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Louise Philbin.


LOUISE PHILBIN, 5th Wheel Training Institute

What was your favourite toy as a child?

This is quite a contradiction. It's a tossup between playing kick-the-can and my favourite Barbies.

What is your comfort food?

A piece of sugar pie Sugar pie is a typical dessert of northern France, Belgium and Québec. It is a single crust pie made from flour, butter, salt, vanilla, and brown sugar or maple syrup (sometimes both). It is similar to American pecan pie, but without the pecans, or English Canadian butter tarts.  and a good cup of coffee.

What is the best trip you ever took?

Seeing the Grand Canyon Grand Canyon, great gorge of the Colorado River, one of the natural wonders of the world; c.1 mi (1.6 km) deep, from 4 to 18 mi (6.4–29 km) wide, and 217 mi (349 km) long, NW Ariz. . I was moved by its great beauty and mysterious power.

What is the best advice you were ever given?

My father always told me that two things were essential to accomplish anything: effort and courage. This advice has been my guide and inspiration.

What is the most surprising thing you have had come out of a business situation?

I have learned by experience that the saying "Necessity is the mother of invention" is true. Establishing a specialized spe·cial·ize  
v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es

v.intr.
1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study.

2.
 business in a remote, rural, Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing.

Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it
 community is not a recipe for success. Yet, this very obstacle has made our school the most innovative in the province.

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What is the one year I would want to relive re·live  
v. re·lived, re·liv·ing, re·lives

v.tr.
To undergo or experience again, especially in the imagination.

v.intr.
To live again.
 again?

One when my father was alive and healthy. I miss him.
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