Podcasts about Port Hope

Retirement for many people means a transition to a fixed income. With the costs of living continuing to increase, most noticeably at the grocery store, more and more older adults find themselves needing to turn to their local food bank. Turns out that the food bank is also a great place to donate your time as a retiree - and food banks rely heavily on volunteers to keep their doors open, as you'll hear from today's guest, Meghan Flindall, Executive Director of the Fare Share Food Bank in Cobourg and Port Hope, Ontario.

Agriculture is one of the top economic drivers in Northumberland County. There were 840 farms in Northumberland, according The post Local farmers face huge hurdles as China and U.S. levy tariffs against Canada, says NFA president appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: County responding to American tariffs as a local strategic plan is developed by municipalities, says officials Port Hope chamber working with business and industry in responding to American tariffs New 911 ambulance dispatch system launching March 26 to provide improved service, says chief

In the face of American tariffs, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce delivered a stark message to federal and The post Port Hope chamber working with business and industry in responding to American tariffs appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: County responding to American tariffs as a local strategic plan is developed by municipalities, says officials Some optimism shines through despite gloom in Ontario Chamber report, says Port Hope CEO Port Hope mayor and deputy mayor reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2025

“Of all of the theatres, in all the complexes, in all of the towns, she walks into mine.” This week on the pod we're at the movies, basking in the light of the silver screen. We have Stuart McLean's Ode to the Movies, recorded at the glorious Capitol Theatre in Port Hope; including a fascinating story about a celebrity interview (with Peter O'Toole) from Stuart's journalism days. And we have a story about Sam and Murphy's movie theatre adventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Port Hope residents experienced a heck of a year in 2024: the Walton Street reconstruction; the fight over The post Port Hope mayor and deputy mayor reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2025 appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Port Hope councillor provides background into 2025 budget Mayor says perfect storm hits as Port Hope council approved 6.9 percent increase for 2024 budget Town and HBIA join forces to promote downtown businesses under the Be Walton program

Check out some of these St Patrick's Day shows in 2025 on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #700. Subscribe now! Kinnfolk, Golden Bough, Clover's Revenge, Celtic Wood and Wires, Madman's Window, Sheridan Rúitín, Celtic Conundrum, Tami Curtis, River Driver, Plunk Murray, O'Craven, Stout Pounders, The Muckers, Irishtown Road GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2025 This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create this year's Best Celtic music of 2025 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now! You can follow our playlist on YouTube to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 - 3 weeks. THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:11 - Kinnfolk "The Triple Crown Set" from Star Above The Mountain 5:08 - WELCOME 7:41 - Golden Bough "The Homecoming/The Gael" from Westering Home 10:59 - Clover's Revenge "The Lakes of Pontchartrain" from Truants And Absolution 17:21 - Celtic Wood and Wires "Tripping Up The Stairs & Smash The Windows" from Into The Music 20:33 - Madman's Window "Farewell to Nova Scotia" from All Guns Blazing - Live! 23:58 - FEEDBACK 28:32 - Sheridan Rúitín "Finnegan's Wake" from Rebels in the Night 31:32 - Celtic Conundrum "Cu Sithe" from Lore 33:36 - Tami Curtis "Keep Our Fire Burning" from Cavort 37:41 - River Driver "John O'Reilly" from Flanagan's Shenanigans! 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Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor. Finally, remember—our planet's future is in our hands. The overwhelming evidence shows that human activity is driving climate change, from record - breaking heat waves to rising sea levels. But the good news? We have the power to fix it. Every choice we make—reducing waste, conserving energy, supporting clean energy—moves us toward a more stable climate. If you're skeptical, ask yourself: What if you're wrong? What if taking action means cleaner air, a stronger economy, and a safer world—no matter what? Isn't that worth considering? Start a conversation today. The facts are out there, and the future is ours to shape. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a Celtic musician and host of Folk Songs & Stories. This podcast is for fans of Celtic music. 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Today we chatted with Dallas Hutton, owner of the Sweet Pea Shop in Port Hope, On. Dallas is the owner and operator of a second hand children's clothing store. As a mother herself, Dallas was unhappy with the selection of children's clothing at the only two stores in the area and so she designed and launched her own consignment store allowing parents to sell their used clothing and have access to a larger selection for a much better price. We enjoyed hearing about the journey and the challenges of owning and operating your own brick and mortar and online store alongside being a full time nurse, and mom. Dallas shares with us the value she's found in the Andrew Huberman podcast with Jonathan Haidt who discusses social media and their impact on mental health. Link here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7CuP9ltixk7lRyEuAC1YFk?si=771060567e2d42ccAs well, she shows us the resources offered by Dr Becky at her Good Inside website, offering thoughts and solutions to common parenting questions and problems.Link here: https://www.goodinside.com/about/Thanks again, Dallas, for joining us and we hope you all enjoy the show!Find Dallas online atThesweetpeashop.ca@thesweetpea_shopCONTACT INFORMATIONEMAIL US // thewmipodcast@gmail.comINSTA // @WEMADEIT.PODCASTSUBREDDIT // r/WeMadeItPodcastTIKTOK // @WEMADEITPODCAST__________________________________________________RECORDING EQUIPMENTColin & Jenna both use this recording equipment: MAONO Microphone and HeadsetTHEME MUSICOur offspring and background music by:DJ QUADS - Bouquet of roses__________________________________________________SUPPORT & SHAREShare with your family and friends Listen to us on Apple podcast, Spotify, Breaker, Google podcasts, Overcast, Pocketcast & Radiopublic! We are hosted by Podcasters on Spotify.This one goes out to you!

Amy worked as a social worker for 20 years in crisis management in tandem with police and emergency services. She saw how intense and difficult the work could be, and wanted to create a place where her clients could receive their therapy that was softer, more welcoming, and curated to their requirements.  Now, Amy runs a large private practice in Canada with therapists and staff working together all under the same shared values and goals.  In this episode, we discuss building a practice from the ground up, how much therapy changes lives, and how we can create a practice that is tied in with our personal dreams while serving our client's needs.  MEET AMY Amy is a genuine, empathetic, and caring therapist capable of cultivating meaningful connections with people in an open, honest, and non-judgmental manner.  She is a qualified and respected social worker with 20+ years of frontline community, hospital and clinical experience. Among the population that Amy has served include, youth, adults and seniors who struggle with mental health and addiction issues, relational, stress or crisis, trauma, physical health, diagnosis, and palliation.  Learn more about Amy on her practice website, Psychology Today, Instagram, and LinkedIn profiles.  In this episode:  Being a social worker for 20 years Transitioning from full-time work into private practice Hiring staff and building the practice based on values  Growing her practice Amy's advice to listeners  Being a social worker for 20 years  In March 2021, Amy decided to open up her own private practice after having been in the field for 20 years working for other mental health organisations in Port Hope, Ontario.  Before she opened her private practice, Amy was working full-time for a community hospital in crisis where she worked directly with a police service and attended the 911 mental health calls.  Transitioning from full-time work into private practice  Amy opened her private practice in 2021 but only committed to working in it fully in 2023 once she had built up her client caseload.  Amy knew that she had reached every goal she had wanted to as a crisis worker, and felt like she wanted to open up her professional career and reach by committing more fully to her private practice.  Hiring staff and building the practice based on values  Amy hired people that she had previously worked with into her new practice when she wanted to develop it further. She made sure to hire practitioners who shared the same or similar values that she had founded the practice. Amy wanted a practice that felt like a well-loved home.  Growing her practice Since her passion for her work has grown and she has started hiring more staff, Amy was able to level up her practice from solo to group. She credits part of this success with making the foundation of her practice rest upon the values and principles that she shares with her staff.  Now it's been four years since Amy started her private practice as a solo therapist, and how she is currently hiring for therapist number 18!  She feels grateful for the success that started with her and that has now grown and been encouraged by her team. The practice has grown larger than her and is now supported and furthered by her staff, therapists, and the community around their practice.  Amy's advice to listeners Start your private practice with a solid business plan, consult with an accountant and lawyer, and go slow! Practice self-gratitude and celebrate your small wins.  Connect with me: Instagram Website  Resources mentioned and useful links: Ep 154: Pacific Pines: Working as a Team to Fulfil a Private Practice Dream | EP 154  Learn more about the tools and deals that I love and use for my Canadian private practice Sign up for my free e-course on How to Start an Online Canadian Private Practice Jane App (use code FEARLESS for one month free) Get some help and freebies on your website with WordPress!  Learn more about Amy on her practice website, Psychology Today, Instagram, and LinkedIn profiles  Rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, and TuneIn

For those living rough, Coldest Night of the Year is a crucial fundraiser held annually in Port Hope. The post Walkers hope to raise $50,000 during Coldest Night of the Year walk in 2025, says organizers appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Awareness of plight of others higher this year, says Coldest Night of the Year organizer Coldest Night of the Year raises awareness and money to support the homeless, says organizer Coldest Night of the Year goes virtual for 2021, but the message about those in need remains the same

Port Hope resident Angela Grogan is promoting Black History Month in Northumberland for the second year in a The post Black History Month needs higher profile in Northumberland, says local advocate appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Port Hope resident Angela Grogan shares passion for significance of local Black History Ontario Black History month debated Black Lives Matters flag opens opportunity for education and discussion, says NHH vice-president

Keith Sullivan with NAIA takes aim at the Atlantic Salmon Federation for its criticism of what appears to be discarded aquaculture equipment at sites on the south coast + A return home and a return to building boats, James Butt of Port Hope Simpson tells us about his life and work.

Labrador Morning's Andrea McGuire took us to to the bank of Alexis River, where a man named James Butt has been building a motor boat by hand.

