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The Town Crier's Year-End Photo Wrap-up!
We love seeing your photos of Fenelon Falls, and we want to celebrate your favourite photos of the year in a special photo-only edition of the Town Crier! We’re going to run this edition in late January 2023, so you have until Jan 15th to submit your favourite photos from 2022.
Winter Kawartha Lakes Community Guide
Winter is the perfect time to try a new class, learn a new skill, or consider becoming a Membership holder. The exciting line up of programs has everything to get you resolution ready and keep you active throughout the winter months.
Scottish Curlers To Play at the Fenelon Falls Curling Club During 2023 Strathcona Cup
Once every 10 years, Canada plays host to the world’s oldest international men’s curling bonspiel, the “Strathcona Cup”. This month-long curling bonspiel brings together 60 male curlers from Scotland to play against Canadians in curling centres across Canada.
Thank You From the Santa Day Committee!
Santa and the Santa Day committee would like to say a huge Thank You to all those supporters, volunteers, community members, and performers who helped make Fenelon Falls Santa Day such a great event this year.
Eat, Shop & Be Merry
Eat, Shop & Be Merry is coming the weekend of December 2nd to 4th in Fenelon Falls. It’s the perfect opportunity to enjoy the new downtown holiday decor, explore our unique shops, and relax over a meal with your family. Take time for a visit with friends and neighbours as you finish your Christmas shopping.
Weekend events also include:
Announcing the winners of the Banana Baking Contest!
Well, Fenelon bakers, you really came through! You knocked the socks off our judges, Councillor, Mike Perry, and Cow & Sow/On the Locks owner, Haley Pickering. It was no easy decision but there are two winners of this year's Banana Baking Contest!
Spotlight Kawartha - Thurs, Nov 24, 2022
In the most recent episode of Spotlight Kawartha, we discuss mental health with Canadian Family Health Counselling, the City of Kawartha Lakes Library shares a kids' craft idea, and we watch cooking demos from the Kawartha Lakes Food Source. Also, this week on Rogers tv Kawartha-North Durham, Debra Hutchinson interviews newly-elected Mayor Doug Elmslie on Talk Politics, airing Friday, November 25 at 6:00pm.
Upcoming Holiday Events in Kawartha Lakes
Click on Read More to learn about the different holiday events happening this season in Kawartha Lakes! 🎄
Country Cupboard Teams up with Sip to Reduce Waste this Santa Day
Bring your reusable mug to Sip on Santa Day to get a free hot chocolate or coffee!
With an influx of people coming to town for the very popular Santa Day, so comes the influx of waste, especially single use coffee cups.
From the Fenelon Falls Horticultural Society
Our Annual General Meeting will be at the Senior Citizens Club at 7 P.M. on Monday, November 28th at 58 Murray Street in Fenelon Falls. There will be musical entertainment at the November 28th meeting so please join us for the fun and the singalong! It’s all FREE and everyone is welcome.
Move over gingerbread, it's Banana Baking Contest Time!
Thanks to Sobeys, many of us were treated to free bananas this past Monday, after the store received 100 extra boxes with their shipment. So, I thought a Fenelon Falls Banana Baking Contest would be a fun way to use those bananas! Next Tuesday, November 22nd, please drop off your contest entries to the Cow & Sow between 11am and 7pm. Be sure to fill out the entry form.
Spotlight Kawartha - Thurs, Nov 3rd, 2022
The most recent Spotlight Kawartha episode aired on Thursday, November 3 on Rogers tv North Durham-Kawartha! In this episode we enjoy “Craft Time with Lyndsay” at the Kawartha Lakes Library, visit the Painted Ridge Farm as part of the “Backroads of Brock” series and Jonny Taylor takes us through another educational language class with Curve Lake First Nations, focusing on “moons”.
The 5th Annual Passport to Christmas Starts Tomorrow!
The 5th Annual Passport to Christmas shop local promotion goes live on Friday, November 18th! The promotion starts Friday, November 18th and runs to Sunday, December 18th, 2022. Take advantage of the double stamp weekends on Dec. 2 to 4th and Dec. 16 to 18th.
Soccer Shenanigans and Comedic Catastrophe in Globus Theatre's Latest Offering!
November marks the kick-off to Soccer's World Cup and, with Canada poised to play a part in it for the first time in 36 years, Globus Theatre is making the national team's sojourn in Qatar the topic of this year's festive murder mystery.
Santa is Seeking Volunteers + Parade Participants
If you would like to be part of this fun day sign up to be a volunteer or get an application to be in the parade. Click' ‘Read More’ to find the application forms!
The Horticultural Society's Annual General Meeting
The last meeting of 2022, our Annual General Meeting, will take place at the Senior Citizens Club at 7 PM on Monday, November 28th at 58 Murray Street in Fenelon Falls.
Thank You For a Successful Pumpkin Parade - From the Grove Theatre
We would like to thank the community—Fenelon Falls and beyond!—for an incredibly successful Second Annual Pumpkin Parade. With double the (very creative) pumpkins donated this year and a full theatre each night, it was a truly magical experience.
Passport to Christmas Launches Nov 18th!
Start the car! Passport to Christmas is back for a 5th year of holiday shopping & dining fun.
Artist, Donna Bisschop, Brings Colour and Joy to Local Lore
Speaking with artist, Donna Bisschop, over the phone feels like a cozy meander through the woods. Multi-talented Donna moved to Fenelon eight years ago on Hallowe’en. She is a visual artist first, working mainly in acrylics both large scale and small, but is also a passionate vocalist and drummer with her band, Dig the Moon.
