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December 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Bring your kids down to the local park for fun in the snow after school. Use the Community Forum (https://cgow.ca/community-forum) to find the closest park hosting a satellite event or start your own!

Free

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December 2024 Newsletter

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2024 Community Outreach Survey The Community Association is working on new and improved ways to connect with the neighbourhood, and big events like our annual Moonlight XC Ski and Winter Carnival are coming up in early 2025 (stay tuned for details). As part of an increased focus on outreach, we want to hear from …

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My First Time Winter Sowing

Gillian Cantello, Environment Committee I have always loved gardens, but I am far from being an accomplished gardener. I had never grown anything from seed. That changed when I became part of the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association’s Environment Committee and got to know some of the members, who are wonderful gardeners. One of …

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CGOWCA Pilot Project – A Community Forum

Starting in November 2024, the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association will be launching a new pilot initiative: a community forum (minus the Facebook algorithm). I wanted to share some of the reasons we wanted to try this out for the community and what we hope to do to keep it as a safe, productive …

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October 2024 Newsletter

Editor’s Note: If you’re a regular reader of the newsletter, you will notice that starting last month the association has started posting news and updates more frequently on the website, with the newsletter serving up a summary of the news and activities for the month. Check the website regularly or subscribe to updates to stay …

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Benefits of the Orléans Corridor Secondary Plan

Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President, CGOWCA Board At our annual general meeting on September 24, we were lucky to have Robin van de Lande come to present on the Orléans Corridor Secondary Plan Study which is in the final stages of being adopted (pending Ontario Land Tribunal case OLT-23-000243). In May, a first development application

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