Meet Sarah Melody
Feb11

Meet Sarah Melody

Mental health & wellness are a focus of her teaching at Anahata Yoga From The Heart This enthusiastic certified yoga teacher, public speaker and singer-songwriter is passionate about self-love and self-care and makes it her mission to share this with her students daily. Through her own experience with anxiety and depression she leaned on yoga to get her through tough times. Now mental health and wellness are a focus of her...

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Meet Jimi McKee…Imagineer!
Nov02

Meet Jimi McKee…Imagineer!

On a beautiful autumn day I sat down and had an insightful chat with our friend Jimi McKee artist, creative spirit, and totem pole carver extraordinaire. Who Is Jimi McKee? I call myself an Imagineer, meaning that every year my format changes. The more you change your creative style, the less blank spots there will be. Why Totems? Twenty years ago I purchased 218 B.C. cedar totems long before they were popular. I realized very early...

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Meet Krista Storey
Sep08

Meet Krista Storey

Sitting down with Krista Storey, Manager, Gravenhurst Opera House On the hottest day of the summer, I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Krista. I asked about her career in the music industry, a field she knows a great deal about, having been an integral part of it since five years of age, starring in her kindergarten musical. Jazz Singer To this day, her siblings, remind her of singing into the vacuum cleaner to the...

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Meet Jesse Collins
Jul21

Meet Jesse Collins

This Summer The Orillia Opera House Welcomes Director Jesse Collins We met with Jesse to chat about the plays, his ideas and thoughts on the theatre, the people who attend, having a good laugh and, well, life in general. How does a young boy from Cannington, Ontario, who aspired to be a singer become a successful Canadian theatre director? Via the University of Toronto of course, and a not so popular refusal to attend law school...

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Gini Stringer ~ Carrying The Torch!
Jul21

Gini Stringer ~ Carrying The Torch!

Recently I had the pleasure to chat with Gini Stringer about her Pan Am Games Torch Bearer selection and how it all came about. Having been a past president and an active member of the Orillia Chamber of Commerce for many years, the Chamber bestowed this honor on Gini this spring. Gini, humbled and overwhelmed by this extreme gesture was excited and nervous about the event. “I love this community so much, Gini said, with unbridled...

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Dr. Tim Silvester DC
Nov04

Dr. Tim Silvester DC

When I think back to my childhood I realize that health was on my radar from a very early age the full article Why A Chiropractor? Sometimes I get asked what led me into the field of healthcare and why I chose to become a chiropractor.  When I think back to my childhood I realize that health was something that was on my radar from a very early age. I also remember in grade 5 when other kids were writing their school speeches on topics...

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