  This interview is pulled from the Consider This Northumberland archive of more than 100 interviews done in The post Recalling the reopening of the Port Hope walk-in clinic for those without a doctor is a milestone in 2024 appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Walk-in clinic re-opens following year of challenges to serve patients who don't have a doctor Port Hope mayor gives an update as the walk-in clinic is in the final stages, preparing to open in July Proposed walk-in clinic aiming to open in former Toronto Road location in Port Hope Nov. 1

The show: The full interview with bonus material: Port Hope council passed its $29.5 million budget earlier this The post Port Hope councillor provides background into 2025 budget appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Mayor says perfect storm hits as Port Hope council approved 6.9 percent increase for 2024 budget Port Hope mayor explains budget increase as some taxpayers and councillor are upset Some optimism shines through despite gloom in Ontario Chamber report, says Port Hope CEO

The debate from Port Hope council over a letter from Cobourg regarding policing: The Port Hope council discussed The post In Their Words: Port Hope politicians debate police amalgamation appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: In Their Words: Cobourg council debates first step to single police force with Port Hope and Hamilton Townshp Police review underway as politicians and residents grapple left to grapple with future Police boards back at table for another round

The show: The full interview with bonus material: The Canadian Severity Crime Index measures changes in the level The post Port Hope police pursue service agreements to provide levels of service under new provincial rules appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Additional officers, additional auxiliary will raise profile of Port Hope police, says chief In Their Words: Port Hope politicians debate police amalgamation Cobourg police board chair and chief provide context to upcoming debate on future of force

The show: The full interview with bonus material: Driving along Strathy Road or Elgin Street in Cobourg, it The post Inside look into new Golden Plough Lodge's final construction phase, hoping to open in June 2025 appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Walton Street construction underway as councillor explains what it means to Port Hope Port Hope mayor gives an update as the walk-in clinic is in the final stages, preparing to open in July Workforce housing still on county agenda as it tries to recruit skilled international workers here

The show: The full interview with bonus material: The Canadian Severity Crime Index measures changes in the level of crime within communities across Canada. All crimes are assigned a weight based on their seriousness. Statistics Canada releases these figures every year. Port Hope had the second-lowest score, according to the most recent report. This makes […] The post Port Hope police pursue service agreements to provide levels of service under new provincial rules appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: In Their Words: Port Hope politicians debate police amalgamation Additional officers, additional auxiliary will raise profile of Port Hope police, says chief Cobourg police board chair and chief provide context to upcoming debate on future of force

The debate from Port Hope council over a letter from Cobourg regarding policing:   The Port Hope council discussed a letter from the Town of Cobourg proposing a potential merger or collaboration with their police services. Councillor Adam Pearson emphasized the community's support for the local police and concerns about adding turmoil during significant municipal […] The post In Their Words: Port Hope politicians debate police amalgamation appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: In Their Words: Cobourg council debates first step to single police force with Port Hope and Hamilton Townshp Police review underway as politicians and residents grapple left to grapple with future In Their Words: Northumberland County councillors debate the future of the encampment in Cobourg

Today is Open Barn Day in Port Hope Simpson! We hear how Madonna Savory is helping the public meet her bunnies, goats, cows today—with the support of Food First NL's food animator, Dana Marshall.

Students at Bayside Academy had a very a-moose-ing time last week! We hear from the students and the NunatuKavut Community Council about a classroom lesson on butchering moose meat.

The show: The full interview with bonus material: Driving along Strathy Road or Elgin Street in Cobourg, it is hard to miss the construction. The four-storey building that will house the new Golden Plough Lodge, county museum, and archives is taking shape. With three-quarters of the construction complete, the exterior is getting the final touches, […] The post Inside look into new Golden Plough Lodge's final construction phase, hoping to open in June 2025 appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: County spending $1.5 million to support local daycare as operators struggle to stay open Walton Street construction underway as councillor explains what it means to Port Hope New leader of Northumberland health team shares her experience and perspective

It's a project about six years in the making—but the new community center hasn't opened in Port Hope Simpson yet. The town's mayor is hopeful about the project coming together soon, though. We hear an update from mayor Margaret Burden.

The show: The full interview with bonus material: At an upcoming Cobourg council meeting, politicians will debate whether it will start negotiations towards a possible merger of the Cobourg and Port Hope Police. Council is also considering contacting Hamilton Township, which the OPP currently serves. In this interview, you will hear what the Cobourg Police […] The post Cobourg police board chair and chief provide context to upcoming debate on future of force appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Cobourg chief gives context to debate over possible police mergers Additional officers, additional auxiliary will raise profile of Port Hope police, says chief Cobourg council must decide on future of police station, says board chair

The show: The full interview with bonus material: On April 1, the new Community Safety and Policing Act came into effect. It was a long time coming. The changes in the rules and regulations related to policing underwent a major restructuring. It sent shockwaves through the province, motivating the need for rethink local policing. Cobourg […] The post Cobourg chief gives context to debate over possible police mergers appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: New police rules and regulations started on April 1, impacting local police with little fanfare Additional officers, additional auxiliary will raise profile of Port Hope police, says chief Police review underway as politicians and residents grapple left to grapple with future

The show Part 1: The show Part 2: The full interview (Podcast): Your toddler has a fever that does not seem to break. You are a senior who needs a prescription renewal to treat a chronic condition. Your cold is getting worse, not better. For some in Northumberland, it is a call to your physician […] The post Seeking solutions for people without doctors, Ontario Health Team weighs in appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Walk-in clinic re-opens following year of challenges to serve patients who don't have a doctor Port Hope mayor gives an update as the walk-in clinic is in the final stages, preparing to open in July Proposed walk-in clinic aiming to open in former Toronto Road location in Port Hope Nov. 1

The show: Cobourg council debated the future of the Cobourg Police force at a special meeting called by Mayor Lucas Cleveland Thursday. Its purpose was to discuss a motion to contact the Port Hope and Hamilton Township councils to see if they were interested in creating a single police service for the three municipalities. This […] The post In Their Words: Cobourg council debates first step to single police force with Port Hope and Hamilton Townshp appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: In Their Words: Northumberland County councillors debate the future of the encampment in Cobourg Cobourg's mayor explains recent debate over emergency shelter bylaw and its impacts Cobourg mayor proposes new plan to restructure Northumberland County, plus airs concerns with upper tier

The Stuph File Program Featuring Anna Rosner, author of Eyes On The Ice; documentary filmmaker, Bernie Finkelstein, maker of Atomic Reaction; & Marc Hartzman, author of We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History Of UFO's And Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears And Fantasies Download Anna Rosner is the author of the historical book for young readers called Eyes On The Ice, which deals with two hockey playing brothers who live in Czechoslovakia in 1963. (You can also check out Anna's other site called Books With Wings). Bernie Finkelstein has produced a documentary called Atomic Reaction, which touches on Canada's role in the creation of the atomic bomb. It's a documentary that initially started focussing on the uranium cleanup of Port Hope, Ontario. Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com and the author of We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History Of UFO's And Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears And Fantasies is back, with the weird story for October. This one deals with Mark Twain, who apparently continued writing long after his death. It's a story that can be found in one of Marc's re-publications from Curious Publications called The Talking Dead. This week's guest slate is presented by actor Jesse Camacho, whom you may have seen in such shows as Locke & Key and also FUBAR, both on Netflix. He also had a five-year run on the TV series, Less Than Kind.  And he's the lead voice of Binky on the animated series Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe.

The Podcast: Cobourg council debated the future of the Cobourg Police force at a special meeting called by Mayor Lucas Cleveland Thursday. Its purpose was to discuss a motion to contact the Port Hope and Hamilton Township councils to see if they were interested in creating a single police service for the three municipalities. This […] The post In Their Words: Cobourg council debates first step to single police force with Port Hope and Hamilton Township appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: In Their Words: Northumberland County councillors debate the future of the encampment in Cobourg Police officers not only ones hurt by township council decision Police associations herald single force for West Northumberland

The show: The full interview with bonus material: More than 30 years ago, David Sheffield attended a potluck dinner at Green Wood Towers in Port Hope. The meal changed his life. He went on to create the Green Wood Coalition, a non-profit aimed at helping those who lived on the margins in the community. Slowly, […] The post Retired head of Green Wood Coalition reflects on more than 30 years of community building appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Green Wood Coalition seeks people for conversations about pressing issues post-pandemic Green Wood Coalition reaches out, but also searching for answers to opioid crisis Coldest Night of the Year goes virtual for 2021, but the message about those in need remains the same

The show: The full interview with bonus material: Nearly 30,000 Chinook Salmon migrate through the lower Ganaraska River in Port Hope to spawn upstream. It is one of the largest in Ontario. This magnificent display of nature attracts tourists and anglers from far and wide. However, the stretch from Corbett's Dam to the mouth of […] The post Biologist offer insight into challenges and pluses to fishing sanctuary on Ganaraska River appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Time to ban Salmon fishing along the Ganaraska River in Port Hope Suggestions regarding fishing on the Ganaraska River from a reader To fish or not to fish, that is the question, says OFAH biologist

Port Hope elementary teacher, Kelly-Anne Jennings, is facing multiple charges including sexual assault and possession of child pornography. These charges allegedly involve students at the school where she taught. She was a Grade 8 teacher at St. Anthony Catholic Elementary School which is a part of the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board. We spoke to Steven O'Sullivan about the current developments. He is the Catholic Board's Director of Education.We are a few weeks away from the Bay of Quinte byelection and all four major provincial parties have confirmed their candidates.They have just under two weeks left to make their case after the sudden departure of M-P-P and Education Minister Todd Smith.We spoke to the co-publisher of Quinteist, Hollie Pratt-Campbell, about the upcoming election. Quinteist is a local online news publication.As the weather cools down, sometimes it can be very easy to keep indoors for comfort. But there are benefits to getting outside in all seasons. We spoke to Naomi Saunders about its benefits and what I can do to help boost health levels. She is the manager of environmental education at the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority.  

The show: The full interview: After a year of hard work and numerous challenges, the walk-in clinic in Port Hope re-opened with a soft launch earlier this month. As everyone slowly finds their sea legs, the clinic hopes to serve a growing population in Northumberland without doctors. In this early stage, the hours are irregular. […] The post Walk-in clinic re-opens following year of challenges to serve patients who don't have a doctor appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Port Hope mayor gives an update as the walk-in clinic is in the final stages, preparing to open in July Proposed walk-in clinic aiming to open in former Toronto Road location in Port Hope Nov. 1 New warden explains the ins and outs of a three-year budget for county

West Nile Virus concerns -- Minister of Education resigns -- craft breweries struggle to stay afloat -- Christmas in August comes to Port Hope

The show: The full interview with bonus material: Several municipalities in Northumberland have implemented policies regarding public behaviour towards staff and politicians. A growing number of incidents has spawned this response, as some residents are becoming increasingly rude and belligerent. Meanwhile, members of the public argue they are frustrated by a lack of transparency and […] The post Public decorum foremost after zero tolerance policy reminder issued in Alnwick-Haidmand appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: Mayor explains public conduct policy as council grapples with interactions between staff, politicians and residents County launches new tool for taxpayers to keep an eye on its performance Additional officers, additional auxiliary will raise profile of Port Hope police, says chief

Have you ever wondered about being a lighthouse keeper? Let's find out! Today we talk with Larry Becker and Mimi Herrington from the Pointe aux Barques Maritime Museum.They discuss the history, restoration efforts, and community involvement in maintaining the lighthouse and the life-saving station in Port Hope, Michigan. The episode also highlights the challenges and triumphs related to preserving the lighthouse and the establishment of the Life Saving Station, emphasizing their roles in maritime history.Links:Website: https://pointeauxbarqueslighthouse.org/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pointeauxbarquesSubscribe to our Email Newsletter: https://totalmichigan.com/join/Find us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/totalmichiganWatch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@totalmichiganShow Notes:00:00 The Great Fire Near the Life Saving Station01:04 Meet the Pointe Aux Barques Maritime Museum Team01:27 History of the Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse02:23 Life Saving Station and Its Restoration02:41 Mimi's Journey Back to Michigan03:37 Larry's Involvement with the Lighthouse04:43 The Early Days of the Lighthouse10:16 The U.S. Life Saving Service14:08 Restoration Efforts and Historical Insights15:35 A Glimpse into the Past16:29 Sponsor Break and What's Next17:02 Welcome Back to Total Michigan17:08 The Pointe Aux Barques Maritime Museum17:25 Maintaining the Lighthouse17:46 The Keepers Program18:37 Collaborative Efforts with the County20:04 The Assistant Keeper Program22:13 Membership and Volunteer Programs25:53 The Annual Festival27:21 Restoration Efforts29:57 Connecting with the Museum31:55 Conclusion and Farewell

