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​ 3 Things You Should Never Assume

4/29/2016

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It was a fixture on Beechwood Avenue until Saturday night. Yes, our beloved New Edinburgh Pub closed its doors for the last time. I happened to be in Ottawa on the weekend of the closure and it took me by surprise.

​I know restaurants come and go. But I was pretty sad and nostalgic about the loss of this well worn corner pub.  It was the go-to place for many of our family gatherings  -  we celebrated birthdays, anniversaries and sometimes, nothing at all.
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​The booth by the window was the perfect perch to people watch and gab. And they'd happily pull a bunch of  tables together to feed our big clan.


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 Avoid the Wild Goose Chase...

3/24/2016

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It's been a very busy couple of weeks since I joined a welcome team for a Syrian refugee family that just arrived in Canada.

​The experience has been really great - for me, anyway - I'm not sure if our new Syrian friends have figured out these crazy, super friendly Canadians are only trying to help! (Can you be too welcoming? Not in Canada!)

The welcome team model is unique to Saint John and from what I hear, it's a model that more towns and cities should consider in their own effort to welcome new Canadians.


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 Where do YOU draw the line?

2/9/2016

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I started playing hockey at 40. I think it was a mid-life crisis. A few women in Sandy Hill (a neighbourhood in downtown Ottawa) who were tired of just watching their kids have fun playing hockey, decided to secure the outdoor rink once a week, for an hour, for a women's only scrimmage.

We equipped ourselves with  soccer knee pads, our white figure skates and our husband's hockey sticks and helmets. It was fun - slightly pathetic - but fun.  We've come a long way, baby.


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