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 smile and waves me in towards the bunkhouse. A young man is sitting on the steps, engrossed in his phone messages. I greet him in Jamaican patois from my car and he looks up, startled. I don’t recognize him and assume … [Read more...] about Making connections enriches a community
NOTL Rotary strengthens family ties with library partnership
It was almost 10 years ago, but the memory of the visit remains clear. I remember sitting at a table with Peter, whose daughter had passed away hours earlier in Jamaica, the day before her 21st birthday. He had missed her call when she tried to phone him earlier that day to say goodbye, knowing she only had a few hours to live. Paying for her medication and hospital … [Read more...] about NOTL Rotary strengthens family ties with library partnership
Long-time offshore worker planned to return this season
Gladstone Pusey August 30, 1963 –March 18, 2021 Broken Bank, Rock River, Clarendon A gentleman. Hard worker. Dependable. A man of his word. An honourable man. He liked to joke, to add a little levity when the going got tough at work on the farm. These are a few of the words his coworkers used when describing Gussy. The name on his passport was Gladstone … [Read more...] about Long-time offshore worker planned to return this season
Seldom-heard story of Tryon’s Folly
Jane Andres, best known in Niagara for her work helping offshore workers, says although she has spent her entire life in Niagara, “I possessed only a few dusty facts regarding the history of the U.S. side of the river. I had vague recollections of the story of the Tryon house, but it wasn’t until I spotted it from the Niagara Parkway close to Queenston in March 2020 that I … [Read more...] about Seldom-heard story of Tryon’s Folly
Couple cross Niagara to minister to local farmworkers
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, but it feels like he has had a decade’s worth of life-changing experience crammed into that short time. Although Christ Church McNab began reaching out to the Spanish-speaking farmworkers in 1988, it began … [Read more...] about Couple cross Niagara to minister to local farmworkers
