Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes Shirleyan English grew up in Northern Ontario where her father worked for the Ontario Northland Railway. She attended high school in North Bay and while there, volunteered for the government-run Farmerette program when she was 16 years old, spending a memorable summer working on a [...]
Music for the Most Wonderful Time of Year SOPHISTICATED LADIES is a talented trio of Female Musicians from London entertaining with the classics in music, including many songs from The American Song Book. They also offer soft jazz for Easy Listening. They have performed at Michael’s on the Thames, Olive R Twist, many of [...]
Maryam Al-SABAWI is a grade 11 student at St Andre Besette Catholic school. She was a friend of Yumnah’s. (Yumnah Afzaal) She is a founder of YCCI - the youth coalition combatting Islamophobia. Maryam and her friends have been busy organizing many different events and projects that are meant to honour their friend Yumnah [...]
Sharing her Knowledge and Love of Weather Julie Atchison is the Meteorologist on CTV London News at 6 p.m. and CTV London News at 11 p.m. Since her career in journalism began, Julie has covered news, entertainment, sports and weather. Originally from Peterborough, Julie graduated from Broadcast Journalism at Fanshawe College, and she has [...]
Chinese Canadian Pioneers, Heroes and Game Changers Arlene Chan has written seven books about the history, culture, and traditions of the Chinese in Canada, some shortlisted for the Ontario Speaker’s Book Award, Heritage Toronto Book Award, Silver Birch Award, and Red Cedar Award. Her work has been recognized with the Heritage Toronto Special Achievement Award, [...]
Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario: How our Volunteers Help us Build Community Renee is the Manager of Volunteer Services with Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario, which serves six counties in southern Ontario; Brant, Elgin, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford and Perth. She has three diplomas; Broadcasting, Public Relations, and Volunteer management. Her first experience with Habitat [...]
Still Having So Much Fun Making Music Since 1978, Sharon Hampson has been singing for families across North America as a member of the trio 'Sharon, Lois and Bram'. Together , the threesome produced over twenty-two recordings. They have appeared in every major concert hall in Canada and many in the United States, including [...]
As part of the Women's Canadian Club London Community Service activities, pop tabs are gathered throughout the year. Proceeds from the sale of the pop tabs are donated to the TVCC Fund throughout the year. In the past year these proceeds have contributed to acquiring a new 'Convaid Cruiser' for Dylan DeBeer. [...]
As part of the Women's Canadian Club London Community Service activities, pop tabs are gathered throughout the year. Proceeds from the sale of the pop tabs are donated to the TVCC Fund throughout the year. In the past year these proceeds have contributed to acquiring new wheelchairs for Lugus and Cynan Bradley. [...]
Paul Mills has been part of the Canadian folk music scene and recording industry for over 50 years. Early in his career, he worked as a producer for CBC Radio and, among other things, created and produced the folk music program, “Touch the Earth” that was hosted by Sylvia Tyson and aired nationally from [...]