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Contents SPRING 2020

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6 shopaholic 8 nest notes 11 home tour 12 20 at home with…

23 splurge shopaholic BEAUTY

ACCESSORIES

INSPIRED HOMES

PINEHURST

RAYMOND MURAKAMI

LOCAL BUSINESSES

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32 cedar and sage taste 35 notes local flavour 36 43 local sip 48 seafood feature earth better wines 54 better SAGE ADVICE AND WELLNESS TREATMENTS

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Regional General Manager Simcoe - York - Muskoka Shaun Sauve General Manager - Simcoe & Editor Elise Allain Graphic Design Brenda Boon Nick Bornino Advertising Supervisor Pamela Amero Advertising Representatives Dawn Clare Martina Ernst Wendy Sherk

Photography Contributions Ellie Kistemaker Jim Craigmyle Heather Goldsworthy Editorial Contributions Katherine Elphick Josephine Matyas, Dawn Ritchie Patti Vipond

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shopaholic | beauty

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Using this bold blue polish in Style Cartel by Essie is a great way to express your creativity. The jelly cream formula prevents chipping and can be layered for a flawless manicure or pedicure, $8.95. Available at major retailers.

Flirty eyes

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Pop art hair

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Blue kisses

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This sparkling, sheerfinish lipstick is a great way to add a pop of blue to your lips, $46.

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Floral scent

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Benefit BADgal BANG! Volumizing Mascara in Brightening Blue will define your eyelashes with drama, $33.

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boda Decor is celebrating their 20th Anniversary in Barrie. They are an independent family run furniture store, with a dedication to customer service.

Over 80 per cent of their 10,000 square foot showroom is devoted to Canada’s top furniture brands such as Palliser, Decor-Rest, Bermex, Trica Furniture, Handstone, West Bro, and Amisco, to mention a few.

Aboda Decor was voted #1 in 2019 by the Barrie Advance Readers’ Choice in the category of Interior Design/ Decor store. Take a walk through their amazing showroom and you will see why they are number one in interior decor. You will be welcomed by quality leather upholstery, and solid wood furniture. Their motto is “design it your way!” They offer a free decorating consultation service to their customers.

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“We are skilled furniture consultants who want customers to love the shopping experience, and the joy of living with good furniture design.

Michael Miller heads up their Interior Design/Decor team. Michael was voted Readers’ #1 choice for Interior Designer/Decorator from the Barrie Advance readers choice award; Michael notes, “We are skilled furniture consultants who want customers to love the shopping experience, and the joy of living with good furniture design.

We will work with you and for you untill we get it perfect. It’s all about your vision, and Aboda Decor providing it’s resources to make that interior space you’ve dreamed about become a reality.” Aboda Decor services what they sell, they have an in-home delivery and setup, a 30 day return policy, and a 90 day lowest price guarantee.

Aboda Decor’s motto is “design it your way”. Time with family and friends is well spent when you have a welcoming place to come home to. Now is a good time to visit Aboda Decor during their 20th Anniversary Sales Event.

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shopaholic | accessories

Swing into golf season Golf trip

Planning a golf trip? Make it simple with this Players Golf Travel bag by Taylormade Golf. Accommodates nearly any golf bag and up to 47” driver shaft with room for additional gear, $399.99.

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Birdie

Uther cart towels are the perfect oncourse accessory for any golfer. It’s lightweight yet super absorbent, holding 300 per cent of its weight in water, $45.

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Keep calm and hit a bomb

Inspired by Winston Churchill’s World War II poster “Keep Calm and Carry On.” March to the tee and drill one in memory of him. Made with genuine top grain leather in Nova Scotia and available in sizes: driver, fairway and hybrid. Prices vary.

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Hats on

This P 110 Cap is part of PUMA’s Island Time Collection which features prints that were inspired by the tropical vibes of Hawaii. It’s sure to brighten up any summer outfit, $35.

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Walk the talk

Your feet will be comfortable and dry with the Biom Hybrid 3 GTX men’s shoe by Ecco. Designed with comfort and performance in mind, this shoe has you covered so you can keep your focus on the game, $270.

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Take shelter

Don’t let a downpour stop your game. The Epic Flash Umbrella will keep players dry, even in the most extreme conditions. $96.99.

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Monogram’s Minimalism Monogram launches two new luxury lines for 2020. The Minimalist and Statement suites of appliances are slated to arrive at retailers in March. In the Minimalist suite, custom all-glass kitchen appliances feature a streamlined aesthetic that reflects the growing trend in contemporary kitchens. Expansive glass, flush installation, interactive LCD screens and pushto-open oven doors eliminate the need for hardware wherever possible. monogram.ca

Growing Gains

Georgian Design Centre is growing again, expanding their furniture and decor line in their showroom, which was previously catalog only. On display now: reclining sofas, reclaimed benches, accent chairs, mirrors, planters, ice buckets, lamps, console tables, desks, bar stools, clocks and art on canvas. Manufacturers include Renwil, Uttermost, Ashley Furniture and more. 84 High Street in Collingwood. georgiandesigncentre.ca

Chilled to Perfection

The Plum Wine Dispenser is every connoisseur’s dream. Holding two bottles in separate cooling chambers, its high-tech integrated camera identifies each varietal, vintage, region and winery, then chills the wine to the perfect serving temperature. Enjoy a Chardonnay at 40 degrees Fahrenheit and a Cabernet at 66 at the same time.

A motorized needle pierces the cork, dispenses the wine and pressurizes it for preservation for up to ninety days. website: plum.wine

Syncing Circadians

Realign your natural circadian rhythms with Atelier Stōbben’s Manitoba Lamp inspired by the Kroeger clocks cherished by Old Order Mennonites.

The lamp’s light intensifies or diminishes based on the time of day.

Designer, Paul Neudorf, who grew up in a Mennonite community, takes his love of heritage design and sustainable self-sufficiency and marries it with technology and mental health to create this high fashion lighting statement. atelierstobben.com

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LIVING Story by Dawn Ritchie

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ccasionally new builds don’t go quite as planned. When visions of grandeur meet construction overages a project can completely derail. Such was the case with the executive estate at 3 Pinehurst Lane in Minesing. The original builder spared no expense in facing the exterior of the home in lavish stone from top to bottom.

The result was the bearing of a stately manor from the exterior. But cost overruns took their toll on the interior finishes which didn’t live up to that promise. Soon ownership was in different hands and the estate was on the market. Realtor, Nadene Milnes, and husband Ryan, leapt at the opportunity to snatch it up. And thus, began their ten-year journey of refinishing the interior to equal the grandeur of the exterior.

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Today the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home is an entertainers’ paradise with a massive near commercial-sized infinity pool, an inground hot tub with two gas-fired fire bowls, an outdoor sauna, stunning four-season sunroom addition they’ve dubbed “the cabana,” a gourmet kitchen with top of the line appliances, cinema, wine cellar, full-sized wet bar and remarkably, even an indoor hockey rink.

To accommodate all of the company they were bound to have, the property was equipped with six garage bays in detached and attached formation. Both are now fully finished and heated.

The biggest ticket item was the kitchen according to the Milnes. The original kitchen was gutted and completely reconfigured by Corinthian Kitchen and Bath Studios with an old world black, white and wood design. Serious 14

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industrial pendants hang over the kitchen island. Countertops are quartz with a pencil tile backsplash.

“I love rustic elements in the home because I find it cozy and warm,” says Nadene. “My husband prefers modern so we worked on combining both styles.” Appliances here are all high performance with a Viking range and fullsized Sub Zero fridge and freezer. The kitchen bustles with extended family during the holidays.

“My family loves cooking in this kitchen,” says Nadene. “But the funny story is I hate to cook.

I’m so busy, whatever I can cook fast and get on the table to get the kids and us fed, works for me.”

With three children under the age of ten and a busy realty business to run, her answer was a rapid cook commercial TurboChef oven that cooks a roast in a mere ten minutes. A full

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THE BIGGEST TICKET ITEM WAS THE KITCHEN ACCORDING TO THE MILNES. THE ORIGINAL KITCHEN WAS GUTTED AND COMPLETELY RECONFIGURED BY CORINTHIAN KITCHEN AND BATH STUDIOS WITH AN OLD WORLD BLACK, WHITE AND WOOD DESIGN.

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turkey is done in only 45. “I love it,” she says.

“That’s definitely the one thing I’m never doing without ever again. You click it on, it gives you the time and you’re done. It was expensive, around $15,000.00 but we use it more than we use the stove.”

The Milnes also wanted substantial flooring installed. They had rustic, reclaimed hardwood from a barn in Stayner laid on the entirety of the main level, save for the master bedroom which was carpeted for comfort. “Those floors have really taken a beating and they stand up,” says Nadene, who has watched her athletic children drag hockey sticks and ride bikes across them.

