Weaving and winding along a small portion of Highway 97 in British Columbia called the Okanagan Highway, you might be fortunate(?) enough one day to catch a glimpse of Ogopogo, the monster that resides in Okanagan Lake. Sightings of Ogopogo—N'ha-a-itk as native Okanagan residents call it—have …
Trivia Eh? Ed Mirvish
Edwin Mirvish was actually born in Virginia. His father, David, didn’t move the family to Toronto, Canada until 1923. Ed is the namesake of Honest Ed’s, a well-known bargain store in Toronto’s Annex district. Like many who become successful businesspeople, Ed didn’t start out that way. …
Canuck Quotes: Ed Mirvish
Honest Ed lived life to its fullest, but was modest. Nor did he shy away from mortality; in fact, he said many things about that. Here are just two of them: “I would then like my body cremated and the ashes put in an hourglass.” “I would then like someone sitting on the throne to keep …