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  • Christmas??!! It hasn’t even snowed yet!

    ByDonna Douglas October 27, 2010March 14, 2022

    You’re right. Aside from a few exciting sprinkles last week which nudged us to get our snow tires down from the shelf in the garage, this fall has been mild and magnificent. And while many of us are raking leaves and planting perennial bulbs for next spring, Faye Bubel and her team are thinking about…

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  • In charge of your own destiny

    ByDonna Douglas October 25, 2010March 14, 2022

    They say that entrepreneurs don’t do that well in school. Makes sense, I guess. Steven Spielberg (the world reknown movie producer) has his grade 5 report card sitting on his desk. His teacher’s comment is a single line: this young man will amount to nothing. That says it all, really. So often, the entrepreneurial spirit…

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  • They’re all in charge of their own destiny

    ByDonna Douglas October 20, 2010March 14, 2022

    They say that entrepreneurs don’t do that well in school. Makes sense, I guess. Steven Spielberg (the world reknown movie producer) has his grade 5 report card sitting on his desk. His teacher’s comment is a single line: this young man will amount to nothing. That says it all, really. So often, the entrepreneurial spirit…

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  • Your business needs a manager!

    ByDonna Douglas October 18, 2010March 14, 2022

    The decision to make your own paycheque is one of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make. It’s invigorating. It’s life changing. And you’ll be more full of pride (and fear!) than you’ve ever been.  Likely you’ve decided to build a business because there’s something you really love to do. You may be passionate about dental…

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  • Ghouls at heart live next door!

    ByDonna Douglas October 13, 2010March 14, 2022

    You can tell it’s mid-October when the signs get erected in the front lawn. You can tell it’s mid-October when Jennifer starts making body parts, covering bone with paste and colouring, hanging them out to dry on the front porch. And when every day she sports a new pair of very luminous, very scary contact…

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  • Ann says she’s losing lots by leaving Barrie… so are we!

    ByDonna Douglas October 6, 2010March 14, 2022

    When you walk past the fundraising office at Barrie Public Library, you have to stop and look in. How does she do it? How does she find anything? It’s a busy place, piled high with all kinds of papers, books, materials, reports. Helter skelter with dragon boat paddles, fundraising posters, pictures, reports, newspapers. It’s a…

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  • Without a core, our city doesn’t have a heart

    ByDonna Douglas September 29, 2010March 14, 2022

    I’ve lived here for 65% of my life. In those four decades, I’ve been a committed downtown shopper out of the belief that doing business in our city core is an important part of the fabric of who we are. When we moved here in 1971, there were no malls in Barrie. Dunlop St was…

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  • How did I get this far behind?

    ByDonna Douglas September 23, 2010March 14, 2022

    If you’re self employed, you’ve had that sinking experience of being so far behind with your financials that you can’t pay bills because you don’t know if you have any money because you haven’t invoiced for ages and you haven’t even kept track of what you can bill and to whom… Sound familiar? Most of…

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  • Livestrong: I have cancer; cancer doesn’t have me!

    ByDonna Douglas September 22, 2010March 14, 2022

    It started as a tiny lump on the side of her neck, small, smaller than a marble. Her dentist had been doing some deep cleaning, so she asked him about it. He sent her to her doctor. Doctor to ear nose and throat specialist. ENT to ultra sound. Ultra sound to fine needle biopsies. To…

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  • Sheila McWilliams-you didn’t say no!

    ByDonna Douglas September 15, 2010March 14, 2022

    You didn’t say ‘no’ to Sheila McWilliams because she was a magnet for good things. You’d want to share her quiet enthusiasm… Val Cramp, Lori Catteau, Judi Shields, and Sheila’s husband Norm are just a few people who described this determined woman who took her energy into so many areas of need. When Sheila died…

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