The Butterfly Ball: 24th Annual Comfort & Joy Gala

On Thursday, October 27th, 2022, members of the Oakville community are gathering for an evening of glamour and decadence, and we sincerely hope that you will attend. A symbol of resiliency, change, and hope, the metamorphosis of a butterfly is an iconic representation of nature’s transformative powers. As we emerge …

Artist: Paula Anderson

THIS ARTIST’S FLORAL ARTWORK ENCOURAGES VIEWERS TO DIVE DEEP INTO THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BEAUTY, MOVEMENT, LIGHT, COLOUR AND THE ETHEREAL SOURCE OF THEIR EXISTENCE by Kelly Putter The colour-happy, larger-than-life size of her acrylic floral paintings belies the heartache and longing that ultimately served to inspire Oakville artist Paula Anderson. …

Culture Notes

Your New State of Zen Zazen Meditation Studio, which opened over the summer, is a self-care studio in Oakville offering guided and non-guided group meditation (meditation based-stress reduction, sound, lovingkindness, somatic & Shamanic meditation, nidra pranayama and meditation essentials). Private 1:1 Ayurvedic self-care services, which include consultation, cleansing and maintenance …

Culture Notes

Mountain View Mindfulness Enjoy an eight-week mindfulness course at Mountain View Compassion, where you will focus on developing self-compassion in daily life, how to motivate yourself with kindness and so much more. The program is based on ground-breaking research by self-compassion expert Dr. Kristin Neff and clinical psychologist and self-compassion …

Getting to Know the Landscape

FAMILY BUSINESS IS A CANADIAN SUCCESS STORY By Peter Bailey Now that summer’s here, many of us are striving to get our lawns and gardens in shape and to get weeds under control. But others are likely in the midst of remaking their front or backyards from the ground up, …

Farm to Table Masterpiece

IRENE MATYS IS A FOOD STYLIST WHO GOT NOTICED By Matthew Strader It’s a farm, to table, to television, to Manhattan success story. Yes, that sentence typically stops at two, but Irene Matys isn’t stopping anywhere. The Oakville-based food stylist, chef and photographer is just getting started. And with the …

Culture Notes

Banking Canadian art Looking for inspirational Canadian art? The Canada Council Art Bank makes contemporary artwork available to the public through three programs: corporate art rental, loans to museums and outreach. With more than 17,000 artworks by over 3,000 artists, the Art Bank has the largest collection of contemporary Canadian …

Chef Claudio Aprile

The Judge on MasterChef Canada discusses his colourful culinary career, his dream restaurant and his hopes for the post-pandemic revival of the local restaurant scene By Laurie Wallace-Lynch Chef Claudio Aprile has become one of Canada’s beloved chefs thanks to his role as one of three judges on the hit …