“Every scrape or dent just adds more character,” she explains. “We recoated them after 5 years and they looked as good as new. They’ll last forever.”

Another hefty investment was the addition of that four-season sunroom with a floor to ceiling wood burning fireplace. It’s become the spot where the family spends much of their time. Vaulted wood ceilings elicit a resort lodge ambience and a moveable glass wall opens to reveal the extravagant outdoor playground below.

The couple knew they wanted to put in a grand pool and installed the retracting wall screen that would allow for unobstructed views which also reach all the way to the lights of the Snow Valley ski hills in the winter. “It’s a place for the kids to play,” says Nadene. “Leaving the great room as a more formal space.” Windows by Monarch Conservatory. Woodwork by Simcoe Block.

The adjoining great room soars with twenty foot ceilings and a balcony that wraps around the room. A stacked stone fireplace is the focal point.

“I love fireplaces,” says Nadene. “My favourite time of year at this house is Christmas. We have a wood-burning fireplace in the great room and put a twelve-foot Christmas tree in there. It’s beautiful, and so big that the neighbours have said they can see the lights of the tree from the road.”

The main level is where the master and the laundry room is also conveniently located. The master enjoys an electric fireplace and a walkout to a balcony that overlooks the yard. The en suite was just recently remodeled with a stand-alone soaker tub and separate spa shower with ceramic tile. Nadene credits Darrell Sagrati of Level Up Contracting in Wasaga for the work. There are two additional bedrooms on the second level and the lower level has three more making it the perfect family home for a large family, especially one with teenagers. “Every bedroom has an en suite,” says Nadene. “Except for the basement which has a Jack and Jill washroom.”

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Entertaining features flourish on that lower level, which was completed by Village Builders.

There’s a walkout to the pool and covered patio.

A chilled wine room holds dozens of bottles, and a fully equipped wet bar services big crowds. The projection screen cinema has seven red luxurious leather recliners elevated on graduated levels so there are no bad seats in the house.

The pool outside is equally impressive. The 40-foot shotcrete infinity edge pool fits easily into the near two-acre property. It’s accompanied by a custom oversized 360-degree infinity hot tub with remote controlled LED lights that change colour on demand. The pool was originally installed with a Marblelite finish but after a few years they decided to upgrade the finish to Pebbletech for a more durable look. The decking is heavy duty IPE wood which can either weather naturally to a grey or be refinished with oil every few years.

Betz Pools finished the work on the pool. Darryl McMurter of McMurter Landscaping worked on the landscaping.

Adjacent to the pool lies a timber frame gazebo, outdoor sauna, and built-in stone BBQ with outdoor gas fireplace and a three-piece bathroom, leaving no luxury unaddressed. Timmerman Timberworks built the structure. “Being in the backyard is like being in your own little paradise,” says Nadene. “Really, it’s like a resort. Once we had a drummer here who sang and we thought, why go to Cuba when you have this?”

But the piece de résistance is the location.

Across the road, trails lead through the bush where the family regularly take their ATVs, engage in dirt biking, snowshoeing and hiking. There’s also a cement pad laid for hockey practice outside and in the summer an indoor hockey rink with synthetic ice from Hockey Shot awaits practice.

The spacious rink, with penalty boxes and all, is built atop the three-car garage. Originally the space was designated as nanny quarters but Ryan blew out the walls and repurposed it for their son who at age ten already plays in an elite league.

“Our family is hockey crazy,” says Nadene.

“We’ve sponsored the Barrie Colts at this property for two years in a row.” In fact, hockey is the primary reason they have decided to put their estate on the market. “We love this house,” says Nadene. “But we’ve entered a new phase of all things hockey and are relocating to Kleinberg, closer to where our son plays.”

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rchitectural Designer, Raymond Murkami’s CV comprises a long string of accomplishments, not the least of which is designing the Oakville show home for the Princess Margaret Lottery in 2012 in collaboration with Lynda Reeves.

A graduate of Ryerson’s Design programme, Mr. Murakami went on to apprentice with J.F. Brennan for seven years before launching his own design firm in 1989. His company, named simply, Murakami, employs a fulltime staff of six architects, planners and designers who manage twenty projects at any given time in differing stages of completion. Murakami’s

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initial focus was the design of properties of distinction for the Rosedale, Forest Hill, Kingsway, and Bridal Path neighbourhoods of Toronto. Soon afterward, he recognized the need for prestige recreational properties. He has since designed chalets, country homes and cottages for the Georgian Bay, Muskoka, Haliburton, and Collingwood areas, where he owns a cottage himself. Having just completed two new luxury properties in Osler and Pretty River Valley he is now turning his sights to the Bahamas and Caribbean.

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GL/Do you have a set of design principles you employ when approaching recreational design?

We have a pretty elaborate survey system.

Understanding a client’s profile is really important, paying attention to their needs. For each property, the setting is important. We spend a lot of time walking the site, photographing it, taking a record of topography. Mature trees, how the sun flows and where the prevailing winds come from are key.

If you dine outdoors you don’t want to be in the wind. Paying attention to the light determines the positioning and how you start to articulate these spaces. I like to have the morning sun coming into the kitchen. It’s always nice to have coffee in the morning sun. Screened porches are more geared towards view and setting sun. And you have to maintain privacy in certain rooms.

GL/How different is the exterior design from urban residences?

This is where you come to escape and find comfort. In a recreational property, we are looking for an understated look but progressive. There’s an unwritten rule in Georgian Bay that properties are more low lying with muted, darker colours. You want drama but not to be too theatrical. Things change and evolve over time, so planning for the long term and looking for simplicity is important in terms of a timeless design. There’s a 20-foot building height limit in Georgian Bay but I was never a fan of big heights anyway. Also, when you arrive to the destination you have lots of stuff. Are you standing in the rain when you’re unlocking the door? Arriving by boat? We always tend to look for covered areas and access to storage right away.

GL/How does that translate to the interior floorplans?

You need ease of use. That means a good mud entrance and storage. A place for skis, sports equipment, a laundry. Storage is always overlooked. Cottages are much less formal. You don’t need a hall. I’m not a big fan of halls anyway.

They take up a lot of space. You want the principle rooms to enjoy the best views, quiet areas to read, maybe a space for a hobby you can’t do in the

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People often have nicer kitchens here than they do in their own homes.

GL/What are the greatest challenges when designing a cottage on an island?

The siting is really important. Where you’re going to position the dock on arrival so you’re not walking too far from the water. You want a practical path from dock to cottage. And you’re trying to save the magnificent trees. White pines are prominent in Georgian Bay. They’re just beautiful trees. If we can frame them around the building it gives a nice understated look, adds a nice sense of scale. So, you try not to blast rock.

But grade changes may be large. We always try to take advantage of the natural setting. We designed a cottage that had a cliff wall and the rock itself was so beautiful we created a private courtyard that faced the rock with subtle lighting to enhance it in the evening. But it’s important to light correctly so that there is no light pollution.

GL/ Is upkeep an issue for island properties?

It’s important to use practical materials, windows that aren’t going to rot and can withstand cold weather. More and more, sustainability comes into the conversation and that’s important to us when we’re designing. Can we make the house efficient as well? For power people are starting to look a lot at ground source, taking the heat from the ground,

a lake loop for instance, running cables out into the lake.

GL/ More people are retiring permanently up at their cottage, what changes in design does that entail?

Almost always we try to look at a master on the same level. Easily accessible without steps and stairs. Also, they deserve a beautiful view.

And there are little things like a tea station in the master.

GL/What is your favourite space in your own home?

My sports lockers. I have all my fishing and golf stuff in there. But also, our main room. We have a two-story great room I enjoy.

GL/Have you applied the same principles in your work to your own home?

I’m married to an interior designer, so it’s ever evolving. My wife, Ann Johnston, has a very successful practice of her own. She’s probably more famous than me. All rooms are nicely appointed and always current. We’ve renovated the place seven times. Done additions. Improved insulation. We’ve never moved. It’s a 100-year-old house. We moved in before we were married and we’re still there, two children later.

For more information on Raymond Murakami’s services visit his website at: murakamidesign.com

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Michelle Seip SALES REPRESENTATIVE RE/MAX OF WASAGA BEACH INC., BROKERAGE 1263 Mosley St., Wasaga Beach

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Those who have had the pleasure of working with Michelle Seip know that her hands-on attention to detail and caring spirit reflects how Michelle has served her real estate clients for the past 14 years.

Characterized by hard work, a common– sense attitude and diligence, every transaction is stamped with pride and as a result since joining Remax Michelle has been recognized each consecutive year with the prestigious Platinum Award, the Remax Hall of Fame of Fame Award in 2014 and in 2018 the next level Chairman’s award for outstanding career service achievement.

