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The 2021 Annual Oakville Film Festival is Going Digital! It’s time to pull out the popcorn maker and call dibs on your favourite seat in the house – be it your recliner, your patio lounger, or the front seat of your car; The Oakville Festival of Film and Arts is officially launching its festival season with the most impressive selection of international films yet!

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The Oakville Festival of Film and Arts is proud to partner with REEL CANADA for the 8th annual National Canadian Film Day, on April 21, 2021.

The Oakville Festival of Film and Arts (OFFA) and Sheridan College will be partnering with REEL CANADA and National Canadian Film Day (NCFD) to present one of Canada’s most beloved classic movies, by one of our most celebrated Directors, Ivan Reitman.

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“This won’t be the kind of list you’d expect,” they boasted on their social media accounts ahead of starting the campaign. In fact, the women FDPR posted about were those who often work behind the scenes and out of the spotlight, rarely recognized for the work they do to support others in their communities and beyond.

One of North America’s largest business and lifestyle communities supporting women and women entrepreneurs is thrilled to be welcoming Founder & CEO of Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign, Meena Harris as a guest speaker for their #IWD2021 (International Women’s Day 2021) virtual event, #TogetherWeRise on March 7th at 2:00pmET.

Harris will be joining Founder and CEO of RevolutionHER, Maria Locker for an intimate and impactful conversation about family, justice, women’s rights, making history and challenging norms, a nod to this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #ChooseToChallenge. Women from across North America are invited to join the conversation.

The Oakville Festivals of Film & Art (​OFFA​ Online) launches its first Women’s Film Series, celebrating HER-stories every Friday in March 2021, in celebration of  International Women’s Day and #ChooseToChallenge

OFFA, the Oakville Festivals of Film and Art, is celebrating International Women’s Day all month long with the launch of the International Women’s Day (IWD) Film Series. Film buffs across the country get a front-row seat to the premieres of four movies that have been curated for this event. 

Cinephiles and film fans can purchase a discounted all-access pass or gift a night of ‘mixers, music and a movie” to a friend, family, colleague, or even a Community Hero, with partial proceeds from the sale of a full access pass being donated to the United Way Halton/Hamilton: Women United. The 2021 event supports this year’s IWD theme, #ChooseToChallenge, showcasing talented women from Canada and around the world and supporting equity and inclusion for all. 

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“Still Mind” blog will help Canadians to quiet stress and anxiety with tools to help navigate through tough times

Registered Psychologist, and Director of the Vancouver Anxiety Clinic, Dr. Christine Korol, is now a regular contributor for Psychology Today, offering her unique perspective with tools for quieting stress and anxiety in everyday life. Already a seasoned blogger, Dr. Korol will be publishing monthly posts to her blog called ​Still Mind​ via Psychology Today’s online platform.

“I’m thrilled to announce that I am going to be a regular contributor to Psychology Today, a resource that has been at the forefront of bringing solid, scientific knowledge to the public in an age where it usually takes years to bring psychological research from the lab into practice,” says Dr. Korol. “I’ve read and shared their articles for many years and I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to offer my voice, increasing awareness of psychology and how it can help humanity.”

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With a drastic decline in church attendance across the country, an estimated 9,000 churches and other religious spaces will permanently close in the next decade. But for 150-year-old St. James Anglican Church in Ingersoll, Ontario – a magnificent stone building now rebranded as The Oxford – Toronto Property Developer Apostolos Sigalas has made sure it will be respectfully repurposed instead of demolished for redevelopment.

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Proof that wheat and rye are eliminated in the distilling process leaves those who are gluten-intolerant or with Celiac disease the freedom to enjoy this all-inclusive vodka brand

​BUDMO! Zirkova Vodka is proud to announce it has been officially certified by the LCBO as a gluten-free vodka even though it is made the traditional way, from wheat and rye. ​After extensive testing, gluten was not detected in the vodka, with results demonstrating the lowest possible output of less than 5PPM compared to the standard 20PPM for most gluten-free certifications. Read the full release here.

Anaida Deti, CEO and a Registered Dental Hygienist of DentalX is excited to be taking part in a spooktaculary safe Halloween event for local ghosts and goblins

Leave it to the “Masters of Infection Control” to come up with a fun, creative and most-importantly COVID-Friendly Halloween Event sure to not only excite ​little monsters, but also help them treat – not trick – their teeth, and their health.

On Saturday October 31st the dental team at DentalX will be brewing up some Halloween spells with their socially distanced, candy-free, trick-or-treat drive thru event, from 10am-5pm at 170 Rimrock Rd Unit D-2, North York

Owner and CEO of DentalX, and registered dental hygienist, Anaida Deti, offers her tips on how your little ones can still have a spook-tacular Halloween during a scary pandemic

As the fun-filled day slowly creeps up, your little ghosts and goblins are likely eager to hit the candy jackpot, although going door-to-door the traditional way may be a little trickier for them this year with a hair-raising pandemic on the loose.

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More than 350 participants came together this past weekend to support CNIB Lake Joe in an unprecedented event.

The Oakville Film Festival (​OFFA​ Online) is going virtual AND Coming to a Screen Near YOU, Wherever You Happen to Be, This June 17th-22nd 2020

The winners of the 8th annual 2020 Mompreneur® of the Year Awards are being announced daily during a virtual conference from May 25th-May 29th, 2020. Out of hundreds of nominees, Laurie Franklin of Unique In The Creek was awarded the Mompreneur Startup Award

The winners of the 8th annual 2020 Mompreneur® of the Year Awards are being announced daily during a virtual conference from May 25th-May 29th, 2020. Out of hundreds of nominees, Erin Woodward of The Girly Bookclub was awarded the Mompreneur Award of Momentum

From one of the most esteemed entertainment tax attorneys in the world and the best-selling author of ​Breakdown​, comes a heart-pounding, never predictable murder-mystery that mirrors Shakespeare’s tragedy, ​Othello.​

MARCH 11, 2020—TORONTO, ON—​Due to growing concerns and ongoing developments surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and with the health and safety of the community being of the utmost priority, Mompreneur​®​ Showcase Group Inc. has made the difficult decision to postpone the 2020 Mompreneurs​®​ Conference including the announcement of the winners for the 2020 Mompreneur​® ​Awards, previously scheduled for March 27-28th, 2020.

MENtal Health: It’s Time to Talk B​reaks Through Male Stigmas and the Toxic Shame that Follows

Nominations for the 2020 Mompreneur® Awards are NOW OPEN until December 8th, 2019 for one of five prestigious Mompreneur® Awards

Sustainability Advocate Nita Tandon Selected As SheEO Venture Semi-Finalist

Millennials Craving a Break From the Digital Space Want Tangibility of Real Mail

According to Canada’s largest direct mail and digital marketing provider, Direct Response Media Group (DRMG), direct mail is anything but dead – in fact, it’s alive and well and one of the top marketing trends for 2019. As the digital market becomes more and more saturated, DRMG says millennials in particular are craving a break from the digital space.