Tiger year roars into Fo Guang Shan Temple

Blessed by the lion.

Carmen Lee (second from right) and Miranda Chu (right) thank a lion for bringing good fortune during Chinese New Year celebrations at the Fo Guang Shan temple in Meadowvale. Thousands of people flow through the temple doors every Chinese New Year as they believe ushering in the new year at the temple offers them good fortune for the coming year.

The Year of the Tiger roared into Mississauga on Saturday evening to the loud drums and cymbals of a lion dance at the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Meadowvale.

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Mississauga Jr. Chiefs down Team China Olympic women’s hockey squad

Team China vs Mississauga Chiefs

Team China's Qi Xueting collides with the Mississauga Junior Chief's Jordyn Denny enroute to China's 4-1 loss to the Chiefs Sunday at Iceland arena in Mississauga. This exhibition game was China's fourth of six games against Ontario Women's Hockey Association teams as a warmup to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Team China’s olympic women’s hockey team could not penetrate the great wall of Mississauga as the Mississauga Junior Chiefs downed them 4-1 at Iceland arena on Sunday.

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Niagara Icewine Festival

Icewine in chocolate shot "glasses" at Konzelmann Estate winery.

Icewine in chocolate shot "glasses" at Konzelmann Estate winery.

It was the sweetest getaway of the month as 20 of Zeekid’s friends converged upon the Niagara region to celebrate some of the finest icewines Ontario had to offer.

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Live Jazz @ Coffee Culture in Mississauga

White chocolate mocha at Coffee Culture

White chocolate mocha at Coffee Culture

Live music, coffee, old friends, new friends, that’s the good life. Kristen Au’s jazz performances at Coffee Culture, at Creditview and Eglington in Mississauga, allow for this community building to happen.

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Michelle Meyer on Bloomberg

Michelle Meyer doing the holiday roundup on Youtube

Michelle Meyer, a Barclay Capital senior analyst, appeared on Bloomberg news to give a year end round up and google search hits on CNBC for Michelle Meyer went “through the roof”. (cite)

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New Season

Welcome to fall 2009.

“I’ve never seen leaves this colour before,” exclaimed my mother. Our tree, usually red in the fall, was a shade of gold in stark contrast to the grey sky.

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