Tom Van Dusen

Entrepreneur helps patrons ‘lose the booze’ with pandemic-inspired drinks

Knyota Drinks offers a selection of adult-appropriate, non-alcoholic drinks that abstainers are not embarrassed to be seen drinking at a dinner party or office function. 

Bee barf? Regional honey industry creates a buzz

With growing interest in the protection of honey bees and other pollinators, as well as in the origins of local food, Glenn Smirle's Bee Amazed event was perfectly timed.

Sunny days at Arbru, a craft brewery that is completely off-grid

Proud co-owner Phil Audet says complete reliance on solar power makes ArBru, located just outside Mallorytown, one-of-a-kind in Canada.

Former cosmetics exec finds comfort in simpler pleasures in mystical Northcote

Andi Marcus has trademarked a concept she calls DineOver, which takes the bed and breakfast concept and reverses it.

Tall ships deliver treasure chest of visitors, economic spinoffs

As a city of a little over 20,000 residents, Brockville punches above its weight when it comes to staging summer festivals and special events that draw in the tourists.

$700 pie? It’s the country way

What is it with homemade pies of pretty much any flavour selling for hundreds of dollars at...

All’s fair: Annual rural events set to swing into action

There are some 213 registered rural fairs and all of them – 100 per cent – intend to stage full live shows in 2022 after knuckling under to COVID-19 for the past two years.

The worm may turn – but not in this Ottawa couple’s Mexican-distilled tequila

Sandeep and Riti Gupta's premium brand of the popular spirit, Cada Dia, is now available in 40 restaurants across Ontario and in 34 states south of the border.

Syrup lovers expected to beat around the bush after two years away from the ‘Sweet Outdoors’

With commercial bushes cleared to open this season, are consumers ready to once again enjoy Ontario’s first crop?

Turbine issues are still blowing in the wind across the province

Going back more than 15 years, tall, ungainly, otherworldly industrial wind turbines have been springing up on Ontario’s rural landscape, churning controversy in their wake.
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