Quinte West - Lifestyle

Reach out and touch someone

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -As a card-carrying fuddy-duddy, I can rattle off a multitude of reasons why our culture is going downhill. And chief among them is technology. We text at the dinner table instead of talking. We play video games and lose out on relationships. We find our community on Facebook rather than in real life.

And yet, as much as I ...

Redcoats stand their ground 200 years later

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Norwood -As far as parties go it would be hard to top Norwood District High School's 200th anniversary celebration of the War of 1812.

After a one-year pause, the award-winning experiential history program was back with another remarkable War of 1812 re-enactment weekend, but this year's event was particularly notable because ...

The awesome San Antonio "Fiesta"

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -I had the good fortune to attend this year's awesome San Antonio "Fiesta." It's held every year in April, and it pays

tribute to the approximately 200 Alamo defenders who held out against Santa Anna's Mexican army of more than 2,000 for 13 days, before finally falling on March 6, 1836. This historic event has become a symbol ...

Area schools boogie down at the fairgrounds

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Belleville -Over 3,000 pairs of arms and legs waving and spinning with the music, might sound like a visual mess, but the actual spectacle of the annual celebration of dance had a special sort of harmony to it.

The event, now in its 22nd year, seeks to highlight the importance of physical activity like dance present in the ...

Students present eco-ideas to Brighton council

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Brighton -Four students from Brighton Public School made their pitch to municipal council last week in the hope of getting a couple of eco-friendly projects up and running.

Three of the students, Holly Hutchinson, Ameile Robertson and Alexis Turney, placed first in a recent "Caring For Our Watersheds" competition for their ...

Help for hoarders in the friendly city

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Belleville - Collecting is seen as a positive hobby, but what happens if that hobby is taken too far.

Judy Brant, hoarding coordinator with the Canadian Mental Health Association, spoke to the EMC about the phenomenon that has received so much attention through the Arts & Entertainment channel show entitled Hoarders. ...

Wayne and Bernie walk to the YMCA for the kids

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Quinte West - Wayne Dewe and Bernie Ouellet went for a walk on Friday, May 11. It was a long walk, 22 kilometres, from the Belleville YMCA to the Quinte West YMCA.

"Our goal was to raise $10,000 for the Strong Kids campaign," said Dewe.

They raised more than that, according to David Allen, regional director of the YMCA of ...

Living books taking root in Brighton

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Brighton -Brighton Library has recently become the first in Northumberland County to catalogue a living book. And the hope now is an organization or another library will borrow the newest addition to the local collection.

"If that were to happen, we have created an acknowledgment of the living library," said Brighton Arts ...

BTG summer programs filling fast

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Belleville - Summer enrollment for Bridging the Gap Quinte's summer programs is ramping up.

Nancy Saleh, program co-ordinator for Bridging the Gap's Quinte and Belleville locations, said that both the after school programs and the summer program offered by the agency focuses on social, life and academic skills.

"It is ...

Farmers' Market warming up with spring vendors

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Quinte West - It's been a slow spring, but local vendors are starting to fill up spaces at the Front Street Farmers' Market in downtown Trenton.

"We had four or five vendors on Thursday, but Saturday is busier," said market vendor clerk for 2012 Suzanne Simard Meloche.

Meloche was offering handmade goat milk and rainwater ...

It's no mystery to being the favourite

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Why is May Mystery Month? It's no mystery ... Last October, during our celebration of Canadian Library Month, we asked patrons which genre was their favourite and mystery was the winner. So in honour of our most popular type of fiction, the Belleville Public Library decided to devote this month to murder, mystery and deeds ...

An unconventional canoeist launches series

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Tweed - If you have ever checked Kevin Callan's Youtube films on camping and canoeing you will quickly realize there is nothing conventional about this guy's approach to experiencing the outdoors. Kevin is the author of the Happy Camper series and it is like Monty Python meets the Canadian wilderness.

Kevin is presently ...

Fourth year fabulous for Fishing with Kids

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -04:00

EMC Lifestyles -Trenton - For the first time in its four-year history, the Blair Smith Memorial Fishing with Kids event last weekend enjoyed something they have never experienced: good weather.

And with that, organizers were somewhat puzzled as to why they registered their lowest numbers ever as only about 60 took advantage of the free, ...