Reaching the granddaddy summit
In the common room at Belvedere Heights Home for the Aged, Laura Mallory eases residents into their chairs and bends over to offer them tea and... [more]
Seeing the Sound as the goose flies
Soaring high over the district in an ultralight aircraft, looking down on lakes, islands, rivers, and granite, Bill Lishman feels in his element.
Black helmets, carrying on a tradition
They’re training for the toughest two minutes of sports.
Climbing stairs, hoisting equipment, forcing entry, running with hoses and rescuing a... [more]
Campfire camaraderie
The orange glow of the sunset slowly gives way to the darkness that blankets Georgian Bay. As the ship you are on passes Rose Island, you...
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Pups on parade
Thanksgiving Weekend is for the dogs. Well, at least in Trout Creek it is when hundreds of dogs descend on the Trout Creek Community Centre vying for... [more]
Tapawingo, 79 years of camping like a girl and proud ...
Yip de ninigo nanago saska – poodly addly yoohoo.
It’s a boisterous call lingering in the memories of generations of girls and alumnae who...
History books closed on Georgian Bay Creamery
Those old enough to remember the milkman at the door might also remember one of the local fixtures that supplied the milk. The Georgian Bay...
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Star gazing, celebrating International Year of Astronomy
The questions are simple: How big is it? Where does it start? How was it made? How old is it?
The answers, in their uncertainty, are...
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For the love of sportsbikes
Mar 09, 2010 - The curving roads and concessions which wind their way over hills and through rock-cuts in the area are attracting a specific kind of tourist.... [more]
Greener pastures
Mar 09, 2010 - Wearing jeans and a black T-shirt under the glare of a late-summer afternoon sun, Chris Waefler waved a floating puff of dust away from his line of... [more]
Nacho average triathletes
Mar 09, 2010 -
They’re a collection of newbies and world-class Ironman veterans; last place finishers and triathlon champions; fit Boston marathon qualifiers and...
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Smooth sailing
Mar 09, 2010 -
Ryan Chin remembers being a little shaky about sailing for the first time.
He was 14 years old then. Learning how to rig the sails —...
The Women of D.I.L., making the wartime rounds
Feb 05, 2010 - Marion Shakell was barely sweet 16 when she started work at Defense Industries Limited (D.I.L). She lived in one of the newly built staff houses in... [more]
Impressions of the Massasauga
Feb 05, 2010 - It was the last full day of summer and the usually busy waterways were already a portrait of the Massasauga’s autumn serenity.
As the shiny... [more]
Littered in a sea of black
Feb 05, 2010 - June 2009 will be the third annual family reunion at the Magnetawan home of Les and Donna Graves. The reunion, known as the Sea of Black Reunion, is... [more]
Working in harness
Feb 05, 2010 - A love of the bush and an affinity for horses has kept Mike Dupuis of Emsdale in business for the past 15 years.
Dupuis does his logging with... [more]
