HALIFAX After a year largely stuck at home, many Maritime families are trying something new for March break – a staycation. With children in Nova Scotia home from school for March break, empty hotel rooms are being scooped up by families who want to enjoy a change of scenery. It’s not the southern vacation they’d traditionally book for March break, but a spacious hotel in Dartmouth is a nice change of scenery for the Burns-Khanna family, visiting from Sydney. “We’ve pretty much been home for a year now, so this is the first time we’ve gotten anywhere, so it is a vacation,” says Katie Burns.
Yerbaé Sparkling Water Raises Over $1M Through Crowdfunding
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Scottsdale, Az. – Yerbaé Enhanced Sparkling Water is proud to announce that they have become the first non-alcoholic beverage company in the world to raise $1M+ through crowdfunding.
Yerbaé launched their crowdfunding campaign on September 25, 2020. The brand continued the campaign into early 2021 where they saw increased momentum due to an increase of brand awareness as well as increased sales in 2020 vs 2019. Due to this momentum, the investor community of 1024 individual investors contributed more than $1M as of March 4th, marking a historical moment for team Yerbaé.
Todd Gibson said, “it is an amazing achievement to have raised over $1M through the Reg CF platform and to be the first non-alcoholic beverage brand to achieve this is such a great accomplishment! We now have over 1,040 new investors that are our brand ambassadors and champions helping to spread the word about Yerbaé. We cannot thank eve
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RAF veteran Ron Miller, from Hornchurch, has died at the age of 100.
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The family of an RAF veteran from Hornchurch has paid tribute to him after his death aged 100.
Ron Miller, who served as a photographer during the Second World War, reached his century on the 75th anniversary of VE Day last May.
He was taken into Queen s Hospital last month after a fall and, following admission, tested positive for Covid-19 before his death.
Daughter Barbara Campbell described her dad, who lived at Goldsmere Court, as a character .
She said: He led a very full and active life and was very well known in Hornchurch.