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: Sally Dixon; Articles; 10 December 2022

BLANQUETTE DE LIMOUX AND SAINT-HILAIRE and the birth of Champagne

It is an unlikely spot to have been the birthplace of the world’s favourite tipple; the one we all reach for to celebrate a birth, a joyful union or a life well lived. A small jewel of Romanesque architecture, the abbey of Saint-Hilaire is one of the most beautiful in France. Hidden in the remote depths of the Languedoc region, surrounded by rolling vineyards with the high peaks of the Pyrenees...

: Melissa Wakeling; Articles; 08 December 2022

Melissa Wakeling: Glanmore at Christmas

Melissa Wakeling: Glanmore at Christmas Glanmore National Historic Site is Belleville’s treasured community museum. Built in 1882-1883 for John and Harriet Phillips, it was the residence of four generations of the Phillips family until 1971 when the home was purchased to become a museum. Today, it cares for approximately 25,000 artifacts displayed in restored period room settings. In...

: Caroline Williams; Articles; 06 December 2022

Art Gallery of Northumberland: A New Era

Following an intense four week renovation, on November 12th the Art Gallery of Northumberland launched a new period in its sixty year long history of bringing art to the community. In celebration of the laying of a new hardwood floor supplied by Sine’s Flooring and funded by local philanthropy in combination with a Trillium Fund grant. The assembled dignitaries were delighted to learn from...

: Jeff Keary; Articles; 06 December 2022

Lola Reid Allin: Fierce, Flying, Female

Last year we dared a visit to France. Our flight home was entrusted to a female pilot, which I did not think that was particularly unusual, but apparently it is. Even now in these supposedly enlightened times under six percent of commercial pilots are female despite the fact that it is now fifty years since the first female pilot flew a commercial aircraft. Everyone knows of the exploits of...

: Jeff Keary; Articles; 24 September 2022

CIMRO: Interview with Mark Cameron MB., M.S.M.

Interview with Mark Cameron M.B., M.S.M., of CIMRO. Jeff Keary JK. Let’s be conventional and start at the beginning...please explain what is CIMRO? MC. Internationally, CIMRO is well known, and was recognized by HM Queen Elizabeth II who awarded the organization the Meritorious Service Medal for work in Syrian war zones, such as vaccinating children against Polio. Within Canada we are less well...

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: Michael Pinkus; Articles; 24 September 2022

Twelve Dollar Man Exceeds his Limit

Twelve Dollar Man exceeds his Limit. Michael Pinkus. Everybody's always searching for a bargain bottle of wine: one that doesn't break the bank and over-delivers, tasting great year in and year out. Other people I speak to are looking for their next ‘house wine.’ I have heard this term many times in the past; it refers to the wine people buy by the case, because "we love it,” "it's a good...

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