November 15, 2025 It was shortly after midnight on November 1 when Daniel arrived in Montego Bay after eight months working on a farm in Niagara-on-the-Lake. When the taxi headlights illuminated the apocalyptic scene, he was in disbelief. There was…
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Read MoreOctober 29, 2021 by Jane AndresCommunity If you’ve ever visited local farm stands in search of the perfect peach you would likely have met Paul Bent at the colourful Epp farm stand on the Niagara River Parkway. Some locals like…
Read MoreOctober 7, 2021 by Jane Andres The parish of Clarendon lies in the heart of Jamaica’s mountainous countryside. Few Niagara locals have even heard of this area, yet many of us have been influenced by or benefitted from the “Clarendon…
Read MoreMaking connections enriches a community July 2021 by Jane Andres It’s a Tuesday night and I’m pulling up to the Serlucca farm on Concession 2, the car loaded with groceries. Dan, the farm owner, greets me with a big…
Read MoreNiagara on the Lake Local, Dec. 30, 2020 It wasn’t what they expected when they moved to Niagara. It has only been a year and a half since Antonio Illas first set foot on the most fertile soil in Canada,…
Read MoreNiagara on the Lake Local, December 11, 2020 2020 will always be remembered as a year of extraordinary challenges. In Niagara on the Lake it will also be remembered as a time when a caring community shone brightly! The delivery…
Read MoreIn a guest room in our bed and breakfast there is a little basket with a unique contraption tucked in amongst a collection of loose photos. The stereograph was a gift from my husband years ago, a low tech…
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2019 by Jane Andres It had all the feels of a long anticipated reunion, the adults hugging and laughing as the children watched with shy smiles, waiting to be introduced. Indeed it was a special kind of extended family reunion,…
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