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career award in recognition for her highly achieved level of outstanding service during her time with Re/Max. Combining the power of the Remax brand with Michelle’s integrity, sincerity and commitment to getting the job done has been a simple recipe for success resulting in a positive experience for her clients. In addition Michelle has deep roots in her community. She has lived and worked in Wasaga Beach for over 30 years and has taken her past business experience to now proudly make her mark in the real estate industry. Michelle’s passion and dedication to real estate has made her extremely thankful for the opportunity to introduce people to the Georgian Triangle

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area and as a result has expanded her area of expertise to all the surrounding communities including Collingwood, The Blue Mountains, Stayner, Creemore, Tiny Township and beyond.

It also makes it easy for her to promote all its’ virtues through her involvement in many community events and working on continued television projects as an on-camera host with the local community television station Rogers TV. As many know, you will see the sparkle in Michelle’s eyes when sharing her passion for horses which has given her opportunities to explore many new places to ride and show her horses. This special part of her life allows her to share her stories to all that know her and in addition to genuinely provide unique expertise in both rural and equestrian properties to her clients.

Michelle strives to deliver the highest level of service possible, to offer a positive experience for her clients and to help them get from one chapter to the next while building relationships to last a lifetime.

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Georgian Design Centre DESIGN INSPIRATION FOR THE WHOLE HOME

Georgian Design Centre is a family owned and operated business. We originally opened our doors as “Georgian Flooring Centre” in 1993 where we specialized in flooring only. In 2007 we expanded to include lighting, plumbing, window coverings and solid surface countertops and became Georgian Design Centre. Our showroom is unique…our faucets, tubs, shower sets and toilets are plumbed in! You can not only see and feel the items you are interested in, but you can also see them function!

We are passionate in helping you find your right space solution. We will assist you through the many aspects of the design process and product selections until you are comfortable and

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happy with your choices. Not only with finesse but, with great expertise gained through up to date education and experience. Whether it is new flooring, a change in your lighting fixtures or a complete renovation or new build. Regardless of the size of your project we have the solutions for you.

We are very proud of our showroom that serves as great place for design inspiration, both trendy and timeless. Our selection of lighting fixtures is extensive, a wide range of chandeliers, wall sconces and much more to suite every application in your home. Our plumbing fixtures range from stylish affordable to very high end.

Flooring is still important to us and we have a

vast range of solutions, wood, carpet, tiles, and are confident that you will find what you are looking for. Rounding it out are countertops and accent pieces. Many of our suppliers are Canadian.

Everyone is welcome at Georgian Design Centre, you are all our valued customers, may you be a home owner looking for the perfect lighting piece, a designer looking for inspiration for your client or a builder looking for great quality, but cost effective solutions for their new buildings.

We look forward to working with you all.

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See the colours. Feel the texture. Even turn on the taps, tubs and rainshowers.

84 High Street Collingwood, ON L9Y 4K2 705-444-2100 www.georgiandesigncentre.ca

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FREE Kitchen Salvage – Save Money on your Next Reno!

South Georgian Bay

Donate. Do Good. Feel Good 155 Sandford Fleming Drive, Collingwood, Ontario (705) 446-9740 | www.habitatgeorgianbay.ca

If you’ve ever experienced a kitchen renovation, you know it can add up to be a costly affair. Not only do you need to purchase your new coordinating cabinets, counter tops, appliances, etc., you also need to pay a contractor to come in just to tear out your old kitchen, only for it to end up as landfill. If only there was a better solution…

Introducing Habitat South Georgian Bay’s FREE Kitchen Salvage Program!

How does the Kitchen Salvage program work?

After we receive photos of the kitchen and additional salvage information, one of our volunteers will complete an in-person assessment at your convenience. We’ll answer any questions and give a final answer on what can be salvaged and schedule a date!

On the day of your kitchen salvage, our trained staff & volunteers will carefully remove all your kitchen cabinets, appliances, etc. completely free of charge. We’ll then sell your kitchen at an affordable price in our ReStore!

What about tax receipts?

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Pricing Guide that we follow, which is based on the highest value we believe we can sell your donations in our ReStore. That value is assessed by one of our staff who is trained in such appraisal of donations. From there, our accounting department works on issuing the Tax Receipt!

This allows us to sustainably raise funds for our Home Build Projects, while providing affordable furniture options to families.

What is an ideal kitchen? One with at least 5 upper and 5 lower in good condition, with no visible wear or damage to cabinets and any functional appliances are always welcome!

It’s a uniquely sustainable program We are committed to building homes, serving our community AND reducing our environmental footprint. By salvaging your kitchen, we can ensure that it does not go to waste in a landfill, and instead is used by another family!

To book your FREE Kitchen Salvage, call us at 705-446-9740 or e-mail us pictures at restore@habitatgeorgianbay.ca We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Designed and Custom Built by Patrick B. Coulter & Associates. If you love the water you will love this property! Features Of This Property: Professionally Landscaped Lot 103’ x 215’, Inground Sprinkler System, Gourmet Chef’s Kitchen, Entertain with

Fireplace overlooking the water. The dock is at your door with prime boating water and easy access to Georgian Bay & Marina. Move in for summer and enjoy a healthy lifestyle of boating, jet skiing, golf, walking/biking trails....

Separate Games Room/Bar/Pool Table,

and a 5 minute walk to the beach to enjoy

Built-In Sonos Music System, Family Room

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Debbie Evans Sales Representative

1263 Mosley Office 1263 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach, Ontario, L9Z 1A5 Office: (705) 429-4500 | Direct: (705) 444-4348

Debbie Evans has been working in the Real Estate Industry for 10+ years, first beginning her career in administration and office management. She has since evolved her expertise and has become an influential sales associate in the Wasaga Beach community. Debbie delivers the highest standard of service excellence to her clients and her enthusiasm and commitment to knowing the Wasaga Beach market is an asset to her business success. Debbie carries a certificate for interior design, specializing in home staging. She has a dedicated approach and caring attitude towards customer service and her passion for real estate is driven by her love for Wasaga beach and her genuine belief in the value of owning a home. Contact Debbie today for guidance in buying or selling.

Welcome home to this beguiling twostory century house located in the heart of Collingwood. Newly rebuilt with a French Tudor style exterior married with modern interior finishes. All brand new large windows throughout, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, engineered hardwood, black fixtures and door handles. Whitewashed exposed brick adds to the interior charm and the all-white kitchen offers modern lines with an 11 ft breakfast bar, quartz countertops and dining area overlooking the newly landscaped rear yard and deck. Main floor laundry and sunk in Rec-room/mudroom with backyard walkout. Fluidity throughout dining and living space with modern faced gas fireplace.

Traditional staircase and new addition off of the master bedroom, offering 5pc ensuite with luxury tub and shower. The home’s neutral aesthetic blends texture and a mix of materials that enliven the neutral palette and exude character. Extensive renovations completed in 2018 plus a new furnace, air conditioning, and front door in 2019.

125 Hamilton Street, Collingwood.

Price: $849,900.00 Directions: Hume Street, Left (South) onto Patterson Street, Right (West) onto Hamilton Street, Destination will be on your right (North).

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ction Lock – South Georgian Bay is owned by Steve deHaan and his wife Kim. In 2019 Mark Little joined the team and is doing an amazing job learning the trade. Steve’s background in mechanical engineering allowed him to utilize this knowledge to educate, train and successfully blossom as a Locksmith.

Kim looks after the store, selling door hardware, safes and a wide selection of keys.

They have an in-store key cutting program, to help you cut down on costs.

Action Lock provides 24/7 Emergency Service, Residential, Commercial and some Automotive Services. They supply & install Commercial & Fire Doors, High Security Options, Keypads, Exit Devices, Hinges, Door Closers, Automatic Door Openers including Handicap Access, Access Control and work needed for Fire and Life Safety Inspections. Steve acquired AAADM certification in 2018 as an Automatic Door Operator Inspector.

This qualifies him to inspect, install or repair power-operated automatic pedestrian doors. Well versed with the proper specifications, laws, codes and

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safety guidelines required for installation and maintenance of all automatic doors, ADA Compliance and access for the elderly is currently of great importance for Action Lock. With the increasing number of the aging population and disabled Canadians, automatic doors not only welcome everyone, save energy and provide access for the elderly, but by 2025 will be law that they be required for barrier free washrooms and mandatory into areas of assembly. Action Lock has helped several businesses with this new legislation and looks forward to helping other businesses that still need to meet this challenge when it is time for them to move forward.

Action Lock’s motto is “Customer Satisfaction is Key” and they make every effort to hold this true.

Action Lock is a proud member of the WBCOC, BNI, WBWBA, TAOL (The Association of Ontario Locksmiths).

They have been accredited by ALOA, AAADM and by the BBB. They are also especially grateful to all the customers who have provided support and business to help them get to where they are today.

