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MacNaughton Morrison Trail Run
Let’s explore the MacNaughton Morrison Trail in Exeter, Ontario. It starts out with a bit of a boardwalk and continues with this concrete one. There are distance markers throughout the route. Unfortunately, it is not a looped course, but there is still a lot to offer visually and it is definitely work a trip. There…
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Hana’s Story NEEDED to be Told
Hana’s Suitcase by Karen Levine An educator in a small museum in Japan asked for some artifacts for an exhibit she was preparing on the Holocaust. One of the items she received was an empty suitcase with a girl’s name painted on the front of it. This peaked her curiosity and she set forth to…
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The Back to Old School Hip-Hop Show (Sept 7th)
DWG Entertainment presents . . . The Back to Old School Hip-Hop show! Before school gets fully back into the swing of things, come out and PARTY with us at a super dope hip-hop show! Your DJ for the evening will be none other than Chase March! Performances by: Typewriters Madhattr Tempomental And your headliner, back…
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Escape From the Library
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein I have to admit that I don’t like the genre of mystery. It’s not appealing to me to see someone solve a murder. Detective fiction seems too formulaic and improbable for me to truly get into the story. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library sounded like a great…
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Oliver Spitts – Summer Sessions Tour (London, ON)
The F.I.T.C.H. Academy Summer Sessions Tour (London, ON) Oliver Spitts is bringing his summer long tour to London, Ontario, Canada tomorrow night. After this show, there are only two stops left on this multiple city tour which has included dates in the U.S.A. and all across Canada. He brings with them the following acts Budd…
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Justice League Stand-Alones
Aquaman – Vol. 1: The Drowning This is the start of a new era for Aquaman. He wants to work closely with the people of Earth and hopes that a new embassy will help him achieve peace between the land and the sea. Of course, there are those on both sides that don’t want to…
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Celebrating Hip-Hop’s Birthday on the Radio
94.9 CHRW Radio Western and Break North Radio Present: Word Up! A 24 Hour Celebration of Hip-Hop Culture. This is huge. We have never dedicated an entire day to hip-hop before on Radio Western. But what better day to do it than August 11th, the official birthday of hip-hop. There will be mixshows by live…
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Port Gratiot Trail
Just across the border of Sarnia, Ontario is the small community of Port Gratiot. I decided to explore the nature preserve and walking trail because I like exploring new places to run and thought doing so in a different country would be a nice change of pace. The trail had regular distance markings along it,…
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The Third Doctor Returns
Doctor Who – Heralds of Destruction The Third Doctor is no longer exiled on Earth. The TARDIS works and he is ready to go on an adventure, but before he can, a strange spaceship crashes and begins what looks to be a full-scale invasion. Fortunately for the Doctor, his previous incarnation shows up to help…
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Concrete Mob Comes to the Forest City
Concrete Mob exploded onto the hip-hop scene with their iconic song, “Boiling Point” that was featured on the first Rap Essentials compilation back in 1996. The group consists of emcees; Blackjak and Deuce Deuce. They grew up as childhood friends, beat-boxing and reciting rhymes on their neighborhood streets of downtown Toronto, Canada. They quickly made…