Category: Features
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‘It takes a village’: Halton Hills honours Youth Centre supporters
In celebration of National Philanthropy Day, the Town of Halton Hills honoured everyone who makes the Youth Centres a vital service in the community. Sponsors, partners, staff, volunteers and the youth were all spotlighted at a gathering Wednesday evening (Nov. 15) at the Acton Youth Centre. Food, games, merriment and speeches telling the story of…
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Purple bench in Acton park honours local woman killed by husband
In a fitting memorial to Sue Nesbitt-McNally – a longtime Acton resident who lost her life at the hands of her husband – Halton Women’s Place (HWP) has erected a purple bench in Prospect Park. The bench was unveiled earlier this month, which Sue’s family says holds extra meaning as each November also marks the…
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Gone, but not forgotten: Ceremony marks Georgetown Boys’ arrival 100 years ago
“My father equally loved his new adopted home in Canada while never, ever forgetting his proud Armenian heritage,” said a son of one orphan who arrived in Georgetown a century ago” Their voices carry on through their descendants, and through them their language has, once again, reverberated in Cedarvale Park in Georgetown. Hundreds of Armenian-Canadians,…
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Georgetown Girls a mystery in history
While the Armenian orphans known as the Georgetown Boys have garnered much attention, some may be surprised to learn there was a small but mighty group known as the Georgetown Girls too Armenian-American George Aghjayan remembers spending hours with his great-grandmother, Nevart Demirjian playing a Turkish card game with her called iskambil. While working as…
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Where did the Armenian orphans of Georgetown’s Cedarvale Farm go?
With a ceremony honouring the orphans’ arrival 100 years ago set for this weekend, HaltonHillsToday is sharing the life stories of some Georgetown Boys Georgetown’s Cedarvale Farm was never meant to be a permanent home for the 109 Armenian boys who lived there a century ago – nor for the 39 girls who joined them. It…
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Who was the iconic Chicken Man of Halton Hills?
Sightings of the Chicken Man around Halton Hills caused much excitement, but few actually knew anything about him. HaltonHillsToday connected with his brother and friends to find out more about this man of mystery. A Georgetown brewery has made the Chicken Man a household name with its beer label inspired by the local resident who commonly rode around town…
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100 years on, the nation still remembers the Georgetown Boys
Georgetown’s Cedarvale Park – formerly Cedarvale Farm – changed the lives of over 100 Armenian refugees and set the tone for Canadian humanitarianism for decades to come They are all gone now, so we can never directly hear what they have to say about Georgetown’s Cedarvale Park. But Canada and Armenian Canadians have not forgotten…
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When it comes to tourism during COVID-19, there are two Caledons
Piano teacher Jenni Le Forestier girded herself for the fall. She feared the coming flood of tourists who would fill up her tiny hamlet within the bucolic town of Caledon, Ont., to see the leaves change colour. Meanwhile, arts centre co-founders Jeremy and Jordan Grant wonder with an equal sense of dread where some of…
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