Oct 10 2023
October 2023 The Sound of Music Festival is an annual music festival in Burlington, Ontario, held in mid-June over the Father’s Day weekend. The free-admission festival, with paid VIP upgrades, is held in Spencer Smith Park along the city’s waterfront and throughout the downtown core, billing itself as “Canada’s Largest Free Music Festival.” Just two of the …
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Oct 10 2023
October 2023 Back in 2021, the country was rocked by the shocking news, presented as “fact,” that the graves of 215 children buried at a former Indian residential school in Kamloops, BC, had been discovered. We were told that ground penetrating radar had located unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, but this …
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Oct 08 2023
October 2023 The 15-Minute City might be a good idea in theory. The concept is a city design that enables residents to access most daily amenities within a 15 to 20-minute walk, bike or other mode of transportation from any point in a city, town or village regardless of size. However, the concept comes with …
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Sep 21 2023
September 2023 A large crowd gathered on 18 September in a small park in Bradford, Ontario, for the official re-naming of Middleton Park to Constable Devon Northrup Memorial Park, in honor of the fallen 33-year-old South Simcoe Police officer killed in the line of duty almost exactly a year prior. On 11 October 2022, South …
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Sep 20 2023
September 2023 Across Ontario, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is organizing a “No Spece For Hate In Ontario” campaign for the week of 20-25 September, with protests scheduled for various cities across the province. The OFL protest is meant to counter the “1 Million March For Children,” taking place on 20 September in numerous …
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Sep 17 2023
September 2023 Black Creek Pioneer Village, previously known as Dalziel Pioneer Park, is an open-air living heritage museum in Toronto, Ontario, in 1960, consisting of more than 30 historic buildings arranged in a village setting. Built on the original farm of Daniel Stong, an of Upper Canada, the village is a recreation of life in 19th-century …
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Sep 16 2023
September 2023 Re: “Trudeau’s had his fill of volatile food prices” (Canadian Press, 15 September): As Chandler Bing might say, “Could Justin Trudeau be any more annoyingly dumb about economics?!” Reading both this column and the column “Axe the tax on farms and food,” by Franco Terrazzano, highlights why Trudeau is the problem here. It’s …
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Sep 08 2023
September 2023 Little Canada is a unique tourist attraction that lets you take a trip across Canada, all without having to use a plane, train, or automobile. Previously known as Our Home and Miniature Land, Little Canada can be found at Young-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Opened on 5 August 2021, the attraction the …
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Sep 08 2023
September 2023 If you want to take a summer day to walk along a 1 kilometre-long sunflower trail, or pick your own wild flower bouquet, then Laura’s Farm Stand is worth the visit. Located on Highway 27 in Essa Township, south of Barrie, Ontario, farmer Laura Currie and her husband welcome visitors to their farm …
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Sep 07 2023
September 2023 They are with us for such a short time, but for many of us, the memory of them stays with us for as long as we live. For almost 50 years, the Ancaster Pet Cemetery has been the final resting place for the beloved furry friends of Hamilton-area residents. Established by Hamilton veterinarian …
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