It was a Saturday morning in Alliston, and I had just returned home from a business trip.  My homecoming would soon take an unexpected turn. What started as discomfort on Saturday had escalated by Sunday, around 4 a.m., I found

Our catchment area comprises some 73,000+ individuals (30,000 households) who, each of their own rites are unique, clever, and intelligent. The following have those attributes and, in addition, set themselves apart from the rest of us by having excelled in

Most of you know the story of Theodore Pringle Loblaw donating over $100,000 to build a hospital in Alliston in the 1920s to honour his grandparents William and Elizabeth Stevenson. The Stevensons settled on their farm in Essa in 1832

I’m sure you’ve heard of Tim Horton's promotion of “Roll Up the Rim to Win 2023 – Every Roll Wins” and this year the twist, of course, is that every “roll” results in winning a prize. Every one. What a

We have a gem of an institution in our own backyard. Stevenson Memorial Hospital was built through the generosity of a visionary Theodore Pringle Loblaw who knew the importance of health services close to home. He gave till he felt

One of the most gratifying and inspiring opportunities I ever received was to be appointed as Chair of the reconstituted Board of Directors of Stevenson Memorial Hospital in 2007. I’d had earlier opportunities in my career to found and lead

There is a childhood song I learned in the Holland Marsh in the sixties that might still have a message in it for us today.  It goes something like this: I went around the corner and I went around the block And

Let me introduce you to SMH’s first Director of Nursing. Marion Carlton joined the hospital in 1954 and watched the then new hospital being built and opened in 1964. Moving into the new hospital coincided with Marion being named its

Most of us at some point in our lives have tried to close our eyes and envision what the future may hold. Vision is simply seeing what is and imagining what might be. Vision is not crystal balling. If we

Many years ago, Central United Church in Barrie appointed me as volunteer Treasurer of the Church. It was a great experience because on a limited budget we had to make sure the Church was a going-concern, and still make sure