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Exeter has its share of fires – houses, barns, crop fires – but a fire on Main Street is rare. The buildings are old and while some have been restored and cared for, others have not been maintained as well. Yesterday afternoon there was a fire that had the whole town buzzing in a  Main…

Anyone who is the slightest bit familiar with the Main Street in Grand Bend knows the Dairy Dip. Until his retirement, owner John Ross was a favourite teacher in the area and along the way his Dairy Dip has employed a lot of students and helped them pay for post-secondary education. It’s still THE place…

Grand Bend was the place to be for Canada Day celebrations in this neck of the woods so down to the beach we went. A friend, Michael, has been doing a lot of street photography in black and white recently and I’ve been enjoying it immensely so I thought I’d give it a shot. Below…

The beach at Grand Bend is not a bad place to enjoy Canada Day festivities. Music, sunset, water and a bunch of really happy people!

There is frequently talk about North Americans being overweight however I expect this will seriously narrow the available pool of applicants.