Joeita previews Season 5 of AMI-tv's "Postcards from..." with the show's new host, Author & Artist Christa Couture. Christa discusses her travels to various parts of Canada, the challenges of travelling with a prosthetic, and the joy of exploring new places with all 5 senses. Highlights:Opening Remarks (00:00)Introducing Christa Couture – Writer, Musician, Broadcaster (01:19)About AMI-tv's “Postcards From…” (03:23)Season 5 Travel Locations (04:37)Drumheller, the Dinosaur Capital of North America (05:30)Navigating Rugged Terrain with a Prosthetic (08:40)Bringing Attention to Accessibility Barriers (12:26)Prairie Oysters & Testy Festy (13:42)Dawson City & Whistler (16:36)Learning to Travel More Accessibly (18:09)Accessibility in Transportation (19:58)Unpacking the Suitcase Strategy (21:34)Travelling with Small Children (22:54)The Ultimate Souvenir (24:01)Show Close (25:55)Guest Bio:Christa Couture is an award-winning performing and recording artist, non-fiction writer and broadcaster. She is also proudly Indigenous, queer, disabled and a mom. Her sixth recording, Safe Harbour, was released March 2020. Her writing has been published in Room, Shameless and Augur magazines and cbc.ca. As a speaker and storyteller, she has addressed audiences for The Walrus Talks, CBC's DNTO, Moses Znaimer's ideaCity and Imaginate in Port Hope, ON. She is a frequent contributor to CBC Radio's Now or Never and The Next Chapter, and hosts Season 5 of AMI-tv's accessible travel series “Postcards From…”Watch "Postcards From..." on AMIPlus.caFind Music from Christa Couture on Bandcamp“A remarkable chanteuse, singing superb material,” deems Roots Music of Christa Couture, an award-winning indie artist who has built a reputation for transforming tragedy into musical triumph, with sharp-shooting wit, effortless grace, and heart-on-sleeve intensity. Follow Christa Couture on FacebookChrista Couture's Book - How to Lose Everything: A MemoirChrista Couture has come to know every corner of grief—its shifting blurry edges, its traps, its pulse of love at the centre and the bittersweet truth that sorrow is a powerful and wise emotion.From the amputation of her leg as a cure for bone cancer at a young age to her first child's single day of life, the heart transplant and subsequent death of her second child, the divorce born of grief and then the thyroidectomy that threatened her career as a professional musician, How to Lose Everything delves into the heart of loss. Couture bears witness to the shift in perspective that comes with loss, and how it can deepen compassion for others, expand understanding, inspire a letting go of little things and plant a deeper feeling for what matters. At the same time, Couture's writing evokes the joy and lightness that both precede and eventually follow grief, as well as the hope and resilience that grow from connections with others."How to Lose Everything" series on CBC GemHow to Lose Everything is an Indigenous series of animated short films that explore personal stories of loss. The five films' stories span nations, languages, and perspectives on heartache.More from Christa Couture  About The PulseOn The Pulse, host Joeita Gupta brings us closer to issues impacting the disability community across Canada.Joeita Gupta has nurtured a life-long dream to work in radio! She's blind, moved to Toronto in 2004 and got her start in radio at CKLN, 88.1 FM in Toronto. A former co-host of AMI-audio's Live from Studio 5, Joeita also works full-time at a nonprofit in Toronto, specializing in housing/tenant rights. Find Joeita on X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeitaGupta The Pulse airs weekly on AMI-audio. For more information, visit https://www.ami.ca/ThePulse/ About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI's vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal. Learn more at AMI.caConnect on Twitter @AccessibleMediaOn Instagram @accessiblemediaincOn Facebook at @AccessibleMediaIncOn TikTok @accessiblemediaincEmail feedback@ami.ca

Carol Bruneau, whose work was widely influenced by the late Alice Munro, joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about the Canadian author's legacy. Munro died on Monday at her home in Port Hope, Ont. She was 92.

Last January Port Hope's council decided to look for a twin city among Ukrainian municipalities. It found Nadvirna,  a town on the western side of the country, not far from the Carpathian Mountains. We spoke to the Mayor of Port Hope, Olena Hankivsky, about this budding relationship.The  Theatre of Orangeville is playing an original play called The Darktown Strutters' Ball. The play takes the audience on a musical journey, honoring artists from Nat King Cole to Bob Marley. Playwright Leslie McCurdy was overjoyed to chat with us about the show.

In this episode of "Negotiating Happiness," your host Adriana will be welcoming Angie Ross, Certified CashFlow Specialist and Money Coach. We will be discussing the anti-budget & Profit First methods and how helpful they are for business owners. Tune in live on Monday April 15, at 1pm EDT/12pm CDT, or catch the replay on YouTube or Soundcloud. Angie Ross (BBA, BEd, CCS) is a Certified CashFlow Specialist and Money Coach who has been spreading her expertise passionately as a financial educator for the past 18 years. She prides herself on providing unbiased, straightforward financial mentorship, allowing her clients to achieve their financial dreams without painful “budgeting”. Angie and her husband dreamed of becoming investment property owners and successfully overhauled their personal finances in order to purchase a long term rental property in Port Hope, Ontario in 2019. They then expanded their portfolio in 2021 through the purchase of a vacation rental in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. These purchases have improved their immediate cash flow, and have contributed significantly to their net worth. Angie believes in helping her clients calm their cash flow chaos in order to maximize their money. Whether the client is looking to eradicate debt, buy an investment property, or get on the same page as their partner, Angie can provide a customized solution. Make sure to tune in to "Negotiating Happiness" with Adriana Fierastrau, airing live at 1pm EDT/12pm CDT on 107.7 and 105.3 FM in New Orleans, as part of the United Public Radio Network!

In this episode of "Negotiating Happiness," your host Adriana will be welcoming Angie Ross, Certified CashFlow Specialist and Money Coach. We will be discussing the anti-budget & Profit First methods and how helpful they are for business owners. Tune in live on Monday April 15, at 1pm EDT/12pm CDT, or catch the replay on YouTube or Soundcloud. Angie Ross (BBA, BEd, CCS) is a Certified CashFlow Specialist and Money Coach who has been spreading her expertise passionately as a financial educator for the past 18 years. She prides herself on providing unbiased, straightforward financial mentorship, allowing her clients to achieve their financial dreams without painful “budgeting”. Angie and her husband dreamed of becoming investment property owners and successfully overhauled their personal finances in order to purchase a long term rental property in Port Hope, Ontario in 2019. They then expanded their portfolio in 2021 through the purchase of a vacation rental in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. These purchases have improved their immediate cash flow, and have contributed significantly to their net worth. Angie believes in helping her clients calm their cash flow chaos in order to maximize their money. Whether the client is looking to eradicate debt, buy an investment property, or get on the same page as their partner, Angie can provide a customized solution. Make sure to tune in to "Negotiating Happiness" with Adriana Fierastrau, airing live at 1pm EDT/12pm CDT on 107.7 and 105.3 FM in New Orleans, as part of the United Public Radio Network!

