The Town of Oakville has three heritage districts as designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Old Oakville Heritage Conservation District Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District First and Second Street Heritage Conservation District Map of Oakville's 3 Heritage Districts These three dis
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01/17/2012
Bill and Sue** are a typical young Oakville couple. They both have great but demanding jobs and they love to spend their spare time enjoying Oakville restaurants and theatre with their friends. When they bought their fixer upper home, Bill and Sue had some great renovation ideas, but Bill just
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11/25/2011
Oakville, Ontario is located in an enviable geographic position. Sitting on the shores of Lake Ontario, and centrally located between the large cities of Toronto and Hamilton, the Town of Oakville with a population of approximately 175,000 still retains a small town community feel. The GO commut
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11/21/2011
Shakespeare Conservation Area is a quiet little spot great for picnics, hikes in the forest, fishing, or just reading and watching the geese and great blue heron. It is located just north of Shakespeare, also known as one of Ontario's antique hot spots between Kitchener-Waterloo & Stratford. If
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09/23/2011
Do you use a tagline for your business? Is it part of your branding or do you change it up every so often when the mood strikes? Is it catchy, humorous, clever? Is it truthful? Are you an expert, a specialist, number 1? I know lots of you are. Do you have the facts to back up your statements
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08/18/2011
A year ago we happened to be driving through Woodstock, Ontario on Easter Sunday, on our way to visit my sister in nearby Shakespeare, Ontario for Easter dinner. We ended up taking a wrong turn in Woodstock and came across what was left of a beautiful turn of the century Church. Only the front w
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08/03/2011
It's been awhile since I've posted to the Name That Photo group created a couple of years ago by Liz Moras. It is a fun group to post to, one where you submit a photo with or without a clue and let AR members guess what the subject in the photo is. Sometimes the subject in the photo is relative
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05/31/2011
The City of Stratford, Ontario will be hosting their annual Heritage Weekend on June 3rd - 5th. I have already checked off the events that I'm interested in attending. I am a history nut so that's part of the reason that so many of the weekend events appeal to me. Here is how the www.welcometo
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05/29/2011
OK well my dog didn't really eat my blog, but my brand new Playbook did. I was doing so well with the 31 days of May Blogging Challenge and hadn't missed a day yet. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. My husband has been working in Toronto for the last few days so I had the opportunity
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05/28/2011
It's been 4 months now since we pulled up roots in Oakville, Ontario and drove an hour and a bit in a south western direction to Tavistock, Ontario. Oakville - Population 175,000 - Tavistock - Population - 2,400 Oakville is a fairly well known name. It's an upscale community on the shores of La
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05/26/2011