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amed after fragrant cedar and sage, two items of nature often associated with healing properties, Cedar and Sage wellness centre in Collingwood is like the calm in the storm of life.

“Our focus is to create an environment of grounded wellness through relaxation or clinically-oriented treatments and rehabilitation,” says Jessica Racioppa, who co-owns Cedar and Sage with business partner Deanna Harris. “We are a community based, multi-focused health and wellness studio and the only wellness centre in Georgian Bay offering the unique combination of Registered Massage Therapy (RMT), Float Therapy and Hot Yoga - all under one roof.”

Jessica met Deanna when the two wellness advocates worked together at another company. They soon became fast friends who shared a dream of

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opening their own wellness centre. Jessica has a degree in musical theatre and a background in dance, music and acting. Her love of movement and passion for well being led her to a career as a Registered Massage Therapist. Deanna is also a Registered Massage Therapist, with a background in social work. Her path led her to Thailand to study to become a yoga instructor.

“Our dream,” says Jessica, “was to open a community-based wellness studio where everyone is welcome and where people would be encouraged to try new things on their wellness journey, such as floating.”

Floating or float therapy is also known as Sensory Deprivation or REST Therapy (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Technique). Simply put, it involves floating in a special tank of warm saltwater without any distraction from sound or light.

This new level of relaxation leaves ‘floaters’ alone with their thoughts as float weightlessly and effortlessly, due to the ratio of water to salt. “Floating has been praised for a myriad of health benefits which can include a heightened sense of relaxation, reduction in pain due to the weightlessness of the body while floating, and for some, it can alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression,” states Jessica.

If thoughts of lying in a giant tank of water without sound or light has you feeling rather claustrophobic, don’t worry, says Deanna. “The tanks are like large domed pods that are eight feet long by 5 ½ feet wide and you are never locked in.

You can also customize the experience with ambient light and music. Most people prefer to enjoy the total silence - it’s a rare chance to unplug from the rest of the world!”

Having a massage provided by a Registered Massage Therapist is yet another way to relax, rejuvenate and unwind. “Massage therapy can be beneficial in helping manage chronic pain and aid in the healing process of the physical structures in the body, while providing a positive effect on our mental well being,” says Jessica. “Hot yoga uses infrared panels to offer heat ranging from warm to hot depending on the class, which can help increase circulation, eliminate toxins in the body and help improve cardiovascular health and more.”

Cedar and Sage opened in September, and already the team are looking forward to expanding.

“We are overwhelmed by the warm welcome we have received,” says Jessica. “We are already planning to add staff and to start using our studio as a community space for wellness workshops and community meetings. We want people to feel like this is their new go-to hub to meet friends and a place to come for wellness.”

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The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association will be hosting the fifth annual Maple Weekend on April 4 to 5, 2020 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Sugar shacks involved in Maple Weekend can be found across the province in a number of maple syrup producing areas.

Maple weekend gives visitors a first-hand opportunity to see how the liquid gold is produced, from tree to table, along with the chance to taste and purchase quality maple products. For a list of participating local sugar bushes visit mapleweekend.

Louisiana night is back!

Back by popular demand, Oliver Bonacini Café Grill is hosting its annual Louisiana Night on April 1, 2020. Dig into a fun night of live music, local cider and a bucket of Louisiana mixed grilled delivered right to the table by the chef.

Reservations are strongly recommended for this fun and flavourful event.

Oliver Bonacini Café Grill is located in Blue Mountain Village, (705)444-8680, obcafegrill.com.

Springlicious at Blue

Blue Mountain Village’s favourite spring food event is back! Springlicious at Blue takes place from April 5 to May 13, 2020.

This tasty event serves up specially priced menus at various restaurants in the Village.

Dining deals are offered Sunday to Thursday with many weekend additions.

Reservations are recommended. For more information, visit springliciousatblue.ca, or bluemountainvillage.ca

Easter in the village

Celebrate Easter in the Blue Mountain Village with scavenger hunts, horse and wagon rides, and more great family activities!

The event runs from Friday, April 10, 2020 to Monday April 13, 2020. For more information and a full list of activities visit bluemountainvillage.ca.

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LUKE ANDERSON KEATON GRIEVE By: Katherine Elphick | Photography by Ellie Kistemaker

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or the past few years, foodie friends have

What’s the best way to describe Gibson and Company?

been telling me to write about Gibson

Luke Anderson: It’s a coffee, beer, wine and whiskey bar.

Keaton Grieve: We essentially modelled it after what we like to drink.

Coffee in the daytime, then beer if you are barbecuing or engaged in a dinner prep kind of situation, then wine at dinner followed by whiskey after dinner.

and Company. “It’s this cool bar in Colling-

wood with a hipster vibe,” they would say. “And the best part is the location — off the beaten track, located down an alleyway, just like a prohibition-era speakeasy.”

The high praise and curious description peaked my interest, so I decided to check it out myself.

I booked a mid afternoon weekday interview with owners Luke Anderson, age 34, and Keaton Grieve, age 32, and headed to the bar.

Upon arrival, the bustling 60-seat venue was full to the brim with customers drinking coffee, sipping cocktails with friends or working away on laptops. After finding a table to sit at, Luke and Keaton were happy to share their story.

Here’s how the conversation unfolded.

You opened Gibson and Company in 2017, and guests have been flocking to your door right from the get go. What led two friends with basically no food and beverage experience (in their former careers, Luke worked as an aircraft maintenance engineer, while Keaton worked in retail/business management) to open a bar?

KG: We’ve been friends for years, and since our early 20s have had a mutual passion for wine and hospitality. The whole idea started with Luke’s vision because he had always wanted to have his own wine and whiskey bar. He asked me to join him, and the rest is history.

Why Collingwood?

LA: Our hearts were up here. And because we’ve always loved Collingwood’s laid-back lifestyle, we felt it was the right place to open this type of venue. I’m also originally from the Stayner-area, so this is home for me.

What’s your food and beverage philosophy?

LA: We only serve what we like, and hope that people will like it, too. We try not to be all things to all people. Because we only serve items we like to enjoy ourselves, we feel that enables us to speak more eloquently and enthusiastically about those products. The items that we serve, however, are very refined.

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WE DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AROUND HERE. WE DON’T HAVE OVENS OR A DEEP FRYER, ONLY HOT PLATES, PANINI PRESSES AND FRIDGES.

What are some of your top sellers?

KG: On the food front, hands down, our most popular item is the Smoked Trout Dip. It’s an old recipe from Luke’s family and guests love it!

LA: On the craft cocktail side, the Old Fashioned, the Maple Bourbon Sour and our Spiked London Fog sell super well because the booze we use is so good [smiles]. And, of course, all of our whiskeys sell really well. On the coffee front, the Gibson (a latte made featuring chocolate, bourbon and whiskey) is our signature hot cocktail and people go crazy for it.

I understand you’ve been fairly rigid about sticking to your vision. Can you expand?

KG: We’re definitely known for sticking to our guns about what we serve. For example, our wine program only features Old World (France, Italy and Spain) and Ontario selections, because that’s what we like. We also don’t serve soft drinks, vodka, tequila, scotch or rum — just a lot of whiskey and a little bit of gin. I should mention that our whiskey program has been extremely well received. We only do North American whiskey, so our list is made up of 75 per cent American whiskey and 25 per cent Canadian. We started with 20 bottles and are up to about 120.

The concept of ‘sticking to your guns’ led some people to initially criticize Gibson and Co. Can you expand?

KG: A lot of people doubted our success in the beginning because of our product list. For example, they would just be floored by the fact that we didn’t serve Scotch, Irish whiskey or rye with ginger ale. When we were serving them, they would say things to us like: ‘you aren’t a real bar,’ or ‘you are going to go out of business.’

LA: It wasn’t easy to hear all of the negativity, but we stuck to our vision. Fortunately, it really worked out for us and we have been pretty busy right from the start.

Let’s talk about your unique location. What led you to choose this space?

LA: Although we looked at a few other places, this one kind of fell into our laps. Funnily enough, we found it on Kijji. It was just a one-liner without any pictures.

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KG: We were pretty excited about the location and because it’s down an alleyway the price was lower than main street rents, so we were sold on it.

For readers who haven’t visited Gibson & Company, the space has a cool vibe, similar to Toronto’s Distillery District. It’s an open-concept venue featuring an exposed brick wall, plenty of natural light (thanks in part to a large skylight), chalkboards, tables, couches and a large bar with seating. The walls are adorned with local artwork, showcasing Collingwood scenery (featuring photography by Luke’s sister Jessica Crandlemire).

Can you talk about the initial renovation process?

LA: It was a former dance studio, and when we took it over, it was basically a black room with an old scrappy floor. In short, it was a blank canvas.

