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Shopping – ImPort Stanley

ImPort Stanley is weekly series about life and discoveries by a recent “import” to Port Stanley, ON. *This post was updated in November 2023, to reflect changes in the local marketplace.

My heartbeat sped up as I plopped in today’s title! I absolutely love shopping in Port Stanley and have made it my mission to visit all the stores. Hey, it’s research! This is a long one. And there are more stores to come, with the announcement this week that the former L.R. Jackson Fisheries building was sold again, with a vision of more retail opening there. And that the Dominion of Canada building across the harbour was sold, to become a microbrewery next year. A market is coming to the old firehall at the base of Schoolhouse Hill. And something is cooking in the former Village Square coffee shop across the intersection.

Sketchy Giveaways

Four framed sketches of well-known places in London, rescued from a junk pile when CFPL moved from the Free Press building to City Centre many years ago, recently came off my studio/office wall and had no place else to go. They’re not signed, which is unfortunate, because they’re beautifully drawn.  …

D-Day Activity

We have friends who do a lot for our veterans.  The CAV – Canadian Army Veterans – are a bunch of motorcycle riding veterans of Iraq and more recent conflicts who raise money for the WWII vets at our Parkwood Hospital here in London. Our friend who used to be the top commander in the Canadian Navy goes to Parkwood like Santa Claus every Christmas morning.   …

Inertia Minutiae

Finally, I toured Museum London.  Many local artists have works on display and London-born artist Ron Martin has some beautiful paintings there.  His huge all-black abstracts are stunning.  I’m a new fan. …

My Love Letter to London

My second video for Free-FM is now online. It’s the only other one I have completed, actually. It was much easier to find time to work on them before we launched the radio station! For this one I got to visit several of London’s top tourist attractions including Fanshawe Pioneer Village, Storybook Gardens and the forks of the Thames at Harris Park. …

The Met

Lots of cities have problems with their downtown area.  Empty storefronts, gatherings of bored young people with drugs or destruction on their minds, shoppers lured to the big box stores on the outskirts.  London hasn’t fared as badly as many others have but the city has just made a positive move toward doing something about it with The Met.  …