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New property report and survey released

New property report and survey released

May 16, 2012

Guest post by Blair Eveleigh, senior associate editor Royal LePage released its annual Recreational Property Report this morning, along with the results of a survey it commissioned. The survey polled current cottage owners and those who intend to buy in the next five years. One...

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Board games coming to a theatre near you

Board games coming to a theatre near you

May 16, 2012

Guest post by Jackie Davis, assistant editor. This Friday, the movie Battleship—based on the Hasbro game of the same name—opens in theatres. I don’t remember this board game involving any giant alien robots that emerge from the sea, or Rihanna, but whatever—I haven’t...

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Environmental protection at risk

Environmental protection at risk

May 10, 2012

Guest post by Blair Eveleigh, senior associate editor Okay, the Ontario budget may have passed (yay, no election!), but the bill to enact amendments coming out of that budget is still yet to pass; it’s Bill 55, the Strong Action for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2012, and...

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Clean water activist Maude Barlow wins United Church Award, begins tour

Clean water activist Maude Barlow wins United Church Award, begins tour

May 10, 2012

News flash: We’ve just heard that the night before she begins an eight-city speaking tour aimed at protecting the Great Lakes watershed, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be presented with a Heart & Vision award from the United Church on Monday, May 14...

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Smoke detectors, CO alarms pushed in Safe at the Cottage campaign

The Safe at the Cottage campaign

May 9, 2012

Last summer we had a fire in our boat’s engine compartment. Our first clue something was wrong was the strong odour of fuel while we were under way. We limped into a nearby cottage dock, fixed the leak, mopped up the fuel, closed the engine compartment cover, and turned the...

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Six things you can turn into an outhouse

Six things you can turn into an outhouse

May 9, 2012

Guest post by Jackie Davis, assistant editor. In our June 2012 issue we have a story about Diane Gauthier’s fishing boat-turned-outhouse (pg. 27). Neato! Definitely the coolest outhouse I’ve ever seen. (People send this magazine a lot of photos of outhouses. I assume that one...

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Super moon happens tomorrow night

Super moon happens tomorrow night

May 4, 2012

The supermoon happens May 5, 2012.

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Our boathouse bedroom

Our boathouse bedroom

May 4, 2012

Some kids have a treehouse. My sister and I had a boathouse. It was two storeys, white with green trim, same as the rented cottage up the hill. The two of us slept alone in the single room over the boat slip. She was nine; I was 10. Though we fell asleep every night listening...

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Changes for small commercial vessels

Changes for small commercial vessels

May 3, 2012

Transport Canada will soon require all small vessels used for any commercial purpose to be registered as commercial vessels.

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My (not) favourite thing about the cottage

My (not) favourite thing about the cottage

May 2, 2012

Guest post by Jackie Davis, assistant editor. At the Spring Cottage Life Show, we’d asked visitors to the Cottage Life booth “What’s your favourite thing about the cottage?” Many people said “family,” a bunch said “beer” and “tubing,” and at least one person...

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