Bay West Group Inc. donates $25,000 to the Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation’s Our New Era campaign. Oran Johnson (left) and Jeremy Racicot (right), Partners and Co-Founders of the Bay West Group Inc., present a $25,000 cheque to Anissa Hilborn, President of the Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation. (New patient tower being built in the background.)
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You can see why the French Riviera was invaded by the Brits 3 centuries ago, and why they keep coming back. We stayed in Nice, the largest city in the region because it has a large stock of clean but moderately-priced hotels. You don’t have to spend a fortune to enjoy the Riviera. If you want to check out Monaco, …
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So you want a smart 3-series BMW or a swell Audi A4, but you cant afford the precious price tag. May I suggest the Kia Optima. Kia has a great designer named Peter Schreyer, who was poached from Audi, just after he shaped the design for the well regarded Audi TT. As chief design officer at Kia, his visionary magic …
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When the palette changes from bright summer hues to autumn neutrals, texture and print come into play to keep your wardrobe interesting. Many years ago, we encountered a fall/winter season in which everything (and I mean everything) was grey. Clean, smooth fabrics were used with very little texture and if there was texture it was heavy wool tweed. I will …
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In 1991 CHCH-TV gave me the go ahead to produce a half-hour gardening program called Gardener’s Journal. It started out as low budget. I had one day off from news reporting, shot the show, edited it that night and it was on the air two days later on Saturday mornings. There were no hair, makeup or wardrobe expenses, and I …
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Before the spread of SUV’s, people got along just fine hauling all their daily needs in the trunk of a sedan, and their family members in the back seats. For people with big projects, or the hunter-gatherer spirit, a station wagon added more versatile space. Over the years of renovating our house, we moved lumber, drywall, rocks and plants in …
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It’s cheap chubby and kind of cute. The base model Nissan Micra is $9,998, once everything is paid to put it your driveway the total is $11,398. That’s a bar tab for some people. The base designation strips the Micra down to a vow-of-poverty level. No air conditioning, no power locks, mirrors are adjusted manually, the car is shifted manually, …
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1 Ontario Craft Beer is experiencing a renaissance, taking us back to the day when there was a craft brewery in every community. Today, there are approximately 150 craft breweries in Ontario and with the right retail growth opportunities, the number of jobs in towns with a craft brewery could double or triple. 2 Local craft beer is handcrafted in …
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If you’re a serious gardener, you need a proper car for plant hunting expeditions. One should always be prepared for an impulsive purchase. A car must be able to welcome a fruit tree, a bale of straw, a bushel of manure or a waterlily slopping around in soggy soil. Almost every car I test drive for review has hauled a …
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Is Condo Living Right For You? If you frequent condominium open houses you’re sure to have noticed how diverse the market for condos truly is. There are first time buyers looking to get into the market, investors snapping up rental properties and, of course, baby boomers wanting to downsize their space and responsibilities. Condos can be low-rise buildings, townhouses, freestanding …
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