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While doing the promotional tour for this weekend’s K-Town Collectables Expo at other shows and local games stores, there’s one thing Eric Ravenelle likes to hear more than anything else when giving out flyers: “I don’t need one, I’m already coming, I know about it, and it’s our favourite show to go to.”

It has been a year of firsts for the K-Town Collectables Expo: the first time running two one-day shows, the first shows at the Mohawk Super Bingo, and, after Sunday, the first time the Expo has been held this close to the holiday season.

After the first show at the Mohawk Bingo was a huge success, the K-Town Collectables Expo will hold a second one-day show this year, this time on November 16 for a holiday show.

From a young age, I’ve been watching a lot of movies, ranging from films like Toy Story to Lord of the Rings. My parents said I was a weird baby, I wouldn’t cry often, but I would sit through movies.

Even in the boldest predictions that the K-Town Collectables Expo organizers - Will Rice, Mike Brathwaite, and Eric Ravenelle - could make about how this year’s show at the Mohawk Bingo would go, they would not have thought it would be as big and busy as it was on Sunday.

Don’t be fooled by the name, K-Town Collectibles Expo has more to offer than just your standard local game store or hobby shop fare.

As we get closer and closer to December 25, the gift-getting window of opportunity shrinks more and more. Instead of doing a run on one of the malls on the island or the South Shore, why not make some time for one of the many businesses and crafters in town?

At a recent meeting of Kanesatake’s tourism team, where local artist Jasmin Gunn works, tourism development officer Caira Karihwenhá:wi Nicholas told a story about her grandfather, Marshall Nicholas, from whom she learns a few Kanien’kéha words each week.

After two decades of bonding over their love of collecting cards and comics, Wishe Delisle and Jamie McComber have finally made their lifelong dream of opening a hobby shop a reality.

The Kahnawake Sports Complex swapped its ice surface and nets for trading cards and vintage toys as it hosted the K-Town Collectables Expo last weekend.