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Stories about neighbors, belonging, mutual support, and the small connections that make a place feel like home.

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3 Reasons To Connect With Your Neighbors
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3 Reasons To Connect With Your Neighbors

According to the longest-running study on adult development conducted at harvard university, people who are more socially connected to their friends, famil

Helping Others Brings Happiness
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Helping Others Brings Happiness

Starting over from scratch. Fleeing a war. Hoping for a better life in Canada. This is the reality for many refugee families. Life will be better. Soon.

Little Fish in the Water
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Little Fish in the Water

Meeting people in 2019 is no small challenge. Gone are the days of dance parties where the whole town would gather for a drink at the local bar.

Montreal and Me
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Montreal and Me

For the past few years, before my vacation ends, I’ve spent a day on my own in Montreal. I started doing this in 2015.

The Poisoned Apple
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The Poisoned Apple

My darlings, when I gave you life, I truly believed I was giving you the most beautiful gift of all. Today, I have my doubts. I’m afraid.

Why Celebrate St. John the Baptist Day?
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Why Celebrate St. John the Baptist Day?

There are a thousand clichés about this Quebec holiday. There’s the famous drinking party on the Plains of Abraham that drew young people from all over Que