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COLUMN: 'Great ride' — Reporter marks first anniversary since joining BarrieToday

COLUMN: 'Great ride' — Reporter marks first anniversary since joining BarrieToday

COVID has changed how things are done right now, but nuts and bolts of the job will never change: Talk to people and tell their stories, writes Nikki Cole
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SCENE SETTER: MacLaren gallery 'boldly' brings together art, community to spark dialogue

SCENE SETTER: MacLaren gallery 'boldly' brings together art, community to spark dialogue

Downtown Barrie gallery featuring Anchor Point, a yearlong series of collection-focused exhibitions
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EVERYTHING KING: Time to circle back on driving lessons with more roundabouts coming

EVERYTHING KING: Time to circle back on driving lessons with more roundabouts coming

Barrie is considering more roundabouts, but in this week's Everything King, Wendy admits she may need an intervention
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COLUMN: Words and phrases that annoy — look them up

COLUMN: Words and phrases that annoy — look them up

Nobody says 'slow down, there’s stop signage ahead!' They say 'slow down, there’s a stop sign ahead!'
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PLAYING FIELD: Years later, Olympic men's hockey returns to its roots with non-NHLers

PLAYING FIELD: Years later, Olympic men's hockey returns to its roots with non-NHLers

'At the time when I got the silver medal, I wanted to throw it in the garbage,' says Penetanguishene's Chris Kontos, who played for Canada at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer
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CHEF'S TABLE: Kitchen will always be 'the heart of the house'

CHEF'S TABLE: Kitchen will always be 'the heart of the house'

'There are many great examples of Barrie restaurants and their staff stepping up to support charities and help to make our community just a little bit better,' says food columnist
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EVERYTHING KING: Convoy shows how Canadian society has become 'sick'

EVERYTHING KING: Convoy shows how Canadian society has become 'sick'

In this week's Everything King, Wendy finds too many examples of how event was seriously un-Canadian
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COLUMN: What's your favourite song? So many factors go into the answer

COLUMN: What's your favourite song? So many factors go into the answer

Depending on the mood, the weather, the activity and even the season, it's a harder question than you may think
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SCENE SETTER: UPlift Black launches new collective to highlight artists of colour

SCENE SETTER: UPlift Black launches new collective to highlight artists of colour

'I want other hopeful artists of all backgrounds to feel the same triumphant way I did,' Dawn Cain says after selling first piece of art
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COLUMN: COVID finally catches up to Bradford editor, family

COLUMN: COVID finally catches up to Bradford editor, family

'I saw (my son) playing with his stuffed toys, incorporating the 'COVID test' in his imaginary play. It broke my heart,' writes BradfordToday editor
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