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.
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.
The paths amid the dead
The Avondale Cemetery covers around 68 acres, with more than 33,200 internments: that’s more than the current official living population of Stratford.
Shall we gather by the river
It can be easy to take the picturesque, park-lined Avon River for granted. As my father-in-law says, “when I grew up here, I thought every town looked like this.”
Hog wild
The city of Stratford is the largest municipality in Perth County, which has the highest concentration of pig farms in Canada.
Cover girl
Our Homes magazine has featured our renovated farmhouse-style home in its spring 2026 edition under the headline, In Living Colour.
A place for dancer’s pose
The Yoga Collective appears to be the longest-running continuous yoga studio in Stratford.
