Where to Find Fireworks this Weekend
If you are looking for fireworks this Victoria Day weekend, the pickings are a little slim… You can see them Saturday and Sunday night at the Village in Blue Mountain… Saturday only at Patterson Park in Port McNicoll… and Sunday at Canada’s Wonderland…. If you plan on holding your own display – the Lions and [...]
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TSWS Fee Freeze Worrisome for this Boater
As a Georgian Bay boater, I am very interested in the goings on at Canada Parks as it relates to the operation of both Georgian Bay Islands National Park and the Trent-Severn Waterway. This story appeared this week in the Orillia Packet and Times: http://www.orilliapacket.com/2013/05/15/current-trent-severn-waterway-lockage-rates-to-remain-frozen-until-2017 I know that Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton worked diligently [...]
Posted By: Carey
Chicken Dance Day!
May 14th is Chicken Dance Day. The Chicken Dance is a tradition at weddings, but I’ve decided when it falls on the day following the Toronto Maple Leafs being put out of the playoffs, Leaf fans should be entertained by friends doing the Chicken Dance to help add some cheer to a blue and [...]
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Perch Festival Grand Prize Winners
It’s a wrap for the 2013 Orillia Perch Festival. Doug Bunker talked with Jack and Carey about how the weather effected the fishing and the grand prize winner names from this years event. ( click link below for the update) may 13 bunker – perch festival wrap up
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Happy Mothers Day to my Moms!
I wrote this in 2011 – but it still rings true today. Happy Mothers Day to my Moms: As we approach Mothers Day - I have been thinking of how fortunate I was to have been blessed with three exceptional mothers. Each woman has given me different gifts, and I am lucky to have had them, or [...]
Posted By: Carey
The Power of Mom
Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Just the the word mother has power in it. For Carey the memory line is still “This is going to hurt me more than it is you” and for Jack it’s the memory of how dad used the thought of mom to make a point. That line was “do you [...]
Posted By: Jack
Some Motherly Advice for Kathleen, Tim and Andrea
Sunday is Mothers’ Day, and I’d like to give our provincial leaders a little motherly advice. Enough with the demands Andrea! And Tim, shouldn’t you at least look at something before you make a decision about it? And Kathleen, grow a backbone. Kathleen Wynne’s minority Liberal government are coming under fire on a couple of [...]
Posted By: Carey
Pondering Life Before Death
In my job, I’m sent a lot of press releases and event notices – but never before has one intrigued me as much as one I saw recently from Autism Ontario. The fundraiser is being held Thursday night at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. Ten people – all prominent members of the community with [...]
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A $3.2 million walk
More than 13,000 people laced up for the annual Mandarin MS Walk on Sunday, May 5 in communities across Ontario to raise more than $3.2 million for individuals living with multiple sclerosis – with select Mandarin MS Walk events still to take place on Sunday, May 26 in the province. Individuals and teams, made [...]
Posted By: Jack
Onside With Cherry
I agree with Don Cherry. Girls should not be allowed in pro sports dressing rooms. Cherry tried to clarify his position last night on Coach’s Corner on Hockey Night in Canada. He didn’t do a great job, but what I got from him is that there are goings on in the dressing room that women [...]
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