Simcoe County Paramedic Toy Drive
Simcoe County Paramedics will be at events and locations across the County this weekend collecting toys and donations for the annual Paramedic Services Toy Drive. Since the start of the 2013 Toy Drive, Paramedics have collected more than 2,988 new, unwrapped toys, 755 pounds of food and $855 in monetary/gift card donations for local children […]
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Congratulations Gilda’s Club Simcoe Muskoka!
Gilda’s Club Simcoe Muskoka has received the highest rating from the international organization Cancer Support Community. A standards review team from Cancer Support Community’s international headquarters, located in Washington, DC, rated Gilda’s Club “An Affiliate of Distinction.” A team from Gilda’s Club Simcoe Muskoka accepted the award in Washington and will be unveiling […]
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Out & About at 4Cats
Jack & Carey enjoyed a 4Cats Art Studio experience in Barrie on Friday (Nov. 15/13) Christine and Nicole have the new and fun art studio that is great for individuals and unbelievable for birthday parties and even adult outings for team building, a hoot for bachelorette parties or anything different when you are looking […]
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Good News Story!
We received a good news story from Bob Wright this morning and we want to send out a big thank you to the residents of Bass Lake Woodlands, Warminster, Bass Line and the Marchmount area who helped to make the good news story possible. It surrounds the success of the food drive this past […]
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Old family tradition, new again
I love pretty much everything about Christmas, but what I love most is the family traditions that are carried on from generation to generation. As a kid, Christmas Eve was the most special time of all. We always spent it at home. Sometimes we would have family and friends over, but even when it was […]
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Remembrance Day vs Christmas? What?
I love Christmas, and I’m not going to apologize for it! Driving in winter weather causes me so much stress, that I have to have something positive to hang my hat on and at this time of the year it is the holiday season. As soon as the boat is put away, I start working […]
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Hydro One, senators…ticking me off!
The news is ticking me off this morning. First off – Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin. As a fellow member of the media – I am ashamed to call these people former colleagues. Both, but especially the uber Tory Duffy, made their bread and butter by exposing government scandal and the rampant misuse of taxpayers […]
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What’s Your Law of Life?
If you were asked to give your most important Law of Life, what would you say. Area students are being asked to think about that as the Kiwanis Club of Orillia presents once again the Law’s of Life Essay Contest to Orillia high school students. There is no right or wrong answer. The goal […]
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Country artists among AMA nods
The American Music Association has announced the nominations for the upcoming AMA Awards – The awards show will air on ABC on November 24. There are a couple of country acts up for some big mainstream awards including: FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK Pink Rihanna Taylor Swift NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR Florida Georgia Line […]
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No charges for cop who tasered elderly woman
It simply cannot be okay that a Peel police officer tasered an 80 year old woman. And yet the SIU says there will be no charges laid against the officer in question. The elderly woman – who suffers from dementia – was found wandering a Mississauga street in the middle of the night clutching a […]
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