We added windows (including a skylight), a new floor, fixed the walls, added plumbing, electrical and painted the place. The only thing we kept was the exposed brick wall [laughs].

Let’s hear about your craft cocktail program.

KG: We tend to focus on whiskey based classic cocktails like an Old Fashioned, or a Manhattan — those kinds of drinks. For people who don’t drink whiskey, we do have a bit of gin. Actually, our gin and tonics are super popular. It’s funny because people always tell us that we make the best cocktails, but we aren’t cocktail guys. We just use really good products. For example, people go insane over our gin and tonic, but it’s just Dillon’s Rose Gin, a glass full of ice, Fever Tree Tonic Water and fresh lime. During the summer, we often sell over 100 of them in a night.

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What about beer and ciders?

KG: We only serve local ciders and craft beers from the local area and Toronto.

The espresso machine has been humming the whole time I’ve been here. Let’s hear about your coffee offerings.

KG: We partnered our coffee program with Pilot Coffee Roasters (pilotcoffeeroasters.com). Based out of Toronto, it’s one of the most successful small batch coffee roasters in Canada. To make our coffee taste even better, we use Sheldon Creek Dairy products. We also sell coffee and tea in our merchandise section.

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What on the food front?

LA: Because our focus was always the beverage side of things, we started off with a pretty limited menu. But, right from the start, the demand for food was much greater than we had expected. To cater to our customers, the menu now features sandwiches, salads, flatbreads, charcuterie platters, cheese boards and other types of sharable items. But, for the most part, we’re definitely more of a pre and post dinner spot, rather than an entree place.

Do you offer options for diners with special dietary needs?

LA: We have lots of vegan choices, but only some gluten-friendly items.

I understand that you have very little waste.

Can you expand?

KG: We do things a little differently around here. We don’t have ovens or a deep fryer, only hot plates, panini presses and fridges. As a result, we basically have zero food waste. That combined with the fact that we primarily use local suppliers, our carbon footprint is pretty low.

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Let’s hear about your special event line up.

LA: We do a fair amount of special events, anything from pop up dinners with innovative chefs to wine pairing meals. On occasion, we even do musical events.

Our goal is to showcase a unique event about once a month. For upcoming events, people can check out our website.

What about the future?

LA: No major plans, but we do plan on refining our food offerings.

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Maple Bourbon Sour

(recipe courtesy of Gibson and Company) This craft cocktail is a popular beverage at Gibson and Company. Try it at home or order one up at the local bar.

1-1/2 ounce Buffalo Trace Bourbon 3/4 ounce fresh organic lemon juice 3/4 ounce maple syrup 1 Amarena Fabbri Luxury Italian Cherry 1 ice cube, large PREPARATION: In a shaker, combine bourbon, lemon juice, and maple syrup. Pour over ice and top with cherry.

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A HONEY OF A DRINK

BY KATHERINE ELPHICK | PHOTOS BY ELLIE KISTEMAKER

There’s plenty of buzz surrounding chef Randy Feltis’s Honey Bee Elixir. Made with 44 all natural herbs, spices, roots, flowers, berries and lightly sweetened with honey, it’s a local hive to bottle craft beverage worth sampling.

And since it’s 10 AM on a Tuesday morning, that’s exactly what we’re going to do. After all, it’s now legal to drink alcohol in Ontario restaurants and bars after 9 AM. “First, we’re going to try it on its own, and then we’re going to spritz it up with some Prosecco,” explains Feltis, who is serving his new liqueur from behind the bar at the Farmhouse, a restaurant he owns and operates in Barrie. “So, bottoms up.”

And my first impression is straight up favourable. It’s definitely tasty, but what surprises me is its smoothness and lack of intense sweetness.

“Everyone thinks it’s going to be super sweet, but I thought it would have more integrity if we kept the sugar level low,” explains Feltis, who

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HONEY BEE NIGRONI 1 oz Honey Bee Elixir 1 oz dry gin 1 oz sweet vermouth METHOD: Shake over ice, strain over ice.

Serve with smashed rosemary and fresh clementine.

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has been a fixture on the local food scene since he opened his first Barrie restaurant, Oscar Bistro (now closed) in 1999, Feltis is also a popular celebrity chef for CityTV and the director of Barrielicious. “Because it’s 34 percent proof, we just added enough sweetness to hide the alcohol.”

Next we try it mixed with Prosecco, and again I’m liking it.

“It’s the ultimate bartending companion because it offers endless craft cocktail opportunities,” he explains between sips. “It works in its pure form, on the rocks or neat, but it also makes an awesome Nigroni, or you can spritz it up with something fizzy like soda and fruit or Prosecco.”

He adds that the Farmhouse bartenders are definitely having fun with it, and are forever creating new ways to use it. “Lately, they have been throwing it into our homemade ice tea and it’s delicious,” he says.

The product is also super local because it’s made with raw honey from Dickey Bee Farms in Essa Township. “I chose Dickey Bee Honey, because I have been buying from them for years. I love their products, and it’s a really cool fourth generation beekeeping family business,” he says.

Why honey? “Because it goes with the bees — we wanted to do something that would help the bee population. We wanted to do something sustainable, all natural with no dyes and truly local

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HONEY TODDY 2 oz Honey Bee Elixir 4 oz hot water METHOD: Mix together Honey Bee Elixir and water. Garnish with a cinnamon lemon slices.

ROYALE WITH BEE 2 oz Honey Bee Elixir 4 oz chilled Prosecco METHOD: Mix together and serve in a wine glass.

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with a low carbon footprint,” explains the 45year old chef and entrepreneur.

And it’s different because there’s really nothing similar in the liqueur section at the LCBO like it. “It’s a true Canadian craft beverage. We even use the wax from the hives to seal the bottles.”

Feltis says it helps the bees because most of the ingredients need to be pollinated and with every bottle sold, a new bee is added to the hive. As a result, it also helps the beekeepers because they are creating more hives.

The local chef says he began thinking about making a craft beverage after visiting Scotland about two and a half years ago. “I visited some craft distilleries over there, and was quite impressed with how well they were doing with the farm to bottle concept,” he recalls. “They were growing their own juniper berries for gin and their own potatoes for vodka — similar to what Beattie’s Distillery is doing in Alliston. Let’s just say, I was impressed.”

But after visiting MacCallan (one of Scot-

land’s biggest Scotch distilleries) the next day, he realized just how big the distillery business is and wanted to get in on it. So, the wheels started churring.

Several ideas were tossed around from farming his own ingredients to using his dad’s maple syrup to make something unique. But the cost for both seemed prohibitive, especially since maple syrup is so expensive.

He stumbled upon the honey idea when driving his young son, Cash, to Karate one day.

“Cash brought up the subject of bees, and a lightbulb just went off,” he recalls.

Like any good chef, he headed to the kitchen and started sampling recipes. “It was a lot of trial and error and my kitchen was certainly a disaster for a while,” he confesses with a chuckle in his voice. “I made about 65 batches — some good, some not so good.”

After spending months perfecting the taste profile of the liqueur, he hit the pavement in search of a local distillery willing to make his product. At first, he faced rejection. “I asked

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about 30 distilleries and they all said no,” he admits. “It was a bit of a mountain to climb to get this product made.”

Then with the help of Holly Wyatt, a wellknown spirits representative for Kinetic Brands, he was able to eventually find a Vaughan-area distillery up to the task.

And the rest, as they say is history. Honey Bee Elixir is now available at 15 local LCBO stores and it’s selling like the bees knees. “There’s nothing else on the market quite like it, and people seem to love the local aspect,” he explains.

The next step is to ramp up production and get into 25 LBCOs, with the eventual goal of 300 stores. “Now, that would be a sweet win,” he says enthusiastically.

Honey Bee Elixir is available at most local LCBOs. You can also sample it in drinks at the Farmhouse and Groovy Tuesdays. For more information visit www.honeybeeelixir.com, or follow them on Facebook or Instagram @honeybee.elixir.

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A Season Seafood

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by Stephanie Hounsell

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fter months of bundling up, shovelling driveways and socializing indoors, Canadians are more than ready to embrace the start of spring by the time March and April roll around. Time to throw open the windows, enjoy whatever beginnings of growth our gardens reveal, and turn our backyards into extensions of our kitchens.

Even our palates seem to notice the seasonal change, and crave something different — something fresher, lighter, and, after a season of indulging in comfort food, something better for our waistlines.

Nature answers this call with the upcoming arrival in local fish markets of wild salmon. The seafood’s limited availability provides the perfect excuse to prepare and enjoy a delicious meal — and maybe learn a culinary thing or two.

Springtime means wild salmon Fish sales increase as the weather gets warmer and the days get longer. People start cooking more, socializing more and going to restaurants less. Many customers are dedicated wild salmon fans who are happy campers when sockeye, king and coho start arriving in stores late spring.

