Parry Sound News

Council has admitted it was wrong and is making it right. On Tuesday night Parry Sound Mayor Richard Adams introduced a motion to return Belvedere Avenue back to a two-way street.

Canada's controversial long-gun registry is one step closer to being abolished, following a Wednesday vote in the House of Commons.

The Annual Walk for Community Safety was led by Stephanie Silvestri, left, Anne Harrison of Esprit Place, and Emily Harrison, 3, and followed by the Min We We Singers who drummed throughout the walk.

Authors that is. Lots of them. They took over the front seating of the Charles W. Stockey Centre while a select four from among them read from their most recent works during the local edition of the International Festival of Authors Sunday.

The slowdown in the H1N1 vaccine rollout may frustrate Canadians looking for a flu shot, but provincial and local health authorities see an opportunity in the problem.

Parry Sound needs to add to the levels of care available to its seniors. To best way to meet the needs of the fast-growing population segment, according to Lakeland Long-Term Care administrator Len Fabiano, is by building a low-income supportive care home on hospital property, then converting some beds within the Lakeland facility into long-term ...

Dianna Allen was acclaimed as the federal NDP candidate for Parry Sound-Muskoka last week.

Forty-two people face hundreds of charges after police confiscated drugs, stolen property and vehicles Wednesday.

Insp. Mike Johnston has left his post as detachment commander at the Peterborough County OPP detachment to assist with security preparations for the G8 summit in Huntsville in June.

Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller says the McGuinty Liberals have been at the all-you-can-eat-buffet for six years and must get smarter when it comes to spending.

Parry Sound-born Lieut. Grenville Lloyd Howard received the British Empire's second-highest award for valour after single-handedly capturing an enemy dugout during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

A $50-million federal fund set up to build infrastructure for next June's G8 summit is being spent partly on projects that are far from the summit site and with tenuous links to the high-powered meeting.

Good ideas have a way of growingliterally! Not so very long ago, the North Star's Charlene Peck mused in print about the lack of fresh, local produce, an idea that resonated with the C.E.O. of Parry Sound Community Living, Jo-Anne Demick.

Ridings receiving the most projects with federal funding under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program .

The Ontario riding of Industry Minister Tony Clement received 15 times as much money as a struggling Nova Scotia riding through a $1-billion program intended to help small towns hit by the failure of pulp mills, auto plants and other industries creamed by the global economic downturn.

Mark Sunday, Nov. 1, on your calendar - it is a date to remember. The Harbourfront International Festival of Authors is coming to town.

Home : Entertainment : Toronto prepares for another world-class festival Toronto prepares for another world-class festival The Canadian Press Date: Tuesday Oct.

Have your say today on the riding's affordable housing, or lack thereof. Parry Sound-Muskoka Progressive Conservative MPP Norm Miller is hosting a forum on affording housing in the riding at the Parry Sound Friendship Centre from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct.

A Tucson man accused of beating his wife to death with a flashlight and then fleeing to Canada is coming home to face charges after three years of legal wrangling.

An Almaguin Ice Devils player fights a Parry Sound Major Midgets player for the puck during last Friday's game at the Bobby Orr Community Centre.