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ParrySound.com •

Local shops urge council for more parking - but in the right places - this busy season

The owner of Perfectly Pampered Spa on Miller Street said the town recently added a spot right in front of her business making it hard for customers to access the building when a car is taking up the space.
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ParrySound.com •

‘An inconvenience’: Why 900 trucks are flooding Parry Sound’s Ansley Street

The trucks, along with other construction equipment, are now being used to develop the rental building at 11 Ansley St. — just a few metres away from other residential properties.
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ParrySound.com •

Packed sidewalks and more Canadian tourists: Here’s how downtown Parry Sound businesses fared this summer

This summary was produced using artificial intelligence and reviewed by an editor for accuracy and clarity.“We’re doing really well. We didn’t expect the amount of people, especially tourists from Europe or even Japan, coming to enjoy the food and sit on the patio. