Giant Pumpkin

• It’s Ormstown’s first great pumpkin weigh-off, Charlie Brown

  Glenn Cheam judged multiple categories in Saturday's weigh-off, including 3 squash and 6 pumpkins that take around 6 months to grow, gaining around 40-50 pounds per day.

  Features

  Oct 1, 2022
  
• Kawartha Lakes growers claim Canada’s largest giant pumpkin for third straight year

  Canada's largest pumpkin in 2020 weighs 1,939.5 pounds and was grown in Cameron, Ont.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2020
  
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• Kawartha Lakes giant pumpkin growers aim to carve another Canadian record

  One of Canada's largest pumpkins is in Cameron, north of Lindsay.

  Environment

  Oct 16, 2020
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• Pumpkin carver pits Alberta’s biggest cities against each other in fundraising campaign

  “I got the pumpkin on the condition that I raise some money for charity,” Beniuk said.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2018
• Nova Scotians take part in 20th annual pumpkin regatta

  Competitors sit in massive, hollowed-out pumpkins — often painted or decorated in an array of colours — and paddle across the lake using canoe or kayak paddles.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2018
• Kawartha Lakes farmers grow Canadian record-setting pumpkin

  Phil and Jane Hunt's pumpkin weighs 1,942 pounds.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2018
• Giant pumpkin used to raise funds for CancerCare Manitoba destroyed

  Chris Okell has spent the last few years carving giant pumpkins into giant jack-o-lanterns as part of a fundraiser in honour of his mother who passed away from cancer in 2010.

  Oct 31, 2016