Bex Scott welcomes guest Kim, owner of The Red Rooster Shoppe on Instagram and Whatnot, to the show to discuss everything to do with Whatnot. Kim, who has accumulated quite a following on Whatnot and is practiced at live shows, shares tips and advice on how to make Whatnot both fun and valuable. She also talks about all the vintage delights she collects and the many thrift stores she visits in Ontario. Whatnot, according to Kim, is a social selling platform that combines entertainment and thrifting. It's a buyers and seller social marketplace where live auction shows are commonplace. Kim and Bex talk about exactly why Whatnot has become so valuable to their vintage resale endeavours, not just as a sales platform but as a place to make like-minded friendships and support circles. Kim dishes about her childhood growing up with collector and reseller parents, her time as an auctioneer, the extensive vintage collection she has amassed, and exactly how to get started on Whatnot and in vintage collecting in general. The conversation is fun, full of laughter and tips, and a great way to get a feel for Whatnot as a platform.Resources discussed in this episode:WhatnotValue VillageReStore: Habitat for HumanityOwl Always Love VintageBlue Mountain Pottery Goebel Friar TucksHibid.comMaxsold—Contact Kim | The Red Rooster Shoppe:Instagram: The Red Rooster ShoppeRed Rooster Shoppe at Twindmills Antique MarketLinktr.eeContact Rebecca Scott | Pyrex With Bex: Website: PyrexWithBex.comInstagram: @pyrexwithbexContact Bex on her website—TranscriptBex Scott: [00:00:02] Hey everybody, it's Bex Scott and welcome to the Pyrex with Bex podcast where, you guessed it, I talk about vintage Pyrex, but also all things vintage housewares. I'll take you on my latest thrifting adventures, talk about reselling, chat with other enthusiasts about their collections, and learn about a bunch of really awesome items from the past. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you love listening to podcasts so you don't miss a beat. Hey, everybody, this is Bex Scott and you are listening to the Pyrex with Bex podcast. On today's episode, I'm going to be chatting with my reseller friend Kim, also known as the Red Rooster, all about Whatnot, what we love about the app, and how to get started on it as a new reseller. Bex Scott: [00:00:49] Thanks for tuning into another episode of the Pyrex with Bex podcast. Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Kim from the Red Rooster Shoppe. Welcome, Kim. Kim: [00:01:00] Hello. How are you? Bex Scott: [00:01:02] Good, thanks. How are you? Kim: [00:01:03] I'm good. I'm good, very good. Bex Scott: [00:01:06] So I met Kim through a fun little platform called Whatnot, and we'll get into Whatnot a bit later. But I wanted to start off with you telling us a little bit about you. Kim: [00:01:17] So my name's Kim. I live in Hastings, Ontario, Canada, or just outside of Hastings, technically. I'm a full time dementia caregiver, but I used to be an auctioneer and my parents were big collectors and resellers. So when I was a kid, that's all we did as vacations was go to flea markets and meets, and weekends were spent in some gym, in some school somewhere in Ontario selling things. So it's just kind of what I'm used to, and I enjoy doing it now as kind of like a fun activity. Bex Scott: [00:01:56] That is very cool. I didn't know that about you. Did you love doing that as a kid when you were growing up? Was that something that you really enjoyed doing or what were your feelings around that? Kim: [00:02:07] I was an only child. I am an only child. So I don't think I knew anything different. Right? Just this was my normal. It was a little boring sometimes. But then mum would get me making crafts in the background, which of course we'd sell. You know, we had these pencils you could rub between your hands and they were your frustration releasers and they would go all funny hair. So I would sit there and--. Bex Scott: [00:02:31] -- oh I remember those. Kim: [00:02:32] Yeah, yeah, I forget what they were called, but, or the anger busters, I think we used to put labels on them sometimes is that. The only problem with them was because I used to take them to school with me, they were my fidget toy, but the eraser gets covered up by the hair and it's really hard to correct your mistakes. So you can't make any mistakes when you have that as your pencil. Yeah, but it was so normal that in grade seven I did speech arts, which I don't know if you did, but where everybody has to write a speech and then everybody goes in front of the classroom. It's probably too anxiety driven to be done anymore for kids. Bex Scott: [00:03:12] Yeah. That was my worst. Fear. Kim: [00:03:14] Yeah, it's it probably ended in like the late 80s, early 90s. But in the 70s and 80s, it was the thing you, every single kid had to do it. And I was good at it. I was, I was good. I could memorize and I could perform a little bit, but then I would get up on stage, and usually I would do a five minute speech in 2.5 minutes, because I would get really nervous and I would just go through it really, really fast, which took away from points. So I never went to like regionals or anything. Anyways, in grade seven, I wrote a speech. The first line of it is, have you ever gone to Pennsylvania for a screw? And it was so normal to me and I, and I was, I was like 13. I had no idea what a screw like that, what the connotation of that was until I was up on stage in front of the entire school. And the moment it came out of my mouth, like a millisecond later, I'm like, oh, I know what I just said, but I have to carry on. I have to carry on. But we would go like, we went every year to this swap meet for classic cars because my dad, who never finished building it, but he was building a 1928 model A coupe, which is kind of like a truck. Bex Scott: [00:04:32] Very cool. Kim: [00:04:33] But he never finished it because he wanted it to be 100% original, which meant every single part down to screws. Which is why we would go all the way to Pennsylvania, because that's every October at Hershey, Pennsylvania there's a meet for classic cars, antique car enthusiasts. And it's just, it's mud. It's an entire field of mud that you trudge through because it always rains, it always rains and there's so many people and everyone's pulling their wagon with their car parts in it, and I would have to trudge along in the mud holding on to a precious screw or something. But I just thought it was normal. So I wrote, in grade seven I asked the entire school if they'd ever gone to Pennsylvania for a screw. Bex Scott: [00:05:25] I love it. That's very cute. Kim: [00:05:27] It's a little embarrassing now. Bex Scott: [00:05:30] Oh, so you had the childhood of flea markets and auctions and being an auctioneer. So how did the reselling side of what you do now begin? Kim: [00:05:41] I had to close my business as an auctioneer. Auctioneering was actually like the last career I had before I got sick. I have what's called central sensitization syndrome. And so it's like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue put together into one. So I was pretty much laid up in bed for a few years. And then the pandemic hit. And then my mother started to have the signs of moderate dementia. And so it got to the point where I had to move her in with me. So we moved here to near Hastings on the Trent River. And it's beautiful here and there's lots of activities for her to do. But I was looking for another outlet and mom and I always loved thrifting. It was our thing to do was to go thrifting. And I love that treasure hunt. But then you get the stuff home and it's like, oh, I don't really need this. And I had a huge, I had when I was sick and laid up at home, I had started trying to, like, ADHD really, because I never really completed anything, but I would get into a whole bunch of different crafts. So I had a whole like room full of craft supplies, and I was on Instagram and it wasn't even related to reselling, the woman that I was following. Kim: [00:07:06] But she posted that her son and daughter-in-law were doing some, you know, Funko Pop sale on Whatnot. And I went, what's Whatnot? Like, I need to Google this. So I didn't use the referral code or anything, so I didn't get my little your bonus of using a referral code from a seller or another Whatnot or... But I looked into it and I was like, this sounds cool. This is fun. I think I want to do this. So first it was just to kind of get rid of my craft section, and then it was like, nah, you know what? I like these vintage decor people. The people who do vintage decor are fun. And I love these sellers and I love that community. So that's where I want to start, I started buying from there and then I was like, you know what? I think I want to, I want to sell in this category too. And next thing you know, I've got an entire basement full of stuff. Bex Scott: [00:08:04] I understand that fully. Yeah, that's what my basement looks like as well. Kim: [00:08:09] It's bad. It's really bad. But it's all inventory as far as I'm concerned. It's all inventory. So it's just a matter of when I manage to get time to sell it. Bex Scott: [00:08:22] That's what I say every time I bring a new box home. Like this will be sold one day and it's going to make me a lot of money. So that's why I bought it. And then it's the slippery slope of the next box is the same thing. Kim: [00:08:34] Yes. My husband just, he just shakes his head because he likes everything new, so he doesn't understand it. But he likes me being thrifty. He likes that. He likes that I can always find a way to save money somewhere. I will figure out a way. Bex Scott: [00:08:52] That's perfect. Kim: [00:08:52] He doesn't think that way. So he's always like, oh, good, like we don't have to buy a brand new fridge. We can go to the restore and get a fridge that's pretty much brand new because it came out of some remodeled house, you know, those sort of things. He likes that. But he doesn't like all the boxes right now. We call it the Great Wall of Hastings, because they're all lined up and built up into basically a wall that divides part of the basement. So. Bex Scott: [00:09:24] That's awesome. I'd like to come and shop in your basement. Kim: [00:09:27] Yeah. You'd have to unbox everything. I always say if someone was to come here and rob the place to try and get my treasures, first of all, it's all stuff that's going to take you a while to resell, so good luck with that. Second of all, there's a dog that will bite you. But third of all, you're going to have to go and like clean up first to find all the stuff and go through about 150 boxes. So guaranteed, I'll be home before you get through a third of it. Bex Scott: [00:09:56] So really, it's a security system. That's a whole new way of looking at it. Kim: [00:10:01] Yeah, it's it's a way of, you know, hiding your valuables in about 150 boxes. It's a little treasure hunt. It's like an Easter egg hunt for robbers. To figure out which box it is that's got the best stuff. Might be at the bottom. Might not be, I don't know. I don't know, actually, because I can't remember what's in everything. I never label the boxes, which I should probably do, but then it's always usually just whatever comes from the latest auction. And, you know, I accidentally fall into a thrift store on the way home from an auction pick up. That's not my fault. That the car just-- Bex Scott: [00:10:42] -- it just happened to be there. Kim: [00:10:43] The car has a self-driving system that drives itself to different thrift stores on the way to the grocery store. Or like when I do my blood work, I make sure I do it in Trenton because the parking lot for the blood work place is the same parking lot as for the Missions Bible Thrift store. You know, so it's not my fault that after I get blood taken, I have to go into a thrift store to recover. That's the only way to recover from a loss of blood, really. Is to buy somebody. Bex Scott: [00:11:20] It definitely helps. Kim: [00:11:21] Yeah. Bex Scott: [00:11:22] That's how I feel about Costco. I send my husband to Costco because Value Village is on the way to Costco, and he can drop me there and then go do the grocery shopping and then come and get me after he's done. Kim: [00:11:35] I think what I'm going to start doing is bringing, once my husband's semi-retired, I'm going to get him to come with me thrifting, because then he'll get the 55 plus discount because I don't qualify yet. And I was thinking of becoming a student just so I could get the student discount because I buy so much, especially from the one place, Vinnies. I love them. But every time they always ask, they just automatically ask everybody do you qualify for a discount? Every time I'm like, no, not old enough yet. I wish I was old enough. It would save tons of money. I spend way too much there. Bex Scott: [00:12:15] So from your perspective, I've tried to explain Whatnot to people before, and I'm not very good at it. So how would you explain Whatnot to somebody who's never heard of it? Kim: [00:12:26] They call themselves a social selling platform, but basically it is entertainment plus thrifting put together. It's a way to get social and meet new people. There's friendships there, but it is... Whatnot is Whatnot. It's just, it's everything under the sun. They're even looking at the possibility of doing, in the next year or so, doing like vehicles and stuff, like. Bex Scott: [00:12:56] Wow. Kim: [00:12:57] Yeah. Which would obviously be local pickup not shipping. But they were talking about that in a product development show. So Whatnot is, it's like eBay but it's live. It's entertaining. There's still the auction part. But you can go in and you can just search for things at any time. But there's always a show on somewhere with something that you're probably going to like and want. Bex Scott: [00:13:22] Mhm. Kim: [00:13:23] And it's just fun. You can just come in and watch because there's, you know, there's goofs like me doing trivia and like I was just on the wigging-out train where we all were, there was 22 sellers, so that was like 11 hours solid of sellers who were wearing silly wigs and being silly for 11 solid hours. Yeah. It was pretty amazing. It's I mean, whatnot is just, it's entertainment, but it's also value because you can get some really good deals on Whatnot. And as a seller, it's just, it's a fun way to sell your stuff. I find it quick and easy and it's on my schedule, right? Like, I don't have to, if I can't do it because with mom having dementia, she's my priority, so if she's not having a good day or because she's not having a good day, I'm too tired to do a show because I don't want to be blah on a show. I want to be fun. I want to be myself. So I need to feel rested, so I can move it. I can move my shows when I need to. Kim: [00:14:33] Consistency is important, but it's do as I say, not as I do. If you have the time, and, you know, one day when mum's not with us anymore, then I hope that Whatnot will be something that I do like, you know, 3, 4, or 5 times a week. That I'm doing short Whatnot shows or long Whatnot shows. And that's the other thing, you don't have to do one hour or, you know, three hours. You can do as much as you want or as little as you want, which I really like. So, it's so flexible for sellers and they are asking us to do more detailed listings. But if you do an unboxing. You can just lift it up and show it and turn it around and give some descriptions and mention any issues with it, and hit the button and start the auction and sell it like right there and then. So, which is great because I got a lot of boxes to unbox. So I love that part. But yeah, it's, I mean I think it's more, it's like it's entertainment and shopping all in one for just about anything you could think of. Bex Scott: [00:15:40] Yeah, I think that's the perfect way to describe it. And I'm a very introverted person. I kind of keep to myself, and I've always been shy and starting off on Whatnot, having to - you don't necessarily have to show your face, you can flip it around and just show your product - but having to talk to yourself the whole time at the beginning was very challenging for me, but you kind of get into it and you start to have fun, and you have your regular followers and shoppers that come in to your shows all the time, and you start to build friendships and community. And I think four of the Canadian sellers, you've been a huge part of building that community and those friendships. And when I found all of you guys, it was kind of like a little built-in friend pod that you go along your daily life, but you guys are always there and you can ask questions and shop from each other's lives, and it's perfect. Kim: [00:16:38] Yeah, I love the fact that there's like this group and it's, you know, mostly women in our category. So it's this really awesome, supportive group of women that are all Canadians who all love to buy and sell. And yeah, we're just so supportive of each other and just going into each other's stores. And there's been major things that have happened. Friday was my one year of selling on Whatnot anniversary, so-- Bex Scott: [00:17:07] Congratulations. Kim: [00:17:08] It's only been one year and like three days. So, and it's not easy at first. You got to kind of get your own rhythm and groove and find the vibe that works for you. And that took some time for me to figure out because I didn't, I didn't really know, like I'm like an introverted extrovert, I guess. So like, I start off really shy and then I get stupid, or else I'm like extremely extroverted and I talk to every single person in the store, and then I just say, I don't get out much. That's my excuse. I don't get out much. But there's that Canadian group of women and we chat with each other offline, off of Whatnot, about our lives, and we're supportive of each other in our own lives and what's going on because, you know, as resellers there's so much else that goes on in our lives other than just listing product and selling it. And, you know, we've had we've had some pretty big tragedies that we've helped each other through and day-to-day sometimes if I just, if I have to rant, I have some place I can go and just put out a rant about how something that's not so great in my life that's happening. Kim: [00:18:26] And it's just like, you're not alone. You realize you're just so not alone. But as resellers too, it's great because we can help each other. Like, do you know what this is? Have you seen it before? What is it someone sold it for, because Whatnot is one of many platforms that are available for resellers. It's the one that I'm using exclusively personally, but others aren't. And, so it's nice to be able to say, you know what? Maybe that should go somewhere else. Maybe that doesn't go on Whatnot. Maybe you want to put that on another platform and see if it sells there first, because you do get bargains on Whatnot. Whatnot's not always high end unless you're crazy lamp lady. Bex Scott: [00:19:11] Yeah. Kim: [00:19:12] That's a whole discussion. I have bought from her, I have to admit. I did go. Bex Scott: [00:19:16] Her stuff is great. Kim: [00:19:17] Her stuff is awesome. But at the same time there's stuff that she sells that it's like, yeah, I got that. Bex Scott: [00:19:25] Yeah, yeah. Kim: [00:19:26] I'm not going to get those prices. But that's okay, she can. She's built a following. She's worked hard to get that following. Bex Scott: [00:19:32] Yeah. Especially when you have 530 people in a show. And sometimes I have like three. Kim: [00:19:39] But you know what? All it takes is like one person who starts buying. Bex Scott: [00:19:43] Yeah. Kim: [00:19:44] Right? And especially if you do a loaded show, but someone says, hey, do you have any green glass and it's like, well, I don't have anything loaded, but here, walk over with me. You got, you can literally pick up your phone and just walk right over to wherever in your house or in your storage area you have whatever they're asking for. And you can just start loading it and selling it right on the spot to that person who wants it. It's great when there's competition, but you can also set your minimum price too, right? It's not like you have to do a low starting price. And that's what a lot of people do, is they set the minimum amount that they're willing to let the item go for, which I think is totally fair. Bex Scott: [00:20:26] Yeah. I agree. It's an awesome platform if you're just starting out or if you have years of experience behind you as a reseller. So I'd highly recommend it. Everybody listening, go and find the Red Rooster Shoppe on Whatnot. And then I'm Pyrex with Bex as well. And check out some of our shows. Shameless plug for both of us. So how would you describe thrifting and sourcing in your area? Is it good? Is it bad? Is it..? Kim: [00:20:59] It's way too good. It's way too good. I'm in a, like in a semi-rural area. Like there's, Belleville's not that far, but I haven't gone there yet, to be honest. Because there's enough. I've got one, two, three local auction companies that I don't even have to give my name. They've already pulled my items. Everything's ready. Bex Scott: [00:21:24] So fun. Kim: [00:21:24] I'm on a first name basis. Just hey, Kim, how's it going? Here's your stuff. So, I mean, there's never a lack of items and at decent prices. Plus we have, Peterborough has like multiple thrift stores and so I have my circuit that I do when I go into Peterborough. I sort of plan because I only have a few hours before I've got to be back home to take care of mom. So those during those hours, I make sure