It's a Christmas bazaar world
By Chris Simon
      Christmas shopping season is officially underway. On Saturday, Christmas bazaars were held at two locations in Innisfil. Coupled with various other bazaars, holiday-themed craft and bake sales and the annual Light Up Night and Innisfil Studio Tour, the last few weeks have seen thousands of Christ...
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Cheering up families at Christmas time
      The 2007 Barrie and District Christmas Cheer Association is celebrating its 30th year and and kicking it off at Rona Home and Garden Centre in Barrie Thursday.
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The British experience
By Chris Simon
      Tony Rickwood came a long way to be taught a lesson. The headteacher at Parkside Terrace School in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, is used to giving students lessons, not receiving them himself. But that's exactly what he and several others from the UK, The Netherlands and Finland have done over ...
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Essa Historical Society listens to guest speaker
By Florence Blanchard
      The Essa Historical Society held its October meeting in the Thornton Library meeting room. President Brian Baker opened the meeting with a prayer. Secretary Olive Lee read the minutes from the September meeting.
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