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CHEF'S TABLE: Cooking up ghost stories from years in the kitchen

CHEF'S TABLE: Cooking up ghost stories from years in the kitchen

'Walking into those buildings that are still standing can be like stepping into another time and place where the history and the influence of those past becomes visceral,' writes food columnist
EVERYTHING KING: Catching COVID leads to cautionary tale

EVERYTHING KING: Catching COVID leads to cautionary tale

Wendy admits she let her guard down, so in this week's Everything King she knows she has only herself to blame
COLUMN: Gratefully ungrateful, from colds to COVID

COLUMN: Gratefully ungrateful, from colds to COVID

Reporter begrudgingly finally caught COVID. He looks at what's changed — and what hasn't — about being sick in the past few years
COLUMN: Stepping out of comfort zone can be good thing

COLUMN: Stepping out of comfort zone can be good thing

Even if you're set in your ways, trying something different can be a worthwhile experience, writes reporter Nikki Cole
SCENE SETTER: Dear Solace marks 15 years with Barrie show

SCENE SETTER: Dear Solace marks 15 years with Barrie show

'My hope is to move the audience in many different ways. We will dance, we will head bang, we will laugh, and we probably cry a bit, too,' says Mike Froh ahead of Dear Solace show Nov. 13 at The Queens
COLUMN: Police funeral will never be forgotten

COLUMN: Police funeral will never be forgotten

'I have covered tragic news stories before, but nothing of this magnitude,' says InnisfilToday editor
EVERYTHING KING: Season for cozy sweaters, hot soup

EVERYTHING KING: Season for cozy sweaters, hot soup

In this week's Everything King, Wendy serves up the easiest soup recipe ever
COLUMN: Remembering the Man Who Walks Among the Stars

COLUMN: Remembering the Man Who Walks Among the Stars

Reporter pays tribute to the lessons taught to us by Gord Downie, who died five years ago from cancer
COLUMN: Barrie's mayor race could use some spice

COLUMN: Barrie's mayor race could use some spice

There has been an absence of fireworks on the campaign trail and no one has banged their shoe on the podium to make a point, writes city hall reporter Bob Bruton
COLUMN: Hulk costume among cherished Halloween memories

COLUMN: Hulk costume among cherished Halloween memories

'My bulging muscles were made with foam stuffed under my green fabric 'skin,' and the thick eyebrows, just like Lou (Ferrigno) had, is definitely a highlight for me,' writes reporter Kevin Lamb