by Gary McWilliams | Nov 26, 2025 | Ontario Explored
Signs of the Times “A Joyride Through Rural Ontario’s Roadside Wit!” There’s a particular delight to driving the backroads of rural Ontario: the radio fades to a polite murmuring, the fields trade gossip with the wind, and the horizon looks like it’s been...
by Gary McWilliams | Nov 21, 2025 | Ontario Explored
The Roads Less Traveled (and the Washrooms Even Less So) “A Light-hearted Survival Guide for Rural Wanderers!” For twenty years, we’ve wandered Ontario’s Roads Less Traveled, those winding concessions, forgotten sideroads, and dirt-lane shortcuts that look...
by Gary McWilliams | Nov 19, 2025 | Ontario Explored
Accessibility – Opening the Doors Wider “How Ontario Visited Helps Communities Showcase and Strengthen their Accessibility!” An aging population, a growing community of travellers with disabilities, and a looming 2025 deadline for full compliance...
by Gary McWilliams | Nov 12, 2025 | Ontario Explored
Santa Claus Parades in Ontario “Curbside Carols, Community Pride: How parades turn sidewalks into community !” Every November, when the last stubborn maple leaf finally lets go and snow starts auditioning for a long-term role, Ontario does something...
by Gary McWilliams | Nov 3, 2024 | Ontario Explored
Ontario’s Santa Claus Parades ~ The Magic, Charm, and Organized Chaos of Ontario’s Santa Claus Parades ~ The Santa Claus Parade is one of Ontario’s most cherished winter traditions, where you get to wave at a jolly, red-suited gentleman (who may or may not...
by Gary McWilliams | Oct 26, 2024 | Ontario Explored
What’s Your Holiday Tradition? When I was a boy growing up in a small Toronto community, at Christmas time they always held Christmas decorating contests. As I remember, there were three types of contests, Door Decorating, Christmas Lights and Lawn Ornaments...
