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Jane Andres

Preparations underway for Peach Pickers Picnic

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This week the magic happened. It started with a tiny flicker, a momentary reflection catching my eye in a little pond tucked deep among the ferns. A second tiny flash hovered over the path and I followed it down to the forest below. I was transfixed by the sight that awaited — a veritable constellation of thousands of fireflies hovering and drifting through the ferns and … [Read more...] about Preparations underway for Peach Pickers Picnic

Portrait from a caring community: Anneliese Pankratz

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Anneliese Pankratz with Evral Gardner, Dwayne Edwards and Daniel Russell after a CWOP service. (Jane Andres)
It was a beautiful evening in fall and I was enjoying a quiet time puttering about in my front yard when I heard it. It was a muffled crack followed by an onslaught of men’s excited voices, then abrupt silence. I couldn’t tell where it was … [Read more...] about Portrait from a caring community: Anneliese Pankratz

Migrant workers have names, like the rest of us

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AnnMarie and Prince Duff with their two children, Jane Andres, Barry Williams, Jodie and Leah Godwin, and Joan and Liebert Dawson visit the Devon House in Kingston, Jamaica, for what Andres describes as "world -famous ice cream." She and the Godwins were visiting their Jamaican friends. (Photo supplied)
In our bed and breakfast guest room there is a … [Read more...] about Migrant workers have names, like the rest of us

Debbie Wiecha: Kind, caring, with a generous heart

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Debbie Wiecha delivers produce to the Dufferin Grove Organic Market. (Photo supplied)
The police officer leaned in closer to the squad car radio, listening in disbelief. Dispatch was requesting backup for a traffic situation. An excited driver had just reported a woolly mammoth running loose on the Burlington Skyway. A what? When he and about 10 … [Read more...] about Debbie Wiecha: Kind, caring, with a generous heart