Expat Living

Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club is keeping hope alive for local individuals lacking the financial means to correct severe dental problems. 

A dynamic local NGO has stepped up to the plate to assist residents of La Hacienda de la Labor, one of the poorest and most deprived Lakeside communities.

Canadians at lakeside got a crash course in the services their government offers to citizens living and traveling abroad at an engaging information session presented March 13 by Christian Jolicoeur, counselor and consul assigned to the Canadian embassy in Mexico City. 

Lakeside’s colossal 39th annual Mexican National Chili Cook-off is now history and with all the accounting finished, members of the board of directors promptly split up proceeds for disbursement among the eight charity organizations to benefit from the event. 

The Canadian Consulate in Guadalajara is inviting all lakeside area Canadian residents to a joint information session it is offering in collaboration with the Canadian Embassy on Monday, March 13, 3  p.m. at La Nueva Posada (Donato Guerra 9, Ajijic). Refreshments will be served.

The meeting will cover consular services for Canadian residents in the lakeside area.

Corned beef and cabbage is the aroma of St. Patrick’s Day. A spicy whiff of coriander and pepper, garlic and beef that carries a sweet, vegetal steaminess.  For a large number of Americans, particularly Irish-Americans, it is a smell that signals the arrival of spring.