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Join Us for a Spoon-Making Workshop at Ross Farm Museum! Unleash your creativity and connect with history at our hands-on spoon-making workshop! Delve into the age-old craft of woodworking and learn...

A Council meeting will be held on this day beginning at 8:45 am. AGENDAS Agendas are posted on-line, the Monday prior to the meeting. PUBLIC INPUT - Meetings are open to the public, and we invite...

Join us for an hilarious made-in-Canada madcap adventure, as Canadian creators Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s cult web series leaps to the big screen with Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie...

Our Maple Syrup Weekend will take place on March 28th and 29th this year. Maple syrup-themed activities will happen throughout the Museum Site. In the Cooperage, you can learn about the process of...

Join our instructor, Sandy, in our first paper quilling workshop on Saturday, March 28th. Paper quilling is the art of rolling, shaping, and gluing strips of paper to create decorative designs and 3D...

Fish Fry at the Hubbards Area Lions Club from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Cost is $16 - no advance order required.

Corned Beef & Cabbage Supper at the District #1 Community Centre, Blandford from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Eat-in or Take-out. Enjoy corned beef, cabbage, turnip, carrots, potatoes, rolls & dessert. Adults $17...

One of Nova Scotia’s most prolific and best-loved folk singers, Dave Gunning, celebrates the release of a brand new album right here in Chester. With over two decades on the road, Nova Scotia’s Dave...

Join us for Silver Screamers, the joyful celebration of second acts and fearless reinvention Synopsis: The heartwarming and spine-tingling documentary that follows a spirited group of senior citizens...

Part theatre, part improv comedy, TILT follows as a couple’s relationship takes a turn when a shocking secret comes to light. What secret? You decide! TILT is a hybrid theatre/improv show where each...

Crib Tournament at the Forties Community Centre (1787 Forties Road, New Ross). Doors open at 12:00 noon. Registration starts at 12:30 pm. Play starts at 1:00 pm. Cost $20 per team. Canteen available...

Auction 45 Card Games at the Little Red School, Canaan starting 1:00 pm. Cost $3 per person.

In the matter of the Municipal Government Act and the Municipality of the District of Chester TAKE NOTICE THAT on Thursday, January 15, 2026, Chester Municipal Council provided intention to rezone the...

A Council meeting will be held on this day beginning at 8:45 am. AGENDAS Agendas are posted on-line, the Monday prior to the meeting. PUBLIC INPUT - Meetings are open to the public, and we invite...

Opening Reception Thursday, Apr 9th 5-7pm Creative Seniors is an 8-week pay-what-you-can art program for seniors 55+ Led by Lisa Hrabowsky, this painting studio offered a unique Creative Seniors...

Renaissance Sports Day at the New Ross Legion. Registration at 9:30 am. Play starts at 10:00 am. Come have a great day of Fun and Friendship! Darts, Pool, Shuffleboard and Crokinole. Two person teams...

Crib Tournament at the Little Red School, Canaan starting 1:00 pm. Cost $20 per team. Cash prizes.

Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. EPiC features long-lost footage from Presely’s...

Supper at the Forties Community Centre (1787 Forties Road, New Ross) from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Enjoy baked beans, potato scallop, ham, pie/cheesecake dessert, tea & coffee. Eat-in or Take-out. Fully...

National Canadian Film Day Celebrate National Canadian Film day with a FREE screening of Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s latest enthralling imagining of ancient Inuit stories Uiksaringitara (Wrong...

Council Policy & Strategy Sessions will be held on the second-last Thursday of the Month. This meeting replaces the former Committee of the Whole meeting. The Council Policy & Strategy Session is a...

Join us on Saturday April 18th at 1pm to create a personalized gift for your Mom with pressed flowers. The perfect Mother's Day present made by you for that special person in your life. ​Sasha...

Chester Heritage Society Welcomes Spring with a Roast Pork Dinner Take-Away Meal. Enjoy Roast Pork with Red Wine Gravy, Herb Shallot Stuffing, Roasted Vegetables (potatoes, carrots & broccoli)...

Happenstance Jam at the Forties Community Centre (1787 Forties Road, New Ross) from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. Come to play, sing or listen. Admission $2. There will be a 50/50 draw.

Buckle up for JoyRide, a duo that is a fast-paced, multi-instrumental thrill-ride of jazz, ragtime, Latin, klezmer, Celtic, bebop, blues and more! Colin Maier (oboe, saw, vocals, from Quartetto Gelato...

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden ( Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman ( The Hobbit, The Responder) in The Fifth Step, the critically acclaimed and subversively...