Grand Designs on Brighton: Northumberland Fine Food Opens
From the dormant shell of a building previously home to one of Brighton’s historic canneries, the most exciting retail development is preparing to open for business. Over the winter months, local Northumberland couple Jennifer Haslett and her husband Scott Horrobin have been transforming the last survivor of Brighton’s thirteen canning...
Wineries to Watch In 2023
During the last several years, I’ve tasted a large number of exceptional wines. Those wineries that consistently pleased me and continue to increase in my esteem are listed below. Some may not be easily accessible to Ontario consumers, but persevere and I have indicated possible distributors such as the Société des Alcools du Québec, or winery direct as appropriate...
Tamworth Celebrates 175 Years of Community, Resilience, and Spirit.
Tamworth is located in scenic eastern Ontario. The village’s population grew in the late 1840s with the arrival of Irish immigrants, seeking a better life amidst the potato famine. Largely tenant farmers, they purchased land for a dollar per acre, cleared fields, built rock fences, raised timber barns, and made money from...
Gary Michael Dault, CM Before and After
“It’s not what the artist does that counts, but what he is.” Picasso
Both Monet and Picasso considered Cezanne an artist’s artist. Monet collected Cezanne’s work whereas Picasso was inspired to purchase a piece of land that provided Cezanne with his famous motif, Mont Sainte-Victoire. Each of us has an artist or two, or a few, who inspire. I’ve known...
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: 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...