Before and after photos of #RubyTheBichon, pre- and post-grooming. #BichonFrise #DogsOfBluesky.

Next in the #StratfordLikeALocal series: The Bands Play On during the free summer Concerts in the Park series, which has been running for four decades at the Kiwanis bandshell in Upper Queens Park. #music #Stratford

The bands play on

For nearly 40 years, twice a week during the summer, Stratford locals have gathered in Upper Queens Park to hear a band play.

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Slings & Arrows fans take note! "Preview a new script in development by the celebrated creators of Slings & Arrows! Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, and Mark McKinney will lead a cast of Festival company members in a one-night-only reading of a new work." www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play...

We're marking the 10th anniversary of #CIPD2026 with a weekly interview series featuring nine Canadian women leading injury prevention. First up: our President & CEO Pamela Fuselli: https://parachute.ca/en/celebrating-canadian-women-leading-injury-prevention/ #CANInjuryPreventionDay

Tour CN Tower will light up in “Parachute green” tonight for Canadian Injury Prevention Day. We can prevent serious injuries and deaths from injuries! #CANInjuryPreventionDay ##CIPD2026 For the full list of landmarks go to parachute.ca/lightupcanada

It's #CIPD2026! The Public Health Agency of Canada's Canadian Mortality Clock shows unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children ages 1–14. Join us in raising awareness and helping prevent these tragic, preventable deaths. parachute.ca/cipd #TurnSafetyOn

Falls and transport incidents had the highest total costs of any injury cause in 2018 at $13.8 billion, making up almost half of the cost of injury. Learn more at parachute.ca/cipd #CANInjuryPreventionDay #CIPD2026

Injury costs $29.4 billion and more than 17,000 lives a year. We have the potential to change the story. Learn more: parachute.ca/cipd #CANInjuryPreventionDay #CIPD2026

Mid-way through the #StratfordLikeALocal series on #TeahenTales: The bridge ... to everywhere.

The bridge … to everywhere

The teenagers flitted to the spot where many classes of youth before them had gone on this day: To the Bridge to Nowhere.

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Presenting at #CARSP2026 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My topic: Why do you speed, and how can we persuade you not to? Part of a larger plenary panel on speed management in Canada with speakers on police enforcement, new tech to control speed in-car, & studies about ASE (it works). #ParachuteVZ

A #Teahen ale for National Blood Donor Week: Earning my Cheetos.

Earning my Cheetos

Over a year, 400,000 residents of Canada give blood. Only two per cent of people in Canada eligible to donate do so.

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Even small reductions in speed can be significant in preventing crashes and reducing the severity of injuries. For each 1.6 km/h reduction in average speed, collisions are reduced by 5%. Learn more at parachute.ca/safekidsweek #SafeSpeedsForKids #SKW2026

Speed cameras work. Automated speed enforcement can reduce speeding in school zones by up to 45%. Slower traffic helps create safer streets for children and families. Learn more: #SafeSpeedsForKids #SKW2026 parachute.ca/safekidsweek

No. 12 in the #TeahenTales series, #StratfordLikeALocal: A blooming good time - all about gardening in a gardening-mad city.

A blooming good time

Since its early days, Stratford has been a garden-mad city, creating beauty amid sometimes less-than-ideal conditions.

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No. 11 in the #TeahenTales series, #StratfordLikeALocal - welcome to the Old Grove, aka the T.J. Dolan Natural Area, home to the southwest portion of the Stratford Side Trail.

Groovin’ in the Grove

The Stratford Side Trail of the Avon Trail goes through an in-city forested natural area that used to be called The Old Grove.

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We are in for a 31-degree (Celsius) mood swing over the next couple days in #Stratford Ontario

No. 10 in the #TeahenTales series, Stratford like a local: The paths amid the dead, about the city's old and huge cemetery.

The paths amid the dead

The Avondale Cemetery covers around 68 acres, with more than 33,200 internments: that's more than the current official living population of Stratford.

