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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.

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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.   …

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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.  …

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