by tklmedia | Apr 15, 2018 | Keys to the City
For any business owner word of mouth and reviews are essential. It’s rare that a business would get more than 200 five star reviews on Trip Advisor and more on Yelp, Bistro Seven Seven in Alliston has that rating and the owner says he has no idea why! The...
by tklmedia | Mar 27, 2018 | Keys to the City
The Gibson Centre in Alliston has had many lives since it first opened in the 1880’s. It was an industrial building for hay binders, a feed store and now it has a new life as a community building. After extensive renovations, the Gibson Centre is used as a radio...
by tklmedia | Mar 21, 2018 | Keys to the City, TKL Media
His creation is credited with saving millions of lives, and now the co-founder of Insulin, Sir Fredrick Banting is being remembered in his hometown of Alliston. For more than 100 years the Banting family lived on the farm property in Alliston. Their son, Fredrick had...
by tklmedia | Mar 16, 2018 | Keys to the City
In this week’s Keys to the City of Barrie, brought to you by Pratt Homes, we check out Barrie Minor Lacrosse. We were invited to the Barrie Sports Dome to join the kids in a clinic. The kids are all around six to years old, and many have already been playing for...
by tklmedia | Mar 5, 2018 | Keys to the City
This week on the Keys to the City of Barrie, we try Cross Country Skiing at Hardwood Ski and Bike. We’ve toured downhill facilities and thought, cross country should be easier than chair lifts and snowplows, but guess what? We were wrong! This type of skiing is...
by tklmedia | Feb 26, 2018 | Keys to the City
Our final stop on the tour of area ski and snowboard resorts is Snow Valley Barrie. It’s boasts a family atmosphere, for many who grew up in Barrie, this is the hill they first learned how to ski or snowboard. Luckily for us, Georgia gave us an afternoon off and...