After having a baby of her own and getting inspired by Pinterest, Stephanie started making baby and toddler clothing. She sources most of her products from Canadian suppliers and makes the most adorable dresses, onesies, booties and a bunch of other items! You can read our last Maker Monday interview with Alfie + Iris here. How did you get started and what is your creative process like? I’ve actually been sewing since I was about 7 or 8 years old – so over 20 years, but we won’t say exactly how many years. I’ve crafted items in one form or......
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Welcome to another edition of Crater Conversations, a weekly show live on CKLU now on at a brand spanking new time Tuesday’s at 5PM! So, what exactly is the show all about? Join your host, Crater co-founder Jess, each week as we sit down with a local guest. We’ll talk about their projects, their passions, and the things they love about our little rock town! We’ll be sitting down with performers, entrepreneurs, community leaders – anyone with a story. Personal anecdotes, first inspirations, childhood follies, who knows where this will take us but we can’t wait to find out!......
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Scott Florence is the Managing Director for ReThink Green and these days, like many working professionals with young kids (pictured above with his son Raphaël), he does quite a bit of technical reading for work but doesn’t have as much time to read for fun as he used to. He still typically has at least one fiction and non-fiction on the go and the bulk of his reading keeps him up to speed on the nuances of current issues. I sat down with Scott to talk about a few books that he’s read that have stayed with him over......
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Where did the summer go? Labour Day weekend is here which means summer is officially over and it’s time to pack away all of our favourite summer clothes. I don’t think any of us are really ready for the cold weather to roll in so let’s make the best of the last long weekend of summer and check out these five events. Downtown Sudbury Ribfest Ribfest is back and this time they are at a new location. The 11th Annual Downtown Sudbury Ribfest will take place at the Sudbury Arena parking lot on Minto street in downtown Sudbury. The......
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It’s Friday! And that means it’s time to make some plans. If you’re like us and wait until the last minute, you may need some help figuring out what you are going to get up to this weekend. That’s where we come in! Check out our pick of the 5 events you need to check out in Sudbury this weekend. Nothing in here interest you? No problem – head over to our events calendar for a full list of what’s happening where in Sudbury! Sudbury Poutine Fest 2018 Who doesn’t love poutine? Sudbury Poutine Fest is back and at......
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After searching for dainty and feminine bows for her niece Birdie, Gabrielle decided to teach herself how to sew and started Alfie + Iris in the Fall of 2017. Alfie + Iris sells the most adorable hair bows for girls of all ages and source 90% of their fabrics and supplies from Canadian small businesses. You can read our last Maker Monday interview with Sun & Soil Handmade here. Tell us a bit about Alfie + Iris. Alfie + Iris specializes in handcrafted hair bows for girls of all ages, made with childhood wonder and adventure in mind. Each......
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I think we can all agree that Sudbury summers are the best. The beautiful lakes, hiking trails and patios keep us busy but the events are what really make the summers stand out. Every weekend there are quite a few fun things happening in our city so we thought we would bring back our weekly event roundups but with a twist. We’re sharing 5 events you NEED to check out in Sudbury this weekend. Up Here Festival Up Here Festival is one of the best weekends of the summer in Sudbury. If you haven’t been to a festival yet, you......
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We’re just a tiny bit excited for Up Here festival starting in just a few short days! The festival will be taking over the downtown core for the fourth year running August 17th-19th with performers hitting the stages at multiple venues, artist installations, brand new murals, and a cement mixer full of community spirit! One of our favourite parts of Up Here is the surprises they always have in store for festival goers. This year they have something very secretive in store of us all, a Mystery Tour to lands unknown on the afternoon of Augsust 19th. The Up......
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August 12, 2018
CRATER CONVERSATIONS EP29: YES THEATRE SUMMER FESTIVAL
Welcome to another edition of Crater Conversations, a weekly show live on CKLU now on at a brand spanking new time Tuesday’s at 5PM! So, what exactly is the show all about? Join your host, Crater co-founder Jess, each week as we sit down with a local guest. We’ll talk about their projects, their passions, and the things they love about our little rock town! We’ll be sitting down with performers, entrepreneurs, community leaders – anyone with a story. Personal anecdotes, first inspirations, childhood follies, who knows where this will take us but we can’t wait to find out!......
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We recently asked our followers to ask us all of their Sudbury related questions and one we got that we couldn’t answer ourselves was ‘where can my dog swim in Sudbury?’ So we turned back to our followers and asked them to help us out. We received a few answers and figured the easiest way to share them with you was to post them all here on our website. So here they are the five areas we’ve been told your dogs are allowed to swim: Silver Lake has a little area that you can take your dogs and let......
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