Craig & Marc Keilburger have touched much of the world with their Me to We campaign, spearheaded by Free the Children, the charitable organization they run. Both Craig and Marc started activities that are changing the world when they were elementary school students. From such modest aspirations grow great achievements! And grades 7 and 8…

Sold out. Sweet music to the ears of Charlene Myke, organizer of this years Dancing With the Stars For Easter Seals. With a financial goal of $55,000 for the evening, a sold out notice is a guarantee that the target will be met. And here’s why it matters, quite simply. Easter Seals chapters like Simcoe…

Automotive journalists wax poetic about cars designed and built for speed. Volumes of words describing design, passion for excellence, formulaic wins, history… it’s all there. Just Google Ferrari and lose yourself for days… No point in repeating all that. However… stacked strategically in his garage in Springwater Township, Paul C Newman pursues his passion and…

It was one of those days. My first husband and I had just returned from a funeral and hung our ‘good’ coats in the back of our respective closets. He headed towards his office, and then stopped in his tracks… ‘my phone!’ he moaned. He does the majority of his business on his iphone. A…

I was talking to a friend of mine in the antiques business. A lifelong antiques-enthusiast myself, I find wandering among the booths at any one of our local antiques meccas just a wonderful activity. He was moaning about the young generation and their fixation with wood-grain particle board, and glass & steel. I think one…

This next paragraph is for people who’ve moved to Barrie after the 1980’s. Sunnidale Park! Played there? Walked there among the trees of the arboretum? Whipped down the hill on a toboggan? Had your wedding pictures taken there? Had your wedding reception there? Have you trod through the woods on the far side, marvelling at…

Many of us remember the movie, “Saving Private Ryan.” Well, Jean-Maurice Pigeon is playing out his own version and it’s called Looking For Pilot Porritt. Actually, he knows where Pilot Porritt is. It’s his relatives he’s looking for. Flying Officer William Howard Porritt was 25 years old. He was also a member of the Royal…

The boy is 12. His dad just picked him up from school. It’s ‘his’ night. The boy throws his backpack in the rear seat and jumps in beside his dad. And it begins… the harangue about ‘mom’ and how she’s ruining his life by demanding so much child support. More harangue about who she’s dating….

 It was about this time, six years ago, that I visited Wendy Hicks in her beautifully appointed apartment at Tollendale Village. Things were in a turmoil as Wendy was selecting the few items she was taking with her to her new, smaller life in Victoria, B.C. She was moving to Sunrise, an assisted living home…

Moving to Barrie as a newcomer can be daunting. But Mike Beard has grabbed life in Barrie by the coat-tails and the community is benefitting. Mike has brought his generous nature and his divine graphic design and branding skills here to open his own business. He’s joined a couple of networking groups; he’s signed up…