CASE STUDY: Pond’s Foto Source

Pond’s Foto Source in Guelph is a staple for all local shutterbugs. Sure, you can upload that photo album to your Facebook but it really pales in comparison to flipping through a physical album of pictures with your friends and family. To that point, when you’re looking to document your nephew’s 3rd birthday party you’re going to need all the
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Love your ‘hood: Vancouver

Vancouver is one cool city, don’t you think? Some of Canada’s best musicians and bands are from there, like Tegan and Sara, Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan and Michael Bublé. Vancouver also hosted a hugely successful Winter Olympics a few years ago. Our West Coast friends always seem to get the best weather, and it’s also such a diverse city and
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Toronto’s Taste of the Danforth is back!

The Krinos Taste of the Danforth kicks off today and are we ever excited! The Taste of the Danforth is Canada’s largest street festival bringing in about 1.5 million attendees yearly since it first began over twenty years ago. If you’ve never checked it out before, then you might want to make your way over there ASAP because we hear it’s
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Summer Vicinity Days

What better way to celebrate the summer and shopping local than by throwing a huge party? Over the past couple of months we’ve hosted Vicinity Day events for our merchant communities in Brampton and Guelph. Vicinity Day is a great time to get out into the community and discover all of the great local shops that are in and around
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Vicinity Day Brampton!

We are on a roll! We just held a Vicinity Day in Guelph about a month ago, and it’s already time for another one. Grab your Vicinity cards because we’re coming to Brampton! For those who are unfamiliar with Vicinity Day, here’s the 411: It’s a day dedicated to celebrating your amazing community and its local businesses. Taking part in
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Vicinity Day in Guelph

After the great response from the community during Vicinity Day in Kingston, we thought it would be awesome to take this show on the road! That’s right, this summer we’re hitting the pavement to visit other towns and cities that really “love their ‘hood.” What is Vicinity Day? It’s a chance to get together and celebrate the amazing community of
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Vicinity Day in Kingston

Ah Kingston, or Kings Town. No, that’s not it. Kingston is more than just where the St. Lawrence runs into Lake Ontario, it’s rife with history and academia. It doesn’t take a genius to know that! Kingston is the birthplace of Don Cherry, Doug Gilmour, The Tragically Hip, and probably some other important people. But you know what really makes
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Cupcakes, Cookies and Squares, Oh My!

If you follow us on Twitter you already know that we love cupcakes. In fact, there are few things in this world that we love more than cupcakes – okay, cookies are maybe on the same level. Lucky for us (and for you) Vicinity business Desmond & Beatrice, an adorable little bakery in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood, has everything you need to
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