Some people view fish as an important part of their weekly diet. For others, fresh fish is more of an indulgence for special

occasions or entertaining.

There’s much debate surrounding farmed versus wild fish, with farmed salmon available year-round. Customers are encouraged to do their research, give both a try and then to see which they prefer. Wild salmon tends to be leaner and have a meatier texture than farmed salmon, which has a softer texture. Wild salmon also tends to have a richer flavour than farmed, although the exceptions are farmed Irish organic salmon and some of the higher quality farmed Atlantic salmon.

Get out the barbecue Whichever salmon you choose, barbecuing is a great way to enjoy it in the warmer months. Salmon has a firm flesh, so it doesn’t fall apart easily on the grill. It is recommended to fold over some good quality tin foil to form a surface onto which you can directly place the salmon. When the fish is done, you can slide a spatula under the fish to carefully remove it, handily leaving the skin behind, sticking to the foil.

An alternate method is placing the salmon on a cedar plank, which results in a nice smoky flavour. Or put it skin-side down straight on the barbecue and season it with some fresh-squeezed lemon, sea salt, fresh-cracked pepper and a bit of garlic. Of course, pan fried or baked are other ways to cook salmon, which GoodLife | Georgian Bay Spring 2020

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Filet and crab with béarnaise sauce Serves: 4 Sear: high Cook: indirect/medium

½ lb asparagus, tough ends removed 2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil 1/8 tsp kosher salt 1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1 tsp kosher salt 1 tsp freshly ground pink peppercorns 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper Extra-virgin olive oil 4 filets mignons, about 6 ounces each and 2 inches thick

Sauce

1/3 cup 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1/4 tsp 1/8 tsp 2 1 stick 2

white wine vinegar finely chopped shallots finely chopped fresh tarragon, divided kosher salt freshly ground black pepper egg yolks unsalted butter, melted king crab legs, precooked (thawed, if frozen)

1. Put the asparagus on a plate or platter.

Drizzle the olive oil over the asparagus and season with the salt and pepper.

2. In a small bowl mix together the salt with the pink peppercorns and black pepper.

Lightly brush or spray both sides of the filets with the olive oil. Season with the salt and pepper mixture. Allow the filets to stand at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes before grilling.

3. Meanwhile, make the sauce: 4. In a small saucepan combine the vinegar, shallots, 1/2 tbsp of the tarragon, salt, and pepper along with 1 tbsp water. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and continue cooking until the mixture is reduced to 3 tbsps. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes.

5. In a small bowl whisk together the egg yolks. Whisk 1 tbsp of the vinegar mixture into the eggs. Pour the egg mixture into the saucepan with the vinegar mixture and whisk until smooth. Place the pan over low heat and whisk the mixture constantly until it thickens to the consistency of mustard. Then, immediately start drizzling the melted butter in a thin stream into the pan, whisking constantly, until the mixture reaches the consistency of thin mayonnaise.

If at any time the sauce looks like it is separating, remove the pan from the heat and continue whisking to cool it down. Set the sauce aside at room temperature.

6. Sear the filets over direct high heat for 10 minutes, turning once halfway through grilling time. Continue grilling over indirect medium heat until the internal temperature reaches 135°F for medium rare, 5 to 8 minutes. Grill the asparagus, and crab legs over direct medium heat, for 6 to 8 minutes, turning once halfway through grilling time. © 2001 Weber-Stephen Products Co. Recipe from Weber’s Big Book of Grilling. Used with permission.

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Citrus dusted wild halibut & fresh avocado salsa

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare a parchment lined baking sheet for later. Season each piece of halibut with a little salt and a drizzle of canola oil.

Serves: 4-6 as a light main course

2. In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine avocado, celery, cucumber, citrus juices, and fresh herbs. Season with salt to taste and set aside.

Ingredients

3. In a small bowl, combine all citrus zests and set aside

2 lbs of MSC certified Halibut portioned into 4-6 equal sized pieces 2 limes, zest and juice kept separate 1 medium grapefruit, zest and juice kept separate 2 lemons, zest and juice kept separate 2 oranges zest and juice kept separate 2 ripe avocados, small diced ¼ cup celery, finely chopped ¼ cup cucumber, small diced 2 tbsp each, fresh mint, cilantro, Thai basil and lovage (optional), roughly chopped Canola oil, Salt

4. Fit halibut pieces without crowding on one or two pans. Heat to medium high and drizzle with oil. Decide which side of the halibut you want to present on the plate (the ‘presentation side’) and place the fish that side down in the pan. Do not move the fish for at least 5 minutes to create a nice, think golden crust.

5. Flip the halibut onto the prepared parchment lined baking sheet and roast in the oven for 7-10 minutes to finish the cooking.

6. Remove halibut from oven. Sprinkle the crispy side with the zest mixture and season with a little salt. Evenly distribute the avocado salsa around or on top. Serve immediately.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is a global non-profit certification program that works to keep oceans healthy, prevent overfishing, illegal fishing and seafood fraud. Buy the blue fish label for wild seafood that’s certified ocean friendly.

Recipe by MSC Ambassador Chef Charlotte Langley Photo: Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Rick O’Brien

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Smoked salmon burgers

With fried eggs and scallion cream cheese PREP time: 30 minutes chilling time: 1 hour grilling time: 6-8 minutes special equipment: grill-proof griddle

Patties: 11/2 lbs

skinless salmon fillets, pin bones removed, cut into 1-inch pieces 8 oz ox-style smoked salmon, finely chopped 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs 3 tbsp finely chopped yellow onion 3 tbsp minced fresh chives 1 tbsp minced garlic 1 tsp kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 3 oz cream cheese, softened 3 scallions (white and light green parts only), finely chopped 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 6 English muffins, split 1 tbsp unsalted butter 6 large eggs Microgreens or sprouts

can also be enjoyed chilled. A popular suggestion is serving salmon either whole or in chunks on top of a Caesar salad — or any kind of salad — for a light spring meal.

Snow crab arrives too Just in case salmon’s not your thing… enter the crab. The snow crab, to be specific. Like wild salmon, snow crab — sold cooked — also arrives in April and May. Frozen king crab is available year-round, but crab season is when people can enjoy the smaller, sweeter crabs. Most people are unaware of all that’s involved in the seafood industry, including the many factors — like weather and logistics — that affect just when salmon, snow crab, and other favourite catches arrive at the store. Perhaps that’s reason for the rest of us to appreciate our long awaited plates of salmon and snow crab just a little bit more.

1. In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, pulse the salmon fillet pieces 8 to 10 times until coarsely chopped but not pasty; transfer to a bowl. Add the remaining patty ingredients to the bowl, including ¼ teaspoon pepper, and stir gently to combine. Form six patties of equal size, each about ¾ inch thick. Cover and refrigerate the patties for 1 hour.

2. Prepare the grill for direct cooking over medium heat (350° to 450°F) and preheat a grill-proof griddle.

3. Mix the cream cheese and scallions until well blended. Refrigerate until ready to grill the patties.

4. Brush the patties on both sides with the oil.

Place the patties on the griddle and cook over direct medium heat, with the lid closed, until fully cooked but still juicy, 6 to 8 minutes, carefully turning once. During the last 30 seconds to one minute of grilling time, toast the English muffins on the cooking grates, cut side down, over direct heat.

5. In a skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Fry the eggs until the whites are set to your desired doneness.

6. Spread the scallion cream cheese on both sides of the toasted English muffins. Place a patty on each muffin bottom and top with an egg and a small handful of microgreens. Season with pepper. Serve warm with the muffin tops on the side. ©2014 Weber-Stephen Products LLC. Recipe from Weber’s Big Book of Burgers™ by Jamie Purviance. Used with permission.

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betterearth, betterwine Embracing a sustainable future

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Customers are becoming more environmentally conscious, wanting sustainable products from sustainable companies. This includes everything from labour practices to the environmental impact of their production.

We’ve read the labels: ‘all natural’, ‘fair trade’, ‘organic’. An ever growing number of products include these claims of sustainability. But what do all these claims mean? Describing a product as “sustainable” could mean that it’s sourced responsibly or that it utilizes recyclable packaging – as well as a whole host of other potential attributes.

Using the wine industry as an example, understanding the how and why when it comes to sustainable grape growing, and more specifically, winemaking is critical to understanding how, when and why consumers prioritize sustainable options. It’s great to think that the vineyard your wine originated from was utilizing sustainable practices, but what does that look like for a vineyard?

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SELECTIONS Prats & Symington 2016

SUSTAINABLE WINERIES ARE FOCUSED ON MINIMIZING THE EFFECT THEIR WINEMAKING PROCESS HAS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. Sustainable wineries are focused on minimizing the effect their winemaking process has on the environment. They prioritize conservation, preservation, social responsibility and economic feasibility.