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The Caregivers’ #GuidetoFallPrevention is now available in downloadable PDF and audio formats. It offers simple, practical tips to help caregivers understand, prevent & manage falls. Read/listen: https://parachute.ca/en/injury-topic/fall-prevention-for-seniors/caregivers-guide-to-fall-prevention/

No. 9 in the #TeahenTales series, #StratfordLikeALocal: Shall we gather by the river - the Avon River, that is. #Stratford #swan #willow

Shall we gather by the river

It can be easy to take the picturesque, park-lined Avon River for granted. As my father-in-law says, "when I grew up here, I thought every town looked like this."

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This campaign is from a couple of years ago, but remains one of my favourites as @parachute.ca 's marketing lead. I regret we only had limited funding to promote it. Any takers to get this out there more widely? #KnowWhatImpairedMeans

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It's 4-20 day: Time to revisit one of our favourite campaigns: There's no cannabis for driving. #KnowWhatImpairedMeans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UixA...

I found this through a "recommended reads" display at the Stratford public library, connected to my injury prevention work @parachute.ca . Or so I thought: Collective Cure focuses on improving public health through equity investment that reduce disease & illness. www.linkedin.com/pulse/more-t...

More than disease needs upstream solutions for better public health

I've worked at Parachute Leaders in Injury Prevention, Canada's national charity dedicated to injury prevention, for nine years now and it still surprises me how injury is often ignored in otherwise r...

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Our webinar is today. Apr 15, 2026 01:00 PM 📌 Most exercise programs don’t meet the needs of people living with dementia. Join Parachute’s webinar with Laura Middleton to learn how the DICE Project is changing that: http://parachute.ca/dicewebinar #TurnSafetyOn

This week's #ElbowsUp #BuyCanadian shop. Everything from Ace Bakery demi-baguette & left is Canadian made (Quaker's Oats is U.S. owned). Notable: Hayter's turkey breast & minced turkey; Maritime mussels; local eggs, soup, dairy; Eco-Max cleaners; local green house veg + root veg. Details in alt.text

No. 8 in the Teahen Tales series, Stratford Like a Local: Hog wild! The #Stratford area has the largest concentration of pig farms in all of Canada.

Hog wild

The city of Stratford is the largest municipality in Perth County, which has the highest concentration of pig farms in Canada.

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Two swaths of #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp for a family Easter feast and long weekend. Image at left: Everything left of the green onions is 🇨🇦 including kielbasa and hot-cross buns for Easter brunch. Image two, only non-🇨🇦, non-🇺🇲 items are bananas, olives, Ryvita & Grolsch zero radlers. Details in alt.text

I did this and you should too. Our chance to get those ridiculously blinding headlights regulated out of existence.

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A potentially useful survey for once. Are you being blinded at night by the headlights now used on many new cars? story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/transport-canada-headlight-glare-survey-9.7152195 survey […]

So excited to catch Thomson Highway’s ROSE, directed by Kevin Loring, music directed by John Alcorn, choreographed by Santee Smith, with a cast of 19 Indigenous performers. Plays at National Arts Centre till Apr 4 only.

Bonus post: Our Homes magazine has featured our home #renovation - which I documented in 2023 on #TeahenTales posts - in its spring 2026 issue. #design

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Our Homes magazine has featured our renovated farmhouse-style home in its spring 2026 edition under the headline, In Living Colour.

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Join Marion Adler and Heidi Sander for a unique workshop From Page to Stage: Spoken Word Performance at Stratford Public Library on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 11:00 am Get your tickets online www.ticketscene.ca/events/5... #stratford #stratfordevents #performancetechniques

#BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp pic 2 for March 29: later shop at #Stratford Farmers' Market, Rheo Thomson Candies, Jobsite Brewery plus Niagara Speck Brothers Chardonnay. Also from left: Greenhouse celery, green beans, lettuce; 2 dozen eggs; 3 chocolate bunnies; bag of licorice & bag of chocolate mini eggs.