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Fanshawe College: Making Things Happen!
STEAM City Media is excited to develop a new show on our Instagram account inspired and supported by the team at the St. Thomas/Elgin Regional Campus of Fanshawe College. The show will be called ‘We Make Things Happen’.
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Joe Thornton Weekend in St. Thomas!
Joe Thornton is returning to his hometown of St. Thomas for two very special events.
On Friday, June 22nd, Thornton will be helping to host ‘The Big Assist’, an intimate evening inside the historic Elgin County Railway Museum to raise funds to support the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital and the STEAM Centre. Donors who contribute $2500 (or more!) to boost the two charitable organizations will enjoy a relaxed night of local food and drinks set in and around the impressive collection of locomotives and railway artifacts in the Museum event space.
STEAM City Interview: Jeff Yurek
Voters in Ontario head to the polls on Thursday, June 7th. For most, this will mean choosing a candidate representing one of the four major parties: the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals, New Democrats, or the Green Party.
Railway City Burger Quest!
National Hamburger Day pops up on the amusing, ever-evolving calendar of ‘National Holidays’ every May 28th. This year our friends at Railway City Tourism challenged our team at STEAM City Media to go on a quest — specifically, the ‘Railway City Burger Quest!’
New Show: Generation Gap!
If you do not follow STEAM City Media on Instagram, check us out! This is where we launch new shows and post photos and videos daily. One of our new shows is called Generation Gap. In the show, my colleague Andrew Gunn and I talk about movies, books, and music that we...
Restaurant Review: The Warehouse
We visited El Furniture Warehouse in London on a Saturday night before checking out a concert by Lights at the London Music Hall. Locally the site is just referred to as ‘The Warehouse’ - the restaurant is part of a chain that originated in Vancouver back in 2001. How...
Restaurant Review: Art and Soul Cafe
The Art & Soul Café in Port Stanley has a warm, welcoming vibe. Located at 291 Bridge Street - just east of the landmark King George VI Lift Bridge and across the street from the Port Stanley Festival Theatre - the restaurant is open from 8am to 4pm daily. One could...
Top Ten Ways to Make Things Better at the Elgin Mall
When the new owners of the Elgin Mall purchased the property in fall 2016, the challenge was clear: how can the retail complex rebound after at least a decade of steady decline? Well, brothers Jay and Mory Burstein have started the process by revamping the large space...
Maddie and Andrew Review Local Restaurants!
On a cool late-winter afternoon, we drove the gravel roads out to Pinecroft, an attractive property located southwest of Aylmer.
The Little Book of Lykke by Meik Wiking
In February I wrote a review of The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking. Hygge is a Danish word that refers to the idea of ‘cosiness’, or how we make ourselves and others feel at home. Wiking has written a new book called The Little Book of Lykke.
Top Ten Ways to Transform Downtown St. Thomas
Right now there are plenty of terrific things happening in St. Thomas: our homebuilders are attracting lots of newcomers to the community; the City is investing in a new soccer field complex on the north side of town and adding a social services campus at the west end...
Donor Spotlight: Andrew Gunn
The STEAM Centre is excited to highlight our awesome donors and sponsors through this series of profiles on STEAM City Media.
Review: Lights, Skin & Earth
Lights has been building up to something special in her career, and that something special is her fourth album, Skin & Earth, released in September 2017.
STEAM Centre has applied for funding through Dowler-Karn's 75th anniversary grant program! Check them out and please log in to sponsor them so that more people across St. Thomas - Elgin can access their programs and awesome educational tools! dowlerkarn.com/contestants/steam-education-centres/
Thanks to the St.Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Foundation for sponsoring our new show ... this one is called ‘Healthy As Fit!’ over the next six months we’ll be highlighting different ways to stay healthy + fit in Elgin County + St.Thomas ... hiking, tennis, beach volley ball, barnyard yoga, and other quirky activities, like pasture walking! If you want to join our Canadian Pasture-Walking Association, please let us know ... and remember to give generously to our local Hospital ... we are lucky to have such a terrific health care facility locally + donations are welcome to help purchase the best equipment in order to purchase the best equipment in order to provide excellent patient-care experiences✨
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Meet the Market! Every week we feature the terrific vendors at the Horton Market in St.Thomas, and this was definitely one of our favourite experiences so far! Andrew + Jenn chat with Allan Wiggin from La Houlette de vie Bakery. Allan is quite a character + does a wonderful job promoting + selling the breads, croissants, and other products baked by his son, Seth ... make sure to visit him at the Market on Saturday mornings ☀️
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