News and Notes: Final edition

News and Notes: November 4, 2024

News and Notes: October 21, 2024

News and Notes: May 17, 2024

You might question the wisdom of putting out a newsletter on the Friday before a long weekend. The reason we chose Fridays for this column was because we figure people are usually bored first thing in the morning. A few […]

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The Orléans Craft Beer Festival is back!

On February 22nd, the Orléans Craft Beer Festival announced its cancellation for the 2024 season, but, in a story emblematic of the community around craft beer, managed to bounce back a week later with positive news thanks to community support. […]

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News and Notes: May 3, 2024

You know, the simple fact of the matter is that sometimes nothing happens for a couple of weeks. That isn’t to say that there aren’t events and releases. It’s certainly not to say that there aren’t pieces being moved around […]

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News and Notes: April 18, 2024

April is the cruelest month. So said T. S. Eliot in his epic modernist work The Wasteland. But that’s nonsense. Are we just going to start characterizing months based on vaguely attributed personality traits? March is recalcitrant! November’s increasingly obsequious! […]

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News and Notes: April 5, 2024

Don’t bother shoveling. It’ll be gone by the time the sun gets swallowed by a vengeful moon next week. ALL HAIL THE PATH OF TOTALITY! With the promise of warmer weather and with patios about to open across the province, […]

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News and notes: March 22, 2024

Outside my window in midtown Toronto the snow is falling, but very gently. In fact, individual flakes hover amongst the pigeon netting. The old adage that March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion is not […]

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News and Notes: March 8, 2024

Hello and welcome to The Growler News and Notes. It’s a roundup of all the happenings in Ontario worth mentioning including openings, closures, movers, shakers, and other ephemera! Closures Sarnia’s Big Family Brewing announced via Facebook on February 21st that […]

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