Portugal’s Symington Family Estates has set out to lead the way in terms of sustainability practice and is perhaps the most forward thinking winery in the world today. Located within the historic Douro Valley region, the Symingtons were awarded Ethical Company of the Year in December 2019 and joined companies as diverse as Patagonia and Kickstarter in becoming a ‘B Corporation’. The prestigious B Corp certification cements a large number of varied social and ecological projects that the Symingtons have put in place recently and are continuing to pursue.

In fact, the Symingtons are stepping it up a notch with the creation of the Symington Impact Fund – a one million euro pledge to support projects in the Douro. The primary use of the funds will be for community well-being and health, environmental protection and conservation and cultural heritage and education.

Rupert Symington, CEO of Symington Family Estates, has stated that “we have always sought to run our family business in a way that benefits people – be they our employees or the wider community. We are also committed to protecting the beautiful natural environments where we produce our wines. The Symington Impact Fund is a way of formalising this commitment and ensuring we support projects which are most aligned with our values and where we can have the maximum positive impact.”

Another family owned winery that’s leading California’s sustainability effort is Sonoma County’s Rodney Strong Vineyards. In 2010, the winery was officially certified as a sustainable operation. They’ve become completely carbon neutral, installed solar power and earned a Fish Friendly Farming certification among several other sustainable designations, including air quality, soil and water conservation and wildlife protection.

Ontario’s sustainability impact is also prevalent.

One Niagara based winery leading by example is Hidden Bench Estate Winery, a certified sustainable winery which utilizes geothermal energy to provide cooling and heating for both their building and winemaking processes. Also one of the launch customers for Bullfrog Power – Ontario’s first green electricity company – Hidden Bench’s foregoing initiatives as an organic and biodynamic winery, as well as their ongoing approach to sustainability, has permitted them to be recognized as an environmental leader in the community.

Choosing to embrace new energy technologies presents a triple bottom-line win in productivity, profits and planet, so it would seem that becoming sustainable is a worthy investment that many more will and should take. After all, consumers vote with their purchases. And so as we come to terms with the fact that our environment is increasingly being compromised, it becomes very important that every aspect of what consumers are now buying into is studied to ensure that businesses leave the environment in the very best shape possible at the end of the day.

The question we all need to ask ourselves now is: are we all on board?

Chryseia ($105)

Chryseia is the flagship offering made with the finest grapes from Prats & Symington’s own Douro Valley vineyards, Quinta de Roriz and Quinta da Perdiz. 2016 was a very hot and dry summer but was bookended with a wet spring and wet fall. This weather pattern was decisive in achieving balanced vine maturations. What we get here is a rich and chewy, powerful wine, with notes of plum, blackcurrant, mocha and some dark chocolate. The barrel play is expertly integrated. A tremendous bottle that shows great ageing potential. Definitely one for cellar collectors and best consumed 2023 through 2030.

Rodney Strong 2016 Estate Russian River Valley Pinot Noir ($29.95)

Rodney Strong Vineyards have gone acre by acre through their estate properties to ensure they’re taking every step possible to safeguard their region’s ecosystem.

They’re solar energy system is one of the largest of any winery in the world and were officially the first to offset their carbon footprint in Sonoma. They produce one of my favourite pinots to come out of California and it is an excellent value.

Medium bodied with complex notes of baking spice, vanilla and some yummy cran-cherry jam-like flavours. 2016 was a more balanced vintage for California and this is a great expression of that balance.

Hidden Bench 2017 Estate Chardonnay ($29.95)

Situated within the Beamsville Bench, Hidden Bench is an artisanal, terroirfocused winery dedicated to crafting premium wines solely from their own certified organic estate vineyards. They’ve established an ongoing reputation for consistent excellence both domestically and internationally, producing wines of pronounced complexity and character which bear a sense of place and time.

This estate chardonnay is a quintessential example of how meticulously maintained vines can lead to an outstanding result.

Bright, fresh and lively textured, this is drinking beautifully now.

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Reflections on Quietude JANET LIESEMER’S

By Dawn Ritchie

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n the Loft Gallery’s website, you will find painter Janet Liesemer’s artist statement.

“Peace. A state of tranquility or quiet. A sacred presence in a world of busyness and chaos. Peace is what I paint, serenity is what I feel. Calm is what I crave. Create your own story as you take a moment to listen to the silence.

It’s an enticing invitation to Liesemer’s landscapes, which adeptly deliver that promise of stillness. Sweeping farmland, rustic barns, drifting fishing dories and rolling foothills draw the observer into the uncluttered quietude where tensions are eased and the unhurried life is felt.

Represented by the Loft Gallery in Thornbury, Liesemer began her association with the gallery after entering their Annual Square Foot Show five years ago. “All paintings are 12 x 12,” says Liesemer. “I put in ten paintings and every one sold.”

That’s when the gallery came calling. A request to visit her studio in the small hamlet of Ayton brought the entirety of her collection into the gallery. She’s been exclusive to the Loft ever since.

Working primarily in acrylics and ink, Liesemer generally has three or four paintings on the go at the same time. She paints religiously, four days a week from 7:30 am to 4 pm and daily during her frequent travels throughout Northern Ontario on camping/painting trips. “When I travel, I always bring my paints with me,” she says. “I pack two suitcases. One just for art supplies. There are more art supplies, than clothes.”

Her popular Wellness and Art retreats also take artists of all skill levels to romantic locales across the globe, such as the historic Chianti Region of Tuscany. There she teaches a new technique each day, including palette knife painting, ink sketching and watercolour work.

Liesemer discovered her talent at a young age.

But like many budding artists, had the hope of an art career driven out of her. For Liesemer, it was an embittered high school art teacher whose own aspirations had not met with success. He steered his gifted students away with the warning, ‘You’ll never make a living from art.’ So instead, she forged a career in finance.

Art continued to tug at her heartstrings, however, and in 2000 she began painting murals and soon was wrangling an eager clientele who wanted murals for their children’s bedrooms.

But it wasn’t until a family tragedy intervened in 2005 that her life’s trajectory truly changed.

The sudden and unexpected loss of her husband returned her to the solace she found in her art practice. By 2014 she transitioned to full-time landscape artist.

“Tragedies do make you reflect on your life,” she says. “They’re a catalyst for change. You ask, is this what I want to do with my life? It made me change course and have the courage to do what I always wanted to do.”

Today Janet Liesemer’s life is blissfully transformed. Now remarried, her personal life is happy again and her professional life, invigorated. In addition to her sold-out Wellness and Art retreats, her sales through the gallery and her art classes, which are run from her studio and at the gallery, Liesemer is often commissioned to paint old farm manors for families relinquishing homes. Realtors have even engaged her for this mission, gifting their clients with the paintings.

“I’m busy but it’s not draining,” she says. “It energizes me. It blows my mind, really. I can’t believe I’m doing this. I’m very blessed.”

See Janet Liesemer’s work at the Loft Gallery, 18 Bruce Street in Thornbury. Visit her website: janetliesemer.ca for more information on her classes and art retreats.

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by David Wallace-Wells Book review by Danielle Leonard “It is worse, much worse than you think,” writes author David Wallace-Wells in the introductory paragraph of his book, The Uninhabitable Earth.

The deputy editor for New York Magazine is referring to climate change and the impending disaster our earth faces whether we do anything about it, or not. While the impetus for the book is to wake humanity up to the shocking reality of our deteriorating habitat, it is also clear that there may be little we can do to stop its course.

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In it, Wallace-Wells explains, ‘this is not a book about the science of warming; it is about what warming means to the way we live on this planet.”

Human activity is harshly implicated in the chaos that he says will soon descend on the earth due to climate change. Consider this: half the carbon emitted into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels has happened in just the past three decades. Today, there is a third more carbon in the atmosphere than there has been at any point in the last 800,000 years.

It is impossible to read Wallace-Wells’ book without an increasing sense of doom, and frankly, that’s not the worst thing. The chapters offer a staggering level of scientific fact along with realistic scenarios that our species faces if we continue with our status – which is to do next to nothing about climate change.

The Uninhabitable Earth explains the inevitability of the earth’s rising temperature – each one degree Celsius increase unleashing irreversible and devastating effects on our environment and, conequently, us.

According to the research, we are on a trajectory to increase the world’s temperature by four degrees by the year 2100. The earth will likely survive, but will humans? This, he indicates, is less clear.

Is The Uninhabitable Earth a bleak read? Admittedly, yes. It is unforgivingly honest. In fact, WallaceWells tells the reader, almost two-thirds through the book, “if you have made it this far, you are a brave reader. Any one of these twelve chapters contains, by rights, enough horror to induce a panic attack in even the most optimistic of those considering it.”

