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A year long gift of good food

Good food is needed not just at Christmas, but all year long

>> Alex Harned

December is officially here! After many months of waited anticipation, it is finally permissible to engage in the bounty of holiday cheer. Frosted snowflakes and Rudolph sightings are commonplace in downtown shop windows, glowing strings of lights line the neighbourhood streets, and […]

By |December 20th, 2016|Buzz, Events, News, Village Vibe|0 Comments

10 years of social enterprise

>> Lee Herrin

Fernwood NRG has hit a number of milestones in the past few years: the organization turned 35 in 2014, FernFest turned 20 in 2015, and both the Village Vibe and the Cornerstone building (in neighbourhood hands) turned 10, also in 2015. And just this past month, the Cornerstone Café hit the 10 year […]

By |December 20th, 2016|Editorial, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Holiday Emporium at George Jay Elementary

>> Tania Wegwitz

This Little Light is not the only holiday event going on at George Jay. While a holiday play is a new endeavor, George Jay’s Holiday Emporium is very much a school tradition. Each year the school collects gently used items from families and the community. These items are then put up for sale […]

By |December 20th, 2016|Events, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Sounds of the Holidays: George Jay students at The Belfry Theatre

>> Tania Wegwitz

Music and the sounds of winter festivals from around the globe are cascading through the hallways of École George Jay Elementary this time of year.

Encouraged and led by teacher Annie Shum, the students are finding joy in weekly music classes.  From younger students trying their hands at rhythm instruments and xylophones generously donated […]

By |December 19th, 2016|Events, News, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Sign up now for Winter Programs starting January 2017

Keep warm, active and social this winter at Fernwood Community Centre

January marks the start of Term 1 for the Recreation Programs at Fernwood Community Centre. Keep warm, active and social this Winter by getting involved in our diverse array of activities such as mind-body practices Kyudo, Qi Gong, Karma Yoga and Capoeira for kids and […]

By |December 15th, 2016|Events|0 Comments

Hey, lighten up a little

>> Hazel Lyder

Many of us have so much. So much that we feel somehow vaguely or overtly oppressed by it all: our stuff a burden that anchors us uncomfortably in a place, or in the past, something to trip over, to dust.

And now we find ourselves once again at the Season of Giving. How many […]

By |December 14th, 2016|News, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Affordable, adorable kids clothing

>> Kathryn Juricic

There’s more behind the doors of Thistle and Wren than children’s consignment. While the walls are adorned with cute and affordable  clothes for your kiddos aged new born to twelve years old, it’s the community focus and exceptional skills of owner Candace Negm that offer the depth to her retail shop.

Candace is a […]

By |December 13th, 2016|Buzz, Village Vibe|0 Comments