The Children’s Own Museum is making a jubilant comeback
After nine years without a fixed address, those on board at the new COM are pumped up with a new optimism.
“I’m so incredibly excited. I’m totally regenerated. I was more fatigued the spring, thinking, I have to face the reality that this isn’t working, we might not be the group to do this,” says Che Marville, COM director, former developer of exhibits at the Ontario Science Center, and mother of 4. Even through the long fight to try to find a new space for the COM, she never stopped believing in her hands-on museum that caters exclusively to kids. Read more...
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Our travel blogger Corinne shares three wildly different family holiday ideas
Corinne and crew
Every December 26, we say the same thing: “Next year, we’re going away!” Of course, now that the holidays are looming, we’ve not yet made any plans. But there is still time to escape, with the next question being, “Where the heck are we going to go?”
Here are three ideas, ranging from the budget-conscious and totally doable to the crazy-expensive-and-totally-wild-but-fun-to-dream-about-and-maybe actually-do-one-day.
Up North
If you can’t stand the thought of cooking the turkey but perish the idea of a hot and sandy festive season, hop in the car and in less than two hours later you’ll be in a magical winter wonderland, where meals are provided without extended family drama (unless, of course, you invite them along). Enter the Fern. Read more...
