“At last! Fortissimo!”  These words were enthusiastically spoken by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler the first time he saw Niagara Falls. (In music, a fortissimo is a passage of music played loudly. Mahler was comparing Niagara Falls to music -- loud, beautiful music.) For as long as humans have been human, waterfalls have proved irresistible and […]

“We are proud of being leaders in development for other First Nations to emulate,” Darryl Hill said to me one frosty morning in December. “We’re the largest First Nation in Canada in terms of population, and the second largest in size. Many Indigenous people must leave their community for different needs and services. Here at […]

“I like to be busy.” I was interviewing the dynamic founder of 519 Productions & Events, Morena McDonald, and I was fairly sure she was underselling herself.  As we kept talking, I was sure I was correct. Morena was a positive, happy person and it was clear she knew her business and had an eye […]

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