I hit all the key places that I need to because there's a value, what I call a valoo vilage, Value Village. Bex Scott: [00:22:01] That's what I call it too. Kim: [00:22:03] It sounds so much better when you buy, when you buy a dress and everyone's like, oh my God, I love your dress. Where'd you get it? Value Village. Oh, I haven't gone there yet. I really need to. Bex Scott: [00:22:13] Very high end. Kim: [00:22:14] Everyone needs to go to Value Village. So there's the Value Village. There's the Talize, which is nice because when I lived in Oshawa, there was one in Whitby. So now there's one in Peterborough. There's two Restores. So that's Habitat for Humanity. So that's awesome. And they have really expanded their vintage. They used to refuse vintage decor and now they've like really expanded their vintage decor. And they have great sticker sales. So. Bex Scott: [00:22:42] I was going to say that I didn't know that they did vintage until I walked in maybe two months ago, and they had an awesome section. Kim: [00:22:49] Yeah. So folks, if you haven't, like if it's been a long time since you've been in a Restore because you walked in and you're like, I do not need the building materials, thank you very much. Bex Scott: [00:22:59] I don't need a toilet today. Kim: [00:23:00] It is changed. And they do, they do sticker sales every month. So there's going to be stickers that are like 75% off what they say and their prices are already fair. So, like, I picked up a couple of end tables for my booth and I paid like $12.50 for each one and, you know, put the price tag on it is now $45. So, yeah, it's not bad at all. I just needed to, you know, polish it up a little bit and make it look a little bit prettier than it was, but yeah, Restores are great. Then we have the community care, which is an organization that does community care. Go figure. Like Meals on Wheels and drivers and home health brokerage and that kind of thing. They have one store in Bridgenorth. So that's like after one of my auctions, I can head north to the Bridgenorth one, and then there's one in Havelock where my mum goes to the senior center. So there's another. There's little thrift stores everywhere. There's like a really great thrift store in Madoc that is closed on Wednesdays, so don't go on Wednesdays. I forgot to check before I drove there because it's like a half hour drive, so it's not usually, I don't usually go that way. But then I've got like Trenton, Brighten, oh my gosh, Brighten is amazing. And I haven't even gotten into, I haven't gone into Cobourg or Port Hope yet. Like I haven't, there's so many spots to hit. Campbellford has like three thrift stores that are run by church organizations. There's a Baptist, Catholic, and the Anglican. We got it all covered. We got all the bases. Bex Scott: [00:24:54] All the bases, yeah. Kim: [00:24:55] I haven't been to the Baptist one yet because it's never open when I'm available. They have great stuff. And then there's antiquing. So there's like auctions everywhere. There's tons of thrift stores, and it's never, I'm never one of those people who's like, I don't have, I didn't buy anything this week. Bex Scott: [00:25:12] Yeah. Oh I'm jealous. Kim: [00:25:15] I'm the one who's like, I have to empty my van so I can go and fill up my van again. That's my problem is I don't have enough space in the van to put more stuff in the van and have my mom and her wheelchair also in the van, you know? Bex Scott: [00:25:31] Yeah. Kim: [00:25:32] Leave mom at home, and then I've got plenty more room. Can't always do that. I always have to leave space for that. So sometimes it's like, do I buy groceries? No, because I don't have space. So I have to go home first and then I'll go buy groceries locally, which I guess is good for my local grocery store. They get the benefit of the fact that my van is full of pickups from auctions and thrift stores. Bex Scott: [00:25:57] I'm very jealous. I wish it was like that here. I thought it was pretty decent here, but... We have some online auctions that I go to weekly. They're in Calgary though, so I have to get my parents to pick up all my items, and then I have to drive them back here. And then most of it's just Value Village and the Salvation Army. But yeah, I wish I had an awesome circuit like you have, because I'd be in a lot better shape with what you're selling. Kim: [00:26:27] Or you'd be trying to find a bigger house, building another storage shed. Bex Scott: [00:26:35] Yeah. My husband wouldn't be very happy because we already moved from one house to this one, and he redid the whole basement storage room for me. And I've exploded it recently because of Whatnot, because I keep pulling things out of the inventory system and not putting them back. So I'm not a very organized seller. Kim: [00:26:55] Yeah. I'm not. I just, things are on shelves and now that I have to put tags on for my, because I got a booth at the local antique market, so now I have to put tags on things. So I'm trying to like tag them as I go so that if I need to, I can just grab them off my shelf of my Whatnot room and take them to the booth without having to think, how much is this? What am I going to charge? All that kind of stuff. I can just do that quickly when when I start, because I don't tend to, like, I tend to just kind of have stuff out and I know general prices, but I don't put prices on things. So when someone asks what's the starting bid? I usually start really low because I'm like, yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I don't feel like Google lensing it. You figure it out, I'll hold it up to the light. Bex Scott: [00:27:39] It's a moment of panic I have when people ask, I'm like ahh $3 start. Kim: [00:27:44] Yeah, yeah. I've done it a couple of times where I've said like $2 dollars and I've literally, it's come out of my mouth and I'm like, well, I said it. So that's what it is. That was stupid. But that's what it is. Oh well, and usually people like, there's a lot of buyers who will bid it up a little because you can on, Whatnot you can actually bid against yourself if you keep swiping right, it will bid you up, which is, I actually think it's a it's a nice feature because I like doing it sometimes when a seller makes a mistake or I just feel like, you know what, I should pay a little bit more. I mean, it doesn't, you know, $2 more isn't going to kill me every once in a while. So I like that feature of Whatnot is that the buyer can actually outbid themselves. When I first started at Whatnot, I accidentally did it all the time because I was so used to bidding online. Right? Like you would just up your bid. So that, and I didn't realize the custom, there's a custom bid button, folks. That's what you're supposed to-- Bex Scott: [00:28:49] -- there is? Kim: [00:28:51] Yes. Bex Scott: [00:28:51] On Whatnot there is? Kim: [00:28:52] Right beside swipe right, beside the swipe there's custom bids. So you click on that and then you can type in your max bid. And then the system will do it for you instead of you having to swipe constantly. Especially if it's-- Bex Scott: [00:29:05] -- I learned something new today. Kim: [00:29:07] I don't do sudden death auctions. I did sudden death during the wigging-out train, but sudden death is basically, sounds horrible, especially if you're in vintage or 'sudden death, you're about to have an estate sale'. There's only 15 seconds, period. So there's no, the timer doesn't reset every time somebody bids, which it does and can take forever, right? If you do like a, even if you do a 15 second auction and people wait until, some people wait to like, they think they're sniping, but you're not sniping if it's going to reset the timer so that people wait and then they bid at the last second, and then there we go, we got another nine seconds. So here we go again. Now we wait another nine seconds. And you got to fill that space with entertainment. Right? So you got to keep talking about the thing. Here it is. Oh and sometimes I'll get distracted because the chat will be about something, right? And I'll start talking to the chat and I'll be like, oh, thanks so much so and so. And then everyone's like, no, someone else bid while you weren't paying attention. This person won. Oh, sorry. I just assumed you were the only one bidding. That's what makes Whatnot fun, is that we're kind of friendly and joking and we just have fun with it. There's no strict rules or anything on how you're supposed to run your shows. Bex Scott: [00:30:26] You can kind of show your personality and have fun with it. And, yeah, it's different than just throwing up a listing on Facebook Marketplace and that's it. Kim: [00:30:37] And answering 20 million questions. Bex Scott: [00:30:39] Yes. Kim: [00:30:40] Is this still available? Bex Scott: [00:30:40] And you get the weirdos on there and yeah. Kim: [00:30:43] Is this item still available? Or I'm interested. Bex Scott: [00:30:50] Yeah. And then you reply and nothing happens. Kim: [00:30:52] Can I give you five? I'm coming in five minutes to pick it up. Bex Scott: [00:30:59] Yeah. I'm outside of your house. I'm here now. Kim: [00:31:03] I'm here now. Give me your address and your blood group. And the birth dates of all your children and your mother's maiden name. And then I'll pay for it. Bex Scott: [00:31:15] Yeah. Kim: [00:31:16] Yeah. Bex Scott: [00:31:18] So you mentioned that you have a booth coming up, or have you already? You've moved in already. And is it ready for business? Kim: [00:31:27] I mean, it's open for business. So a new antique market opened up four minutes from my house so I can roll down the hill to it. So it's really convenient. They're only open right now Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. But I'm upstairs, and I grabbed two spots. I keep telling her I need more, and she doesn't believe me. Well, she will see. She will see that I need more. I need to bring her to my house. Bex Scott: [00:31:58] Send her a picture of the Great Wall in your basement. Kim: [00:32:01] This is Great Wall. And here's the selling room. And, like, I could fill up, I said to her yesterday, 20 booths. Give me 20 booths. But I got two, and I haven't totally, like, jam packed it full yet. Like, I'm, every weekend we bring more stuff in. So yeah, it just opened early March, the upstairs part. So I've been moving in since then. It's fairly full now. I think you would walk in and think it was full. It looks full. But I know I can cram more stuff in there, so, and I will, because I still have to bring all my toys. I haven't even done a toy section yet. My collectibles, all the pop culture stuff. But then I'm like, oh, but I also want to sell that on Whatnot. Oh, so I have to-- Bex Scott: [00:32:51] -- that's the tricky part-- Kim: [00:32:52] -- I have to balance that. So I've got like now every box I unbox is like: booth, donate, Whatnot. Booth, donate, Whatnot. Bex Scott: [00:33:01] Yeah. And do you keep most of the larger items for your booth and then do you--. Kim: [00:33:07] Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. Because shipping is expensive no matter what platform you're on. I actually find that Whatnot's shipping costs are not that bad when you look at like eBay and some of the Etsy shipping costs that I've seen. For clothing, yeah, we're not competing with Poshmark for sure because Poshmark has made some sort of deal, but because they were doing mostly clothing so it was small, lightweight items. Now that Poshmark is doing vintage decor and stuff, like they're going to have to change their shipping rules because there must be, they must be losing a lot of money on that. Or Canada Post is. Somebody losing money on that. I don't know who it is, but someone's losing money. But yeah, I think Whatnot shipping prices are not too bad. The minimum is what, $11 for Canadians? $11 US. So I have to math that. So $14, $15 bucks, somewhere around there. Bex Scott: [00:34:07] Which is really good because when I do shipping off of something like Facebook Marketplace, it always ends up being $20, $25 at the cheapest. So it's definitely worth it to shop on Whatnot and get that shipping. Kim: [00:34:23] Yeah, and a lot of us Canadian sellers have started doing little coupons and that sort of thing that you can use during the show to help with shipping too. So we're doing whatever we can to convince you to buy because our stuff is great and you can see it, you can see it live, you can see all the angles. You can ask to see a close up. You can't do that on an eBay listing, right? It's like you can zoom in all you want, but if the seller doesn't show you the bottom in a way that you want to see it, you're out of luck. Like you buy it and then be disappointed. Or you could just-- Bex Scott: [00:35:00] -- hope for the best. Kim: [00:35:01] On Whatnot, you be like, can I see it closer? And it's so much easier because you interact with the seller. As a seller, you interact with the buyer right away. So all the questions that a buyer is going to have, you can answer right then and there before they purchase. You don't have to do the back and forth on the messaging of the app. Right? Like eBay. This question, answer, wait two days. Another question, answer. Now ain't nobody got time for that. Bex Scott: [00:35:34] No, no. It makes it so that you almost instantly have a repeat customer and a faster sale, which is, yeah, it's awesome. Kim: [00:35:45] And people tend to buy more than one thing in a show, right? Because once you've got that first item paid for with the shipping, the shipping costs go like way down like $0.50. I think if you added another pound worth of stuff, it's only like $4.50. This is all in American dollars, mind you, but still, not too bad. Not too bad. So it means people tend to buy, once they've bought that first item, if your show is continuing on, you're going to get more sales from that person just because they're like, well, I've broken my shipping now, I might as well buy something else. Might not be something they want, or I should say that it would be something they want, they just don't need. Bex Scott: [00:36:28] Yeah, that's mostly what I buy. I get sucked in because my shipping has been busted and my shopping addiction, it kicks in, and then it's so easy to just swipe and it doesn't even feel like you're spending any money. And then you're like $100 US. No big deal. Kim: [00:36:45] I mean, you just have to sell some stuff the next day. You just go online and you sell stuff, and then you buy other people's stuff, and then you sell your stuff, and rinse, lather, repeat. But it's fun. It's so much fun. It's fun. I love it, and I love the community. Just because you don't, and you don't have to go on and buy something to be part of the friendships that we have on Whatnot. Bex Scott: [00:37:11] Exactly. Kim: [00:37:11] There's a lot of people who are my friends on Whatnot that have never bought anything from me. Yet. But that's okay because they come, they interact, we have fun. We laugh. I can't hear you guys laugh, but I can see it. I can see the emojis. And then I know you're all laughing with me. Or Whatnot also has that fun feature where you can tap twice and it sends hearts up. Bex Scott: [00:37:36] Yes. Kim: [00:37:37] Which is very cute. I love just sitting there and like tapping nonstop. I'll just tap. So if there's a show, if anyone's ever in a show and you see that I'm in and all of a sudden the hearts just keep going, it's just me. Like, I'm not bidding on anything, but I love you. Bex Scott: [00:37:52] Yeah, you'll know Kim's in your show if you see all of the hearts all the time. Kim: [00:37:56] Yeah. That's me. Sorry. Not bidding, but I'm hearting. It's the same thing. It's considered an, I think it's considered an interaction by the algorithm. So, you know, that's why I'm doing it. I'm trying to, like, pump up that algorithm so that there's more visibility for the show so more people can watch me tap hearts. Although they can't see it. I'm tapping right now and you can see it, but no one else can. Bex Scott: [00:38:21] Yeah. No, she's tapping the screen right now giving everyone hearts. Kim: [00:38:24] I'm tapping hearts with my finger nonstop. Bex Scott: [00:38:28] So do you collect anything vintage yourself? Kim: [00:38:32] I've collected a lot of things over the years. Right now, I'm very much into Blue Mountain Pottery. Bex Scott: [00:38:39] Mhm. Kim: [00:38:39] Too much. And I started and it's, Owl Always Love Vintage Ali. It's her fault because she had this cute little Goebel monk, the Friar Tucks, and she had one piece and I was like that is so cute. And then I got it. And then I saw a set in an auction. And so I bought it. And then I saw another bunch of stuff in someone else's Whatnot show. And now I have, like, a whole windowsill full of these little Friar Tucks. But it turns out there's also a cardinal line, like it's red instead of brown. I got outbid on an online auction that was a full set of it. Bex Scott: [00:39:24] Wow. Kim: [00:39:25] I got outbid because I realized thou shalt not spend too much money. So it's like, now I got to stop, I gotta stop, I really want it. But what am I going to do with it? It's just going to go and collect dust. And then I got to dust it. What happens is, is I get really into something and then, okay, I've got enough of it. I feel like I've collected it. Thank you, next. Now Blue Mountain is going to take forever to collect all the different pieces, because they were around from 1953 to 2004, and they did over a thousand molds. Kim: [00:39:59] So I'm not going to be over that anytime soon. But yeah. And then glass, I love gorgeous glass now that I never appreciated before Whatnot. But then, you know, now I'm like glowy glass, i've got a whole collection of uranium glass, cadmium, anything that like is UV reactive I'm on it like nobody's business, like a dog on a bone. I am on it. And I go around with my, I have a 365 flashlight now because the different wavelengths will show you different amounts. So the 365 is the one that like CSI Las Vegas uses. Bex Scott: [00:40:42] Yeah. Kim: [00:40:43] So it shows a lot more UV reactivity with low amounts of like uranium. So there's a lot of old crystal and glass that they added uranium to to make it clear instead of make it green, to make it look clear. So like you can go to the Restore and just be like scanning and there's no noise actually but I'm making the noise. I got to make the noise so you could understand. Bex Scott: [00:41:11] It should have noise. Kim: [00:41:12] Scanning the shelves like like an idjit. Because I'm like literally like up there with my flashlight. Nobody has a clue what I'm doing. And then every once in a while, someone will go up and go, oh, are you looking for glowy glass? And I'll be like, yes, yes I am. Let's have a long discussion about it in the middle of the store. Bex Scott: [00:41:31] Yeah, but if I find any, it's mine. You're not taking it while we're having this discussion. Kim: [00:41:36] Oh, well, I'll be like, oh, I already have some of that. I have like, I have a whole box of that. Here, let me show you some. So usually I end up being like, you should get this. It's really cute. Look at this. This is also cute. I have a lot of clear glowy glass now, so I have to stop because it is easy to find it. It's out there. There's quite a lot of old glass and crystal that gets donated. Not a lot to Value Village though, interestingly enough in our area. Bex Scott: [00:42:04] Not here either. Kim: [00:42:05] Different demographic, Restore versus Value Village. Bex Scott: [00:42:09] So I just discovered that vintage jewelry has glowy glass in it sometimes. Kim: [00:42:15] Yes. Bex Scott: [00:42:16] And that blew my mind. Now I'm going to be shining lights on everybody's earlobes everywhere I go. Kim: [00:42:22] Well, I'm even diamonds. Different diamonds with different inside them. So like, I have three diamonds on my wedding ring, my engagement ring, and the middle one glows like crazy. Bex Scott: [00:42:35] Oh, cool. Kim: [00:42:36] Like, it's like, so cool when you put a 365 against it, it's like wow, I'm like, ooh, that makes it fancier to me. But it means there's something in there that's reflecting. But it's kind of cool. Like, there's so many things that fluoresce and UV react that you can find out there, and it's kind of fun just to like turn off the lights and start scanning around at all the collectibles, go to grandma's house, start scanning and it like, okay, so it's when I like, when people hear uranium glass, they think, oh my God, it's radioactive. Bex Scott: [00:43:10] Yeah, yeah. Kim: [00:43:11] The raindrops that are coming down from the sky are more radioactive than this stuff. Yeah, a high amount of it, like I bought from a seller in the States on Whatnot, I bought, like, a lot of uranium glass plates and cups. It was a teacup set with plates and everything. It was a big box. And so, yes, it did get delayed at customs, and it did get opened up because it probably did set off some sort of-- Bex Scott: [00:43:38] -- the uranium detector-- Kim: [00:43:39] -- detector that they have at the border, which I hope, I hope that's why it got, because I hope that they have a good sniffer system. And I have noticed that if I do buy glowy glass from the States, it usually ends up spending a couple of days in customs. Probably they don't usually open it up because it's smaller and you know, they can scan it and see it without having to open it up. But I'm sure they scanned the teacups and the the plates and were like, this doesn't make any... Why? Why are these teacups and plates like giving off a reaction? Something's wrong here. But