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Jun 19, 20182 min read

Becoming a River Rat by Kim McCord

I remember visiting Brockville when I first came to Canada from the US. I was living in downtown Toronto at the time, but my...

weareneighbours

Jun 12, 20182 min read

Winter Bites by Cody Nolan

It was the dead of winter, a day so cold that when you inhaled through your nostrils, they’d stick together. The snow was heavy and...

weareneighbours

Jun 5, 20184 min read

The Kindness of Neighbours by Vicky Zweirs

My father always wanted to be a farmer. After the war, and a year in a concentration camp, he wanted to leave Holland and follow his...

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May 29, 20182 min read

Donkeys and Elderberries by Annick

I was born in the Alps, the French Alps. Twenty-eight years ago I came to Canada, but I first came to Quebec. My first child was born in...

weareneighbours

May 22, 20181 min read

Small Town Adventures by Peggy Gilles

I moved to the Leeds Grenville area from Ottawa in 2006 because my first grandchild was about to be born here. The first few years we...

weareneighbours

May 15, 20182 min read

Picnic to Find Paradise by Javiera and Ken

We didn’t know about this area before we first visited here. If we hadn’t stopped on our way from Montreal to Oakville, I don’t know...

weareneighbours

May 8, 20183 min read

A New Road by Wendy MacLean

Our region prides itself on its Loyalist roots. It is a good place to come to. In 2017, Brockville welcomed several families from Syria....

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