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Elmhirst's Resort -sleigh ride Photo Jennifer Merrick
Southern Ontario Road Trips To Get You Through Winter!

I admit our family’s Southern Ontario road trips don’t always begin particularly well. It’s usually an early start, so the kids grumpily gather their stuff for the car as their parents gulp down coffee like it’s water. But as the day progresses, spirits lift and smiles return. The change in
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Abigails Tea House Goodie tray- Photo Denise Davy
Come for a Cuppa – Tea houses in Southern Ontario

Legend has it that in the mid-eighteenth century the Duchess of Bedford, a lifelong friend of Queen Victoria, served an afternoon tea as a way of holding her hungry guests over until the evening meal arrived. That move inspired a trend that leads to the opening of tea houses around
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Coffee at Hamilton's Cherry Birch General - Photo Denise Davy
Cool Cafes That Are Hot in Hamilton

You’re missing a lot if you’ve only seen Hamilton from the James Allan Bridge that arches across the bay on the way from Toronto to Niagara. The smokestack skyline that is your view from the bridge says more about the city’s past than the present day. For many years, the
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