
Freda Glow
North End community correspondent
Freda Glow is a community correspondent for the North End.
Recent articles of Freda Glow
Dealing with emergencies abroad
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023Get high-energy treats at The Healthy Nut
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022B-side Apostles offer snapshots of memory
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022Icing Castle offers summer treats
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2022‘Wandering Wayne’ entertains at seniors’ centre
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022An inconvenient adventure
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2022What to know about travel in 2022
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2022Remembering ‘the man called Intrepid’
0 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 4, 2022A blessing in the North End
3 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 17, 2021Recalling the legacy of Joe Zuken
3 minute read Preview Friday, Oct. 1, 2021Love letter to the community
3 minute read Preview Monday, Aug. 16, 2021Build the Peguis Trail extension now
4 minute read Preview Friday, Jul. 16, 2021Small joys can keep us strong
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021Psst… have you heard about Virginia’s Secret Closet?
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jun. 24, 2021You’ll L.O.V.E. this store
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021A man of many artistic talents
3 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 19, 2021An anniversary to cherish
3 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 19, 2021Feb. 3 was an anniversary of sorts. It’s now five years that I’ve been associated with The Times, published by Canstar Community News. Once a month without fail, my byline has appeared in this community paper, which covers the local news of West Kildonan, the Maples, Garden City, the North End and Tyndall Park.
I had lost my husband to dementia six months before I was hired and this correspondent was not in a good mental place. Having to pull myself together in order to meet deadlines proved beneficial. Travelling to interview people, listening to the stories and life challenges overcome by others, and the friendships made along the way, have been inspiring.
I feel that I’m not alone anymore and I’ve a reason to get up in the morning.
People are depending on me to write their stories and be informed — and perhaps be entertained. It gives me much pleasure to share the many anecdotes I collect as I travel around the city’s North End.
Mount Carmel: A clinic with a cause
3 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 22, 2021Temporary move brings nature closer
3 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 28, 2020The scoop on hand sanitizers
3 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 7, 2020Venting over our ‘new normal’
3 minute read Preview Friday, Nov. 13, 2020A look back at the polio epidemic of 1953
4 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 5, 2020Recalling childhood memories
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2020At seven years old, an odour triggered an early memory.
I had just returned from the hospital where I was quarantined for two weeks. There was a carriage sitting in the front hall of our residence on Stella Avenue. Inside was my newborn baby sister and I was thrilled.
It was then that I noticed the strong smell of the hood’s plastic material. A picture flashed before my eyes. I was lying on my back in the same carriage looking up at people staring in at me. I was perhaps 10 months old.
Just then my mother noticed and hollered at me to move away from the carriage. I would give the baby germs, she declared.