The holiday edition of the Parliament Street News is fast approaching. This is our 5th and last edition of the year and will be out before the silly season. If you are part of an organisation or association and would like to thank the community, or let them know about a fundraiser please write an […]
As a body wellness and Shiatsu specialist, Laurie knows which foods keep bodies at their optimum. In this fall edition of our Q&A, I asked how seasonal eats and habits affect key pressure points. ST: The spleen comes up a lot in Shiatsu. I was surprised to learn to what extent. Can you say […]
Contibuted by Edvard Ryder. Who do you trust with your life? Is it your spouse, a sibling or your best friend? Is this the person you’d trust to carry out your wishes when you die? That’s what an executor is – a person or company named in your will to carry out or “execute your […]
This past July, the Cabbagetown Boxing Club had the privilege and honor of sending a team down to Independence Missouri for the 17th Annual Ringside Championships. With over 1500 boxers competing from countries all over the world, the tournament provided some valuable experience for the boxers. Lead by Coach John Kalbhenn, the Cabbagetown boxers competing […]
Contributed by Kathy Flaxman. There’s a special experience early risers can enjoy – a coffee outdoors on the deck right after sunrise. One member of a young professional Cabbagetown couple, clients of Weenen General Contracting, had their back garden transformed last summer and singled out this early morning bliss as a favourite aspect of the […]
Cabbagetown native, Kimberley Ezeard, explores her experiences in selling and buying Cabbagetown real estate We Cabbagetown gardeners are a devoted, creative and proud group. We’re motivated by the love of the work and the results of our efforts, so it’s easy to be offended and outraged when someone comes along and deliberately lopes off […]
So this is the Canada Day edition. Thanks as usual to all of our advertisers and contributors. Our newest advertisers are Momentum Montessori, Berkley House Coaching and Treetop Dental. Just more proof that businesses read the paper and want to reach the community. Shoot this is only the 27th issue. As for contributors, we […]
This year, being Canada’s 150th Anniversary as a country, will trigger many comparisons with the last national party we enjoyed in 1967. In some respects, Canada is profoundly different today. For many, the Charter of Rights & Freedoms was the beginning of Canada as a nation. Perhaps that should be the date we honour. In […]
Contributed by Sarah Ennor While I was a little bit early for the official Canada 150 celebrations, I decided last October to take a month to cross Canada by car. I’d never done it, had some spare time on my hands, and thought a fall-time jaunt would do my spirit some good. It turned […]
Circa 1967 A fresh immigrant to Halifax, Nova Scotia (that will be me) is sent to Jackson, Mississippi. To attend a week long technical training course. Coming from a somewhat privileged middle class family, I was fluent in English and had a swagger acquired from visiting Americans whom I used to meet through work. […]
