Kenny Toor is from India and has lived in Canada for two and a half years, and came to the Bay of Quinte region almost two years ago. He is the CEO and chairman of Toor Group and owner of Motel 6 in Quinte West. He moved here for both business and pleasure and when asked what he loves about …
Dr. Jinni Demine
Dr. Jinni Demine is from Russia and has lived in Canada for 22 years, 17 of them in the Bay of Quinte region. She is a veterinarian and the owner of the Trenton Pet Hospital in Quinte West. She came here to start her practice and raise her family. When asked what she loves about living in the area, here …
Aparna Mehra Narula
Aparna Mehra Narula is from India and has been living in the Bay of Quinte region for ten and a half months. She moved her after getting married as her husband is posted at CFB Trenton. She is a Henna Mehndi Tattoo expert. When asked what she loves about living here this is what she had to say: “It’s a …
Mark Phillips
Mark Phillips is from Jamaica and has lived in Canada for 40 years, sixteen of them in the Bay of Quinte region. He is the owner of Mystical Distributing Company Ltd., Canada’s largest fireworks importer and distributor. He ended up here by fluke aiming for Mississauga. When asked what he loves about living here in the Bay of Quinte region …
Local Community Established by Czech Immigrants
The history of Batawa, located off Highway 33 just north of Trenton, dates all the way back to 1939 when a young Czech man, scared off by the threat of Nazi invasion, emigrated to Canada and sought land to make shoes. He bought an old paper mill near Frankford and, with help of 100 or so other Czech immigrants, carried …
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Dr. Jinni (Russia)
Born to be a veterinarian Dr. Jinni Demine remembers when her parents first started buying her books about veterinarians and pets. She was a four-year-old in Moscow, Russia but her parents already had big dreams for their little girl. Jinni did grow up to be a veterinarian but she’s practicing in Quinte West, Ontario, Canada and couldn’t be happier about …
Tino (Philippines)
Serving up Amazing Weekends Tino Agpoon sees a lot of smiling faces every weekend in the summer. But, the smile on his face may be the biggest. Tino welcomes hundreds of Filipinos to his family camp on Oak Lake in Quinte West each weekend during the summer. They come from other cities around the province including Toronto, Mississauga, Ottawa and St. Catharines. In addition …
