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New Article – Portuguese Soccer Fanatics
Soccer in Portugal is like religion. Dedicated fans make pilgrimages to show support for their beloved clubs. Crowds swarm the gates at far off stadiums as they announce their allegiance out loud.
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[Opinion] St. Joseph’s Health Centre
St. Joseph’s Health Centre has been a fixture of the community. Drivers can’t miss it heading whichever way, it’s likeness is iconic, but surely want to miss it when looking for healthcare. This may be the saddest hospital in the city.
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South Etobicoke News – Search sparked for pup that was found and happily reunited with owner
Like a scene from a Christmas movie, three women did a good deed on their way to the bar when they helped reunite a missing puppy with its owner.
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Funchal City (New Article)
When I catch a view of Funchal City for the first time, I’m riding in the backseat along the highway. The Via Rápida 1 gives true meaning to the word like nowhere else: rapid.
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Azores Roundtrip (New Article)
When we go back there is a feeling of sentimentality. How saudade can be inherited across generations. It only makes sense when we were raised with that constantly around us.
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Volunteering For Heritage (The Portugal News Article)
Surrounding myself with fluent Portuguese people effuses that ambience. Sometimes it’s enough to satisfy saudade of the real thing. Fond memories resurface of me on the island, a little boy sitting on my grandpa’s front door, pushing up on a Calippo popsicle, as the men boisterously play dominoes behind me in the dining room.
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That Night (BarBar Literary Magazine)
On that night, our tiny house was silent except for the grief that echoed between our plastered walls. When I got in, she was taking a bath. Reminiscing on what could have been but we knew what was coming. It wasn’t what we hoped for.
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That Time I Fell In Love With Madeira
The blood rushed to my head while my eyes were mesmerized. I stared out the window at her stunning beauty, as if I had been enchanted by a pearl. After all, that’s the moniker given to this remarkable island—The Pearl of the Atlantic.
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A Heartwarming Cultural Read
The biggest takeaway from Devin’s book (Author’s Website: Luso Loonie) and my own rediscovering of our culture is that… it all makes sense. We grew up not understanding the intricacies of how our life came to be or why our families acted in a certain way.
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For The Love of MS (MS Society of Canada Blog)
Multiple sclerosis has not slowed her down. It’s a constant in our lives, but something we keep at bay and do our damndest to stay in control of.
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Mais Vida – Luso Life Article
Looking at me as if I was a stranger, she repeated herself like a broken record. That’s what she told everyone, but when I suggested that we have some sweet bread for Easter she dismissed the idea in favour of the apple sauce at the hospital. Swiftly forgetting what she just asked for. She knew…
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The Spooky Tap
The morgue hadn’t been cleaned in months, and I couldn’t get rid of the smell under my nose.