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    Rose Yang

    Rose is the Digital Content Specialist at Ontario’s Southwest, where she helps share stories that inspire travellers to explore the region’s small towns, local flavours, outdoor escapes, and unique experiences. With a love for thoughtful storytelling and community-focused tourism, she highlights the people and places that make Ontario’s Southwest worth slowing down for.

    Small Gifts, Big Stories: Meet the Makers Behind Them

    Giving something shaped by human hands and local passion adds a personal touch that mass-produced gifts simply cannot match. When you buy locally, you support a maker's craft, preserve traditional skills, and share a story tied directly to the region. Meet seven local makers with deep roots…

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    Beach Towns Are Better in the Fall

    Fewer crowds. Bigger sunsets. Sweater weather by the water. Beach towns are often treated like summer-only destinations. Once the swimsuits are packed away and the school year begins, many travellers assume there is no reason to return until next July. But after Labour Day, something changes along…

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    Time Is Yours: A Retirement Tryout in Ontario’s Southwest

    You’re already looking forward to retirement. Not because you want to stop doing things, but because you want more time to finally do them. Take the class. Book the little getaway. Walk by the water for no reason. Spend an afternoon doing something just because you want to. But you do not have to…

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