Flags display Canadian pride

Many Centennial residents proudly flew their Canadian flags on flag day , February 15 By Kathryn Stocks The world has changed quite a bit since our last issue, and there will undoubtedly be...

March Break activities at the library and at home

Vision Board Bingo Cards Port Union Library Family Movie Night:Monday, March 10 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.Join us at Port Union Library for a Family Movie night. The movie will be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,...

“Choose Canada” taking hold in Centennial

Patricia Sheehan is a regular shopper at Metro.”It would be helpful if stores made it clearer on which products and produce are Canadian. Thank goodness the bananas are not from the U.S.!” By...

Spring clearing and cleaning has sprung!

A basement declutter by Allie Shaw By Shelley Cooke As we head into another spring season, we are faced with the age-old tradition of spring cleaning. While some people relish this time of...

Burn Creeggan – CCRA Volunteer Extraordinaire!

Burn Creeggan supported the CCRA and the community for over 40 years By Kathy Rowe A lot happened for Burn Creeggan in 1968. “Our first new house (in Centennial), our first baby (John),...

Memories of Covid life five years ago

Car horns signalling a birthday car parade was a common event during Covid By Kathy Rowe On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 a global pandemic. Two...

Protect birds and other wildlife by keeping cats indoors

By Wanda Wierzbicki There have recently been posts on our neighbourhood social media sites about cats. Sometimes people are concerned that a cat is lost or homeless. Other times people are annoyed with...

Kitchen tools need cleaning too!

By Kathryn McLean Is March too early for spring cleaning? Here’s a collection of tips for refreshing some of your kitchen items, springtime or otherwise, to help your everyday kitchen tasks go more...

Canadian author’s riveting novel inspired by real-life heroine

The Secret History of Audrey James A novel by Heather MarshallSimon & Schuster, 2024 By Julie Kish The Secret History of Audrey James is a powerful action-packed story about a courageous young German...

Bridge at Port Union Community Centre

Card sharks playing Bridge at the Port Union Community Centre By Denise Bacon Bridge, which evolved from Whist, another card game, from the 1890’s, is a trick-taking card game for four players in...

Centennial Flag Day

On February 15, people across the country and here in Centennial proudly flew their Canadian flags. It was a quintessentially Canadian moment that was spurred by a request from all of the country’s living former prime ministers to display national pride for the flags 60th anniversary.