If you’re concerned about social and ethical issues, why not speak out with your investment portfolio? Through socially responsible investing, your portfolio can reflect your values. As an investor, you can support businesses that are doing their part to make the world a better place. Socially responsible investing — also known […]
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The Joyful Gardener: I Love a Mystery!
Campanula glomerata (clustered bellflower) from Botanica’s Pocket Gardening Encyclopedia How I love a good mystery! Be it an old Agatha Christie movie featuring Monsieur Hercule Poirot, or a riveting, who-done-it page turner, it’s fun playing detective as one follows a story, trying to discover tell-tale clues. I daresay, even the […]
Bygone Days – Cedar Creek Canoe Rentals
This is a photo of Cedar Creek, showing Mr. Brundritt’s Canoe Rentals, around 1945. If you recognize anyone in this photo, please contact the Kingsville Archives at 226-348-6377 or email kingsvillearchives@gmail.com Photo courtesy of the Kingsville Archives
The Show Must Go Online
At this point in time we are facing great changes. The difficulties facing our Canadian musicians are something to consider. Already juggling multiple job titles, they are now finding themselves working even harder to keep ahead of their expenses during this pandemic. Being a musician is hard enough that some […]
Can You Improve Your Relationship with Money?
In your life, you will have all sorts of relationships — with your family, your friends, your co-workers, and even with civic groups and charitable organizations you support. But have you ever considered another key relationship — the one you have with money? Of course, this type of relationship has […]
Bygone Days – Wigle’s Store
This is a photo of Wigle’s Groceries which was located on the west side of Division South, at the corner of Stanley Street. This was the place for the neighbourhood kids to go for ice cream and treats. The date of the photo is unknown. If you recognize anyone in […]
Home Fires
In the summer of 2013, a man knocked on the door of my house. He’d grown up within its walls. He was in his late eighties and he wanted to look around. He remembered his neighbours, which bedroom had been his and where his brothers had slept. The house is […]
Ask Kiki: New In Town?
Got questions? “Ask Kiki” is your local advice column for relationship woes, employment concerns and life issues. Today, New In Town has a question and Kiki has an answer. Q. I’m new to town and having a hard time meeting people during COVID. How can I make friends and socially distance […]
Our Kids and COVID
This morning my son said, “I’m scared Dad will get sick.” We’ve been under a state of emergency for 85 days and it’s the first time he’s voiced his concern. Just as restrictions have been gently lifted, the virus has affected our lives directly, with an outbreak in our workplace. […]
Joyful Gardener: Thoughts, Tips and Tales
Essential Workers of Another Sort What power each gardener has, whether you till and toil in a large acreage or in a small back yard plot! By planting a diversity of flowering plants, you are helping to ensure the survival of a whole variety of pollinators, particularly butterflies and bees. They […]
Got Questions? Ask Kiki!
Got questions? Ask Kiki for answers. “Ask Kiki” is your local advice column for relationship woes, employment concerns and life issues. When Kiki was approached about contributing to the new Kingsville Times, she jumped at the opportunity. Kiki grew up in Essex County before moving away to pursue life experiences […]