then they saw what it was, i'm sure. I'm sure they've seen a lot of green glass over the years because of it. Because the the green uranium glass, you can see it from a mile once you know what it is, you know, and you can like, you go into a thrift store and you're just like, yeah, straight to it. I know what that is. And I started also collecting, but then I started selling them. So I kind of like, it's a buy to sell collection, I guess, of like the swung glasses, but the five-fingered ones that look like this, the Sesame Street characters, your favorite. I love when I see those in stores. I'm just like, I'm on an auction platform. I'm just like, got to get those ones because they're so cute. They just have personalities. I have two right now, and one of them leans slightly to the side. So it's kind of like when a character like, hello, I'm falling over. Kim: [00:45:09] It's really kind of cute. It's super cute. So I like, I don't know, if you look around, I just have every, like I like everything, which is a problem. And so I appreciate the history and the story and what somebody did with that and, you know, what was going on in that era. What's the reason, like, what's the reasoning societal-wise why, you know, women were wearing certain types of brooches, you know. Bex Scott: [00:45:37] Yeah. Yeah. Kim: [00:45:38] Why did we start going into this whole like, you know, avocado green and mustard yellow? Like, what was the trends and why the trends and how the trends changed. And it's kind of fun when you can like, I love grabbing something and saying to myself, I think this is like - and I'll try and date it - and I play the like, did I get this, the dating game but it's different. It's like, did I get the date of this right? I pick it up and sometimes you'll see me unboxing, in unboxing shows, and I'll pull something up and I'll go, okay, I think this is 1985-ish. And then I'll flip it over and read what it says and be like, oh no, I was completely wrong on that one. Or yes, I was right, I was right. It was only off by a year. I think that's kind of fun. I just, I really like that. So I'm a generalist. I collect anything that I like, which may not even be pretty. It might be super ugly or super weird. Bex Scott: [00:46:39] As long as it's vintage. Kim: [00:46:42] Well, as long as it's, well, I like newer things, but I like sustainability. I like the fact that what we do helps the planet at the same time, because we are encouraging people to take something that otherwise would have gotten thrown away. A lot of the stuff that gets donated, a lot of people don't realize that the things that get donated to places like Value Village end up either in the trash or they get sent down to South America. And they have like huge, especially clothing's the worst, but like, they have these huge markets in South America where you can go. They're usually called gringos markets because it's stuff from us North Americans. Wasteful. And you can buy like you would have a field day because there's tons of Pyrex down there. Bex Scott: [00:47:38] Yeah. Kim: [00:47:38] You could just, you just like, just go in and because there's just too much that gets donated and they don't have enough space on the floor. So they just, they put it into household bales. So like bales of clothing, but they put them in big pallet boxes and they may or may not make it all the way to South America without getting broken. But there's just tons of stuff that just ends up getting sold down there. People buy it for super cheap and then they resell it in their community in these big open space markets. Part of that is also wasteful because the shipping, the carbon footprint of the shipping of all that stuff to go down south so that it can be resold, why don't we just stop that cycle? So when someone says to me, oh, you're a reseller in this disappointed way, when I'm in a thrift store, I'm like, yeah, yeah, I take this stuff and I resell it, but I clean it up first. Kim: [00:48:35] I am the one who has to run around and source it. I have to look it up and find out information about it. I've got to present it somehow, which right now is Whatnot. I got to take the time to then pack it and ship it like, I don't see you doing any of that. So yeah, my time is valuable and so I'm going to charge more than I paid for this. But the whole point of thrift stores is to keep whatever organization that they're supporting, to keep it, to keep the doors open. Right? So like when I go into Habitat for Humanity store or Restore, I know that when I buy stuff from there, if I walk out with a box load, they're thrilled. Like, they know that I'm a reseller and they're absolutely thrilled because that's the money that they need in order to build that next house for someone, right? Bex Scott: [00:49:22] Yeah. Kim: [00:49:22] And with community care, it's the money that they need to be able to provide that Meals on Wheels service. So I don't, when people try to guilt me I'm like, no, sorry. I don't do a lot of shopping at Value Village. I talk a lot about it because I like saying it. I like going to the small charity shops. I have so many in the area. I'm very blessed that there's so many. There's, like a cute one in Omemee that's run by this little Baptist church. We did get into a little bit of a conversation about trans rights, but, you know, I think we came to an understanding about that, and it was a little bit uncomfortable at first, but then it was okay. But yeah I wasn't going to back down on that. Bex Scott: [00:50:11] Yeah. Kim: [00:50:12] My kids are important. So I'm gonna defend their right to be. But you know what? There's so many cute little places that I'm lucky enough to be able to go into. And then I know I'm supporting. It's the money is going back into the community to help people. So I'm always happy with that. That's also a great excuse to buy more. Bex Scott: [00:50:28] Yeah, I think so. Kim: [00:50:30] It's for a good cause, honey, I couldn't help it. They really need the money. They're building a new house. I had to get it. It's not my fault. Totally not my fault. Bex Scott: [00:50:41] I love all of the reasoning behind buying things. I have so many different reasons that I give people to that I just have to keep adding new ones to the bottom of my list and recirculating them. Kim: [00:50:53] Yeah, it's like reseller math if you buy something for $2 and you sell it for $10, that's good reseller math. But sometimes you buy something for $2, but you also buy like ten other things. So you know, you have a cart full, but one of those things is worth ten bucks. You're going to sell that one for ten bucks. So you've covered most of it. So yeah, maybe there's extra in there, but eventually you'll sell that stuff. So it's all okay. It's all just an investment. It's all fine. But there was one really good piece in there. Bex Scott: [00:51:30] Yeah. What's the worst thing you've ever ended up buying? And worst in terms of you thought it was going to make good money or that it was something special and it ended up being just the opposite. Kim: [00:51:44] Oh, gosh. I don't think there's a lot of worst. I don't, because I don't spend a lot. I'm, I am super cheap. I've had some things where I get them home and I break them while I'm washing them or cleaning them. There's a lot of Blue Mountain pottery that's the big long egret neck, like swan necks, and they are so easy to break. And that's just like, that's one of those sad moments. I have, I have like a little burial ground for pottery in the garden. So when there's a really nice piece, I put it in the garden and it becomes like, you know, a little, I just think of it as a new house for a bug. So there's a lot of vases and stuff that, you know, now they're a house for a bug or spider or something. Bex Scott: [00:52:37] It's the bug amusement park. Kim: [00:52:39] So there's, yeah. So I have to plan my garden now around my vintage cemetery that I have, but I don't want to get rid of the stuff because it was like, you know, the glaze was super pretty or there was just something about it that I really liked. So it goes in the garden where I know eventually it's going to break apart. And, you know, winter takes its toll on it. But I don't know, there's just something about the circle of life, of just bringing it back and making my garden pretty somehow. But yeah, I think the most disappointing for me is when I buy something, whether I spend a lot or I spend a little on it, and I break it before I even have a chance to buy it. Sell it, I mean. Buy it, I already bought it to sell it. Bex Scott: [00:53:21] That's been my issue lately, but it's because my daughter takes it off the floor and she drops it because she thinks it's fun to break things. Right now she's in that awkward, breaking age, and I had a Blue Mountain Pottery candy dish that I just got, and she picked up this old butter dish and she threw it on top of the candy dish. And that was the end of that. Kim: [00:53:43] Yeah, yeah. Well, eventually they they grow up and they go to kindergarten. So you've got some time eventually, eventually they start. Bex Scott: [00:53:52] Four more years, four and a half more years of breaking my things. Kim: [00:53:56] Yeah. My mom likes to grab stuff. And because of her dementia. And she uses the wheelchair for mobility, so she tends to stick things down her top or down her pants. And because, so if she goes through one of my boxes, there's usually a few things that go missing that I don't get to sell. And then the other day, there was this gorgeous Nippon candy dish that was really, it had a beautiful, beautiful hand-painted scene on it. Like, it was just gorgeous. It was going to be a keeper. And yeah. Mum actually put it underneath her boob. Bex Scott: [00:54:39] Oh no. Kim: [00:54:40] That was her storage spot, was up her top and and let her boob hold on to it because you know, they, as you get older ladies, they sag. So, but then she forgot that it was there. And then she stood up to go to the bathroom and it just smashed all in the bathroom floor. I heard the crash and I went, another beautiful thing has bit the dust. Bex Scott: [00:55:03] Yeah. Kim: [00:55:04] But mum loves, still loves going through all the boxes and seeing what I got and looking at the things and I've done a couple of live shows with her. I don't do it as much now because she is much worse. But when I first started on Whatnot, I would do shows with mum and sometimes I'd say, you know, oh, this is starting bid is $10 and she would be in the background going, it's not worth that much, two bucks. I'm like, please ignore my mother. Thank you for bidding. Bex Scott: [00:55:34] And then you'd find it in her shirt later on. Because she secretly really loved it. Kim: [00:55:38] I was really careful that if I sold something, it went up where she couldn't reach. That is a benefit of having her in a wheelchair. She can only reach so high. And she can't get down the stairs into the basement, so if it makes it to the basement it's safe. Safe from her, not necessarily safe from me dropping it or something, but yeah, every once in a while when I break vintage, I cry a little. Bex Scott: [00:56:05] Yeah. Kim: [00:56:06] An angel in heaven cries too. It's a sad moment. Bex Scott: [00:56:14] So do you have any advice for resellers who are just starting out? Or if they want to get on Whatnot or find a booth close to them, or just start out in general? Kim: [00:56:28] Well, you need inventory and you need to spend money to make money. That's reality, is you have to buy stuff. I would be careful about when you first start out about buying things at high prices. Go, I would say start with your local auctions. Like online auctions where you can pick up if possible. There's HighBid.com has a lot of Canadian and US auctions. There's Max Sold does a lot all over Canada. Maxsold.com. And then of course you can just Google to find out where there's your local auction house. And usually they'll have a website. And if they do online auctions or if they do in-person auctions. If you can go to in-person auctions, oh my gosh, there are deals to be had because people have gotten away from going to live auctions. Bex Scott: [00:57:26] I've never been to one. Kim: [00:57:27] Oh, they're fun. They're, you just need to behave yourself. You need to say, you know, I have a maximum and I'm going to stick to it because it starts to get personal. Like you don't want the other person to win kind of thing. Bex Scott: [00:57:39] Yeah, I could see that. Kim: [00:57:41] So you have to be careful with that. But if you're if measured at the beginning, look for deals. Pick what you like. Don't try and follow any trends. Don't try to follow what you think is going to sell. If you like it, if you see it on the shelf or you see it online, a picture of it online on an online auction, and it speaks, like if you're like, if you get excited about it, then that's the stuff you should sell. Don't try and just sell anything to turn a profit, because it won't be successful, because you won't have that enthusiasm for it. It'll start to become more of a chore and less enjoyment. That's my first recommendation. When it comes to being on Whatnot and selling, I would suggest, first of all, that you get on Whatnot and watch shows for a while, watch a lot of shows, different shows in different categories. Get to know people, start following people, start interacting in other sellers shows, just, you know, even just saying, oh, that's really pretty, I really like that. You don't have to buy, just come in and chat. We love chatting with everybody. We love hearing, you know, don't come in and be negative, nobody wants that anywhere. But just come in and say hi. And you know, when we say, how's your day? You can answer or not answer, it's up to you. I'd say 80% of the people who are in shows are quiet in any show, big sellers or small sellers, 80% of the people are quiet and that's okay too. But if you're going to be a seller, you need to be interactive because it's a social, it really is a social network platform. It's all about collaborate. Kim: [00:59:32] Collaboration is the key. So once you get started, you need to let people know, I'm, you know, I'm going to have my first show. Book your show as soon as you're approved to be a seller. I would recommend going through and getting a referral from somebody who's already selling on Whatnot. Not only does that seller get a bonus if you do start selling on Whatnot, they get some, they get some money for it, but you are more likely you'll be put up higher on the list to be looked at, because there is a wait list for certain categories, but they want to see inventory. So you need to build your inventory. Because if you just say, I really, really like cards or I really, really like glass, they're going to be like, that's great, but show us what you got. And they want to see a lot of inventory because they want sellers who are going to sell volume, right? The more you sell, the more they make because they take 8% of the cut, which is not bad. It's not bad at all. And then there's the payment processing fees. But they have to pay that to somebody else. They're just passing that cost along to us. But they're taking 8%. So they want you to make as much money as possible. They want you to be successful. So they're not going to pick people that don't have inventory. So you need to take lots of pictures and do a collage of, like, use your little Google Photos to make a collage because I think you're only allowed, like, when I applied, I think you were only allowed like eight pictures to attach. Bex Scott: [01:01:10] I think when I did it was two. Kim: [01:01:13] Oh gosh. So like I did collages. I went around and like took pictures of everything. And at that time I did not have a 10th of what I have now. I have an issue, but I think I applied for handmade category because that's what I had the most of at the time in inventory, but then once you're approved as a seller, you can go just about anywhere. And I've been approved to sell at luxury bags. Not that I have any to sell, but I made sure that I got approved for that. There's a quiz. Bex Scott: [01:01:45] Oh boy, I would fail that quiz. Kim: [01:01:47] You would not fail the quiz. It's a pretty obvious quiz. Like, should you sell something fake? Bex Scott: [01:01:55] Okay. Yeah, I thought it was gonna be on luxury bags. Kim: [01:02:00] That's, you know, that's a really hard one. Bex Scott: [01:02:03] Yeah. Kim: [01:02:04] I think I should say yes. Yes, you should sell fake stuff. Like most of the questions are pretty, pretty easy. It's pretty easy. But they want to make sure that they don't approve you until you've already been a regular seller, that they can see a track record for because they don't want people getting scammed. They don't want scam artists. So they want to see that you got a decent inventory and that you've got some experience selling. So if you don't, even if you tell them about how you sold the most Girl Guide cookies when you were ten, right? Like, whatever it is, Boy Scout, whatever Boy Scouts sell, I don't know, apples, one of apples in our neighborhoods, but like they want to see that. And then once you get approved, just have fun. Like just make it fun. Forget about trying to sell. The selling will happen as you get more experience and you build your following. Like, I'm getting close to 2000 followers now after a year. Bex Scott: [01:03:04] That's amazing. Kim: [01:03:05] But that's also because of the collaborations that I've done, like organizing Raid Trains and the people that I've met and through them meeting other people. So, you know, always trying to go into other people's shows as much as possible, even if it's just say hi. Hi, love you, I hope you have a great show. Isn't that a cute item? Oh, that's so pretty. And then I may not be able to stick around, but I try to at least say hi whenever I can. But it's the collaborations that make it happen. It's going on, getting to know people, and getting on the Raid Trains or make up your own Raid Train. That's what I did. I wanted to do a Raid Train, so I just started openly inviting the world to it. And now it's like, it's totally full. I think April, we're almost full. So March is already full. April's almost full. And it's fun, just monthly for anybody who's a seller to sell anything they want, as long as it's sustainable. Because it's all about sustainability, right, my Raid Trains. I'm big on that. Bex Scott: [01:04:13] Mm. I'm gonna have to join one of those. Kim: [01:04:15] Yes. You should. How you sign up. Bex Scott: [01:04:20] Sounds good. Kim: [01:04:21] It's fun, it's fun. It's sellers from all over the world. Most of them are US sellers. So it's great for Canadian sellers to get introduced to their buyers because with a Raid Train, for those who don't know, basically one person starts their show and then when they're finished at a certain period of time, so they have usually it's an hour, they then raid, which sounds like a pirate thing, when I first started, I was like, what are we doing? We're raiding? I don't like, what, I don't want to raid somebody. I, what, I don't want to steal someone. Like, because I thought stealing, that's what I thought. I though raid/stealing. But it's basically you just take all of your viewership and bring it to someone else's show. And when they're done, they bring it into someone else's show, etc., etc. And a train is where you organize it so everything's on a schedule and everybody goes, basically, it's like you start at the engine and you move everybody back to the caboose at the end of the day, that's how I like to think of it, is everyone moves along the cars in an orderly fashion, buying all day long. And having fun. Bex Scott: [01:05:33] Mhm. Yeah. In our next one, by the time this episode comes out we will already have had the Linens Raid Train coming up on Friday. Kim: [01:05:42] Very excited about, I have so much to go. Bex Scott: [01:05:46] You're kicking that one off, right? And then I go right after you. Kim: [01:05:49] Yes. Yeah. I'm starting at 9 a.m., so I don't mind kicking it off. It's probably the toughest spot in any Raid Train. Bex Scott: [01:05:59] Yeah, I was going to say. Kim: [01:06:00] Like because it's just, there's no expectations of me selling too much. So like, oh, you were the first on the train, it's fine. It's okay, she was first, that's why. No, I'm just kidding. People buy all day long on Whatnot. That's the great thing, right? You never know who's going to come in. And linens is so hot right now. People are really interested in it. And ephemera is getting hot again. The thing is, there are trends on Whatnot that are fascinating to watch because you can see, you can actually see this, like it flow from the sellers through the buyers. And then a lot of buyers are also sellers. So then they start building a collection. And then all of a sudden they're selling and I've just watched it like, a lot of like ephemera especially, has moved through so many categories now because people are starting to realize how cool it is, how exciting it is. And linens. I love linens, I love little linens and big linens and pretty linens. Bex Scott: [01:07:06] I like the sheet sets. That's my favorite. Anything with like a nice floral pattern. Love it. Kim: [01:07:12] Yes, I have a lot of that, but it's on beds. I tend to use it, not store it. Bex Scott: [01:07:18] That's good. You should. Kim: [01:07:20] Yes, but it's so pretty that sometimes I feel guilty. You know, every time I put it in the laundry, I think it's shortening its life just a little more. But it's made it

