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Katie Daubs

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Reporter at the Toronto Star, author of The Missing Millionaire, kdaubs@thestar.ca
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Couldn’t book Sandbanks? These 6 Ontario Parks near Toronto usually have sites — if you don’t mind a few catches

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By Katie Daubs Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
I love Bon Echo Park, with its Canadian Shield skyscrapers, ancient stands of eastern white pines and roving bands of chipmunks. It’s a jewel of the Ontario Parks system, and in recent years, it’s the eighth most difficult park to reserve for an overnight stay. Turns out, if your favourite park has a sweeping Great Lakes beach or Group of Seven-approved scenery, everyone wants in — and they’re waking up five months in advance to battle in the 7 a.m. reservation wars.
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He visited the CNE 150 times. Now, this Burlington man leaves behind a final lesson for us all

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By Katie Daubs Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
I met Ron Rodwell when he was 95. He was making his yearly pilgrimage to the CNE and invited me along. He was a colourful, self-aware character, the kind of person who makes a reporter’s job easy. After shaking my hand, he reached into his cargo pants pocket, past the $7 in change he always kept for good luck, and handed me his resumé. It was a thoughtful gesture, meant to save time, so we could focus on the real story: the magic of the CNE.
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He visited the CNE 150 times. Now, this Burlington man leaves behind a final lesson for us all

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By Katie Daubs Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
I met Ron Rodwell when he was 95. He was making his yearly pilgrimage to the CNE and invited me along. He was a colourful, self-aware character, the kind of person who makes a reporter’s job easy. After shaking my hand, he reached into his cargo pants pocket, past the $7 in change he always kept for good luck, and handed me his resumé. It was a thoughtful gesture, meant to save time, so we could focus on the real story: the magic of the CNE.
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