2013 Polar Bear Dip

CP  |  By Linda Nguyen, The Canadian Press Posted: 01/01/2013 11:49 am EST  |  Updated: 01/02/2013 12:24 am EST

About 800 participants at this year's largest charity gathering, the Courage Polar Bear Dip, stripped down to their skivvies or donned outlandish costumes before jumping into Lake Ontario in Oakville, Ont.
According to organizers, the event, held just west of Toronto at Coronation Park, first began in 1995 and has since raised a total of $1,060,000 for the charity World Vision Canada. Read more...

The “Amber Coast”

Who wouldn’t want to take haven in a place referred to as the “amber coast”? Nothing short of desirable is the idea of hiding away in the green mountains or soaking up the sun on the spectacular beaches.  If you love the idea of sneaking away to the Caribbean hideaway, you must obtain Dominican residency.  First step…get a residence visa! Tourist or business visa won’t do here; you must have a residence card to own a piece of this beautiful place. Read more...

Jo Hardy 

Oakville, A Great Place to Run a Business

Oakville can easily boast the over 1.4 million visitors that stop by annually and spend more than a whopping 88 million dollars in tourist revenue, which in turn is reinvested in the businesses the tourist visit.  Talk about a great place to run a business.  Tourists to this area enjoy shopping, theatre, music, dance, and many other entertainment venues, making this a great place to purchase a house for sale Oakville, and a lively and entertaining place to set up a small business.

Besides all these great things, Oakville has some of the best waterfront festivals in all of Ontario with the majority of them being free to the entire family.  Tourists flock here in droves to partake the festivities.

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Joanne Hardy