Canadiana Connection

Feature Article #1

You Know You Wanna Be Canadian!

This is the best pro-Canadian video I’ve seen since the Molson’s I Am Canadian video! Catchy beat, funny and entertaining! Great job Julia and Andrew!
Canadian Please

Song & video produced by Julia Bentley & Andrew Gunadie
Take some time to listen to more on MySpace! You won’t be disappointed! More great Canadian [...]

Pat Williams | June 30th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Choice Hotels = HUGE Customer Service Fail and Recovery

The Disclaimer
I am not a picky customer. I don’t expect service perfection. There are only two times in my entire life I have blacklisted a company because of atrocious customer service.

Being threatened by a Blockbuster collections letter for a $3 late movie fee after a movie was returned within 5 minutes of the deadline. [...]

Pat Williams | June 27th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Provincial Park Camping with Dad

Today is Father’s Day and in celebration of all the great things Dads do for their children, I thought I’d share my most memorable times with my father.
Living in Ontario, we spent every summer camping. I have camped in many (if not all!) provincial and national parks in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British [...]

Pat Williams | June 21st, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #4

Becoming an American

“The land of plenty”
“The land of the free”
“The land of opportunity”
As a citizen elsewhere in the world, I wondered “Can the United States be THAT incredible?”
Living in Canada watching high taxes eating away at our income, we thought moving to the USA would be a sound financial investment. So when the opportunity arose to transfer [...]

Pat Williams | June 3rd, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #5

Music Raises Funds for Odd Squad

The Odd Squad is comprised of a group of Vancouver police officers who began filming on their beat in 1998. They’ve created a series of documentaries that began with “Through the Blue Lens” and continues to grow as they put a spotlight on addiction related issues and crimes.
One of the founders, Al Arsenault, has been [...]

Pat Williams | May 25th, 2009 | Continued

About this Site

The idea of this site was born in 1999, when I  was teaching myself how to build web pages as a way to keep my mind stimulated while I waited for a United States work permit.
Earlier that year, my husband’s company had transferred our family to the USA, and we arrived, starry eyed and excited about our new [...]