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Picture Perfect

The needle slides up and down through the fabric, pulling thread with it.
Innovative Programs

Eye on the prize

The Olympic Games came to Cheltenham in a whirlwind of volleyball games, 100-metre dashes and javelin throws.
Innovative Programs

A spotlight on our stars

The full force of Hollywood arrived at Owen Hill Care Community in Barrie during resident appreciation month, and it brought all of its glitter and glam with it.
Veteran Stories

Commanding the wounded

In 1944, 18-year-old Mary Greenwood made the 70-killometer trip across the open waters of the Bay of Fundy in what she calls “lifeboat situations.”
Veteran Stories

When they say no

Don Monroe, a Flying Officer and flight instructor in the Royal Canadian Air Force, squinted, trying to see past the blizzard that had destroyed his visibility.
Veteran Stories

Finding happily ever after

In the fall of 1944, the hum of a single airplane broke their serenity as it streaked across the sky.
Veteran Stories

Surprise news in open waters

Gordon Weaver joined the Canadian Army in 1942, at the age of 19, out of a sense of duty.
Veteran Stories

This side of the ocean

By 1944 World War II was more than half over, Bernice was only 18 when she signed up for the army.
Veteran Stories

35 years on the ground

The siren wailed, breaking the night’s calm. Quartermaster Sergeant John Stringer assembled with the rest of the crew.