Archives

An Alberta family woke up to quite the mess on their deck earlier this week and couldn’t help but wonder what the heck happened. David Meier received a call from his aunt on Wednesday morning. [...]

Powerful winds brought shifting blocks of ice the size of small cars crashing into the Brechin shoreline on Wednesday. The storm left behind a slew of crushed boats, toppled trees and damaged [...]

In 2017, the City of London, Ontario, Canada, launched a $7.9 million project to remove, dismantle and rehabilitate Blackfriars Bridge. The wrought iron bowstring arch-truss structure, which [...]

Re-striping a deck Q: What’s the best way to strip back to bare wood on a deck that I started to finish with a stain that I don’t like. I’ve covered two-thirds of the deck, but the opaque results [...]

NEWCASTLE — Get ready to cast off for the 24th annual Wooden Boat Festival at the Port of Newcastle Marina on Saturday, July 21. The popular summer event features fascinating wooden boats of [...]

OSHAWA — The next phase of Habitat for Humanity’s Centre Town project is underway and the organization is hoping to see lots of hands on deck for the newest phase. A group of 911 responders [...]

Am I the only one chanting “FIRE, HANNAH!” over and over again? I hope Captain Sandy acts fast while she is still livid with that troll on this “to be continued” episode of Below Deck [...]

Imagine building a perfectly good deck in your backyard only to have to tear it out because it violated the town’s zoning bylaw. That’s exactly what happened to resident Rob Hunter. A bylaw [...]

Kunos oil from Livos is a natural oil for floors, counters and furniture Livos is a Quebec manufacturer of natural finishing oils, and they are very transparent about the composition of their [...]

If you have a deck in your backyard, chances are that you’re going to use it a lot for things like socialising and relaxing time alone. Sometimes it’s hard to enjoy all of these things when you [...]