In this episode I talk about Bruce Paterson who was married to a high school friend of mine.   Bruce and Karen were avid cyclists and like me Bruce had a passion for playing ice hockey.   Sadly, Bruce was taken from us too early when he suffered a massive heart attack while training on his bike in the basement of his home in Port Hope, Ontario, CanadaBruce's passing has hit me hard as our stories are similar and  Bruce should still be alive.Cardiovascular Dis-Ease is the #1 Killer of men and women worldwide running away from all other causes of death.This podcast is a reminder to take your life and your health and well being seriously.  Get checked out, get your blood work done, know the signs and symptoms and know your family history!!Service for Bruce to be held Saturday March 16th in Uxbridge Ontario https://www.lowandlow.ca/obituary/Bruce-PatersonTo make a donation in Bruce's memory the family has asked that in lieu of flowers donations be made to an amazing program that supports young and upcoming cyclists the Cycling Canada Campaign - In support of Ontario Cycling's Tony Osborne Fundhttps://cyclingcanada.kindful.com/?campaign=1293191With Love…Brian#heartattack #heartattacksurvivor #heartattackprevention #awarenessiseverything #knowthesigns #knowthesymptoms #knowyourfamilyhistory #listentoyourbody #itsnotalwaystextbooksymptoms #seekhelpimmediately #call911 #breathe  #listentoyourbody #theheartattackthriver #theheartthriverpodcastPodcast Disclaimer:The information and opinions presented in the Heart Attack Thriver Podcast is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, medical advice. While the information provided on this Podcast relates to medical issues, and health and wellness, the information is not a substitute for medical advice from a Medical Professional who is aware of the facts and circumstances of your individual situation.Thank you for listening and please be sure to hit “SUBSCRIBE”, and “SHARE” this podcast with anyone that you feel could benefit from it.If you'd like to reach me for support or to leave a comment or feedback, please send an email to:: brian@thekindfulnesscoach.com

Welcome back to the 153rd episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. With the theatres on a come back we offer a mix of both reviews of live shows we've seen and continued reviews of prophet productions! For our 153rd episode we bring you a spooky Halloween themed episode all about the 1982 pro-shot of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring George Hearn and the late great Angela Lansbury

A coffee roastery, community involvement, and serving of happenstance is on the menu today. A simple search of Happenstance on instagram led Cassie to find Happenstance Bakery & Coffee Roastery. This episode is all about happenstance but the name and the moments and the value of figuring things out along the way. Today's guest Ian has a diverse range of passions and expertise. As a user experience consultant, he "makes websites suck less" and uses his skills to build, enhance, and optimize digital experiences for his clients. Ian is also the proud owner of Happenstance Bakery & Coffee Roastery, a popular establishment located in Port Hope, ON. He is deeply involved in his community and dedicates considerable time to volunteering for local organizations such as the Northumberland Players, Capitol Theatre, Port Hope House Tour, SONG, and more. Ian's love for musical theatre and craft beer reflects his vibrant personality and diverse interests.@thisishappenstance thisishappenstance.comInflux Consulting (UX): influxconsulting.caLet's Connect:@HappenstanceThePodcast@CareerCoachCassieHappenstance the Playlist

After taking it on the chin in Round 1, Obie and Updogg try to rebound on their predictions for Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs! After back to back to back wild Game 7's to close out the 1st round, the fellas have a lot to discuss, from the teams moving on to the ones that are now teeing it up! The Oilers are now their new favorites, while the Panthers are now a dark horse in the east that no one wants to run into. Outside of the NHL, Obs admires the big weekend the NFL put on at their draft, and he's got a shoutout for some good 'ol Port Hope boys tearing it up in the OHL playoffs. In Uppy's world, he's riding high after jumping on the Kraken and Devil's bandwagons in round 1. Tune in for another entertaining and informative episode full of hockey talk, gambling insights, off-ice antics, and more!

EPISODE 1457: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of JUST ONCE, NO MORE, Charles Foran, about what his memories of his father teach us about himself and us Charlie Foran was born and raised in Toronto. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto and the University College, Dublin, and has taught in China, Hong Kong, and Canada. He has published twelve books, including five novels.  His fiction, non-fiction, and journalism have won the Governor General's Literary Award, the Weston Prize, the Taylor Prize, a Canadian Jewish Book Award, and two QSPELL prizes.   His latest book is Just Once, No More. Charlie has also made radio documentaries for CBC's Ideas and co-wrote the Gemini-winning documentary Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews. A past president of PEN Canada, he is a senior fellow at Massey College, and an adjunct professor in the Dept of English at the University of Toronto.  In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada.  In fall 2018 he was awarded the Writers' Trust Fellowship. From 2015-2019, Charlie Foran served as CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC).  He is currently Executive Director of the Writers' Trust of Canada. He divides his time between Toronto and Port Hope. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices