I hope you will gain a new appreciation for the complexity of a country that, against many odds, has become a beacon of civilization in our modern times.
To market we do go
The Stratford Farmers’ Market, established in 1855 and run under the auspices of the local agricultural society, bills itself as “one of the oldest markets in Ontario”. Its current location is in the Stratford Agriplex, part of the sprawling multi-use set of public buildings erected nearly 20 years ago, known as the Rotary Complex in…
A pool for one season
This outdoor pool, 94 years old in 2026, began as a civic project of the Lions Service Club and remains a centre of Stratford summer memories.
Fried food memories
For 73 years and counting, Stratford has been quenching its fried-food thirst with Ken’s Fries.
The bands play on
For nearly 40 years, twice a week during the summer, Stratford locals have gathered in Upper Queens Park to hear a band play.
The bridge … to everywhere
The teenagers flitted to the spot where many classes of youth before them had gone on this day: To the Bridge to Nowhere.
Earning my Cheetos
Over a year, 400,000 residents of Canada give blood. Only two per cent of people in Canada eligible to donate do so.
A blooming good time
Since its early days, Stratford has been a garden-mad city, creating beauty amid sometimes less-than-ideal conditions.
Groovin’ in the Grove
The Stratford Side Trail of the Avon Trail goes through an in-city forested natural area that used to be called The Old Grove.