I found reading the book to be both anxietyinducing and overwhelming, but at the same time, necessary. While I consider myself a moderate environmentalist, I had little understanding of the urgency facing the planet and agree with the author’s assessment that political will is imperative to truly make a difference at this point in the game; individual efforts, alone, are not enough.

I recommend this book to anyone who has a stake in this planet. In other words, if you’re human, read it. The good news is that it’s not imperative to read its entirety to feel the weight of our collective burden. My hope, and I would imagine WallaceWells’ hope too, is to read just enough to act. And, please, do it soon.

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This one-hour cooking class; led by a PC Cooking School Guest chef, is sure to be tasty and give you lots of tips and tricks that you can take home to your own kitchen – and you’ll get to sample the (2) recipes that will be prepared right in front of you in one hour. Coffee, Tea and Dessert supplied. Plus you will receive 10,000 PC Optimum points $15.

When?

Every Wednesday 12pm-1pm Working During the Day? Ask us about our monthly evening classes from 6pm to 8pm….

Whether you’re a novice or a gourmet cook, our team of talented chefs will entertain you as they thrill your palates with delectable, but easy to prepare recipes you can use to impress your friends and family.

Also, Teen Classes (ages 11-16) Kids Classes (ages 2-11) We also host Birthday Parties and supply everything you need. Room rentals for sports groups, business groups, showers, babysitting courses, etc.

For more details go to www.pccookingschool.ca

Our Service Keeps People Connected Calling all seniors The Canadian Red Cross delivers Hot or Frozen, nutritious meals to seniors in the area.

We also cater to different diet restrictions.

Transportation a problem? We offer a combination of cars, mid sized vans and accessible vehicles, with staff or volunteers, at a low cost to you.

We have the transportation, meals solutions and coordination expertise to meet the community’s needs

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LIMITED TIME OFFER

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Walker’s Small Motors

850 Hurontario, Collingwood, Ontario 705-445-0881 www.walkerssmallmotors.ca

• 2 2” Steel deck with Atomic® blade • Store vertically with no oil or fuel leaks • Variable Speed Front Wheel Drive • Recycler Series 21” Cut 7.25 Lbs Torque Front Wheel Drive High Wheel Smart Stow

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WE CAN CAN HELP WE HELP TRANSFORM YOUR SPACE! TRANSFORM YOUR SPACE! VISIT OUR WEBSITE VISIT OUR SHOWROOM FOR HOME DECOR IDEAS! FOR HOME DECOR IDEAS! CALL US ANYTIME!

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Contact us today for a free estimate:

Wasaga Beach, Decorating

705.422.0114 1.866.629.5396

705-429-1500 www.wasagabeachdecorating.com

1 Market Lane, Unit 3, Wasaga Beach

..with Care

We give you the CARE your y HOME deserves Call us for a Free Consultation

705-994-5625

Because We Care At Pro-Fit Window and Door we are dedicated to providing our clients with excellent window and entry door products that are Canadian made, affordable, and professionally manufactured and installed.

Visit our Showroom Today…

Open Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm Saturday by appointment 705-352-3535 • info@profitwindows.ca 930 River Rd W #5 • Wasaga Beach, ON L9Z 2K7

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Township of Clearview: Stayner MIKE’S TIRES (formerly of the Tire Guys)

NEW AND USED TIRES & RIMS - INSTALLS

- STORAGE

- REPAIRS

- BALANCING

- ROTATION

- ACCESSORIES

For All Your Tire Needs

IN STAYNER 1482 Centre Line Rd. | 705-428-3899 Mon-Fri 8am-6pm | Sat 8am-2pm

Hair By Sue Sue Nixon Owner/Stylist

Gina Hughes Stylist

& Tanning

During this difficult time if we are not open we are just a phone call away. We shall get through this together

7296 Hwy 26 (Main St.) Stayner, ON L0M 1S0 hairbysue3148@gmail.com Facebook/Hair By Sue 705-428-3148

We are Stayner’s Community Pharmacy Quick and Friendly Service, Excellent Customer Service.

Pharmacy Features and Services: • Compliance packaging • One on one medication and wellness review • Easy prescription transfers • Diabetes Training • Free Delivery (in-town)*

ROBERT KNAPPER Pharmacist/Owner

7477 HIGHWAY 26, STAYNER www.PharmasaveStayner.com

705-428-4722

ADRIAN VERSTEGEN 705-428-2825 JERRYSBODYSHOP@BELLNET.CA 219 BEECH ST, STAYNER, ON FAX: 705-428-0207 | JERRYSBODYSHOP.CA

The Township of Clearview is located 40 minutes West of Barrie and less than two hours from the GTA and only a short drive away from Collingwood and Wasaga Beach.

When touring the Township, you can visit several communities with distinct small-town charm and plenty of interesting businesses to peruse. The area with its rolling hills is a four-season paradise for hikers, cyclists and skiers.

Stayner, the administrative centre, offers many attractions. Its historic main street, the commercial centre, offers a wide selection of stores, from great coffee and eats, to clothes, to amazing arts and craft items. Stayner hosts many amazing community events throughout the year, i.e. the Music, Market & Park It in Summer.

Even though the visitor to Stayner will encounter the main street first, many well established businesses can be found throughout the town.

SERVING SIMCOE, GREY AND MUSKOKA ◊ Security Alarms ◊ Security Cameras ◊ 24 Hour Monitoring ◊ Access Control ◊ Automatic Doors ◊ Locksmith Service Residential-Commercial-Industrial

705-888-6798

www.barkssecuritysolutions.com

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AAA STEAK & LOBSTER 707 RIVER ROAD WEST, WASAGA BEACH, ON STARTING AT

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Georgian Circle Georgian Circle Family Restaurant offers a great variety of meals for the entire family. Ranging from its main stay of Steak and Seafood to a great range of pasta dishes,burgers,sandwiches, and salads appealing to the diverse crowds which visit Wasaga Beach but also to those that call it their home.

Georgian Circle can cater your next event, big or small with everything from small private functions and meetings, to weddings and events of any size.They work with you to arrange a menu that suits both your budget and dietary needs.

Georgian Circle Family Restaurant offers daily lunch and dinner specials as well as their widely renowned Sunday brunch.

Christina and Angelo hope that they can bring great food with a warm smile and a little feeling of home.

EVERY DAY

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11AM - 5PM

PRIME-RIB BURGERS

1441 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach

705-429-2773 I GeorgianCircle.com

*Potential savings are based on maximum discounts from regular menu prices. Must be legal drinking age.

Please enjoy responsibly. All pricing is applicable to taxes and the Honest to Goodness fee.

Eat Local

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nity Market Cafe & Recording Studio is a hub in the City of Barrie for healthy food, local art, music, positive community activism, consciousness and events.

Located in the heart of Barrie Unity focuses on fair trade & organic local food & elevating musical artists in fulfilling their Souls passion to record. Join us on Your journey and share in the good vibes at the Inspiration Station.

Tuesday’s every week - open mic Cypher 7:30 - 11pm 2nd Thursday of every month - Word Up Poetry 7 - 9pm 2nd Friday of every month - Drum Circle 7 - 9pm Sunday’s every week - Unity Community Clean Up 1 - 3pm (seasonal) All events are FREE! 2 5 T O R O N T O S T R E E T, B A R R I E , O N TA R I O | 70 5 - 7 3 7 - 5 2 0 8 Facebook/Unity Market Café & Studios | Instagram @UnityMarket @LShiphop

To reserve your space in the next edition of GoodLife Magazine, contact Pamela Amero today!

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Gravity owner & Master Colourist and Stylist, Ivo Tiberio, wants to thank our amazing community for voting Gravity as Barrie’s Favourite Hair Salon for the third year in a row. “Having a successful and thriving team and business in Barrie is a dream come true! Receiving this award and being recognized by my community is an absolute honour that I take so much pride in,” says Ivo. Gravity Salon is located in a stunning century home in the heart of downtown Barrie, and houses an elite team of stylists, many of them also working as national and international Guest Artists and Educators for Goldwell and KMS. “Each of the 7 stylists encompasses their own individual flare and expertise and we believe that there is a little something to suit everyone’s style here. We have a small-town feel with nothing short of a big-city talent, and this is exactly the vibe we want, “ says Ivo. Feeling so grateful to have been awarded Barrie’s Favourite Hair Salon for three consecutive years. We invite you to come find out why!

Gravity Salon Professionals AWARDED BARRIE’S FAVOURITE FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS! 206 Bradford St., Barrie | 705.252.3992 www.gravitysalonprofessionals.ca

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The new look of reclining comfort.

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Power to Recline STYLE · COMFORT · POWER At first glance all you see is style, but look closer at the revolutionary new duoTM line by La-Z-Boy® and you’ll find that this sophisticated collection of sofas, loveseats and occasional chairs also has the power to recline with the touch of a button.

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