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Gisele Winton Sarvis

Gisele Winton Sarvis

Gisele Winton Sarvis is an award winning journalist and photographer who has focused on telling the stories of the people of Simcoe County for more than 25 years

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Recent Work by Gisele

Province recognizes 'brilliant' social-enterprise farm Operation Grow

Province recognizes 'brilliant' social-enterprise farm Operation Grow

'Midland has celebrated this project in a way that is unfathomable,' Huronia Transition Homes and Operation Grow executive director says
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'Natural leader': Award-winning local cadet inspired her troops

'Natural leader': Award-winning local cadet inspired her troops

'I learned how to be a leader which could be very important in a work setting,' says Lily Montague, a graduate of the 99 Lynx Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron of Orillia
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'A lineup to get in': How a local group keeps boating history afloat

'A lineup to get in': How a local group keeps boating history afloat

'The club has a history of hanging onto the historical boats, so the public can see them down the road,' says Basil Lafreniere, president of the Georgian Bay Heritage League
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Daredevil teen will be spinning and flipping for Team Ontario

Daredevil teen will be spinning and flipping for Team Ontario

'There's an infinite amount of things you can do. It's restricted only by your creativity,' says Freestyle Ontario ski team member Desi Solursh
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Unique area shop helps people get 'hooked' on quilts, fabrics

Unique area shop helps people get 'hooked' on quilts, fabrics

'When you are quilting, it’s just you and your sewing machine. It’s the most therapeutic and rewarding hobby you can have,' says owner of Thimbles and Things
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Scales Nature Park revives tours, research after time of hibernation

Scales Nature Park revives tours, research after time of hibernation

'It's coming back, but it's taken longer to get it back up to where we were before the pandemic than we thought,' says founder
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Candlelighters' lighten load for parents of children with cancer

Candlelighters' lighten load for parents of children with cancer

'It helps to talk to people that have been there ... It's that hope and the sense of not being alone that's important,' says volunteer and mother of childhood cancer survivor
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Ship's Company's 'scruffy' sailors keeping naval history afloat

Ship's Company's 'scruffy' sailors keeping naval history afloat

'The area has a naval history and we are keeping it going,' says Ships Company of Penetanguishene crew member Wendy "Birdie" Roper
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Banting teacher stirs things up at Great Canadian Baking Show

Banting teacher stirs things up at Great Canadian Baking Show

'This was the most stressful and most difficult experience that I’ve been through,' said Pamela Kramer, Stayner resident and Canadian Baking Show Season 8 contestant
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Teen discovers athletic passion in 19th-century sport

Teen discovers athletic passion in 19th-century sport

Nottawa athlete is making a name for himself and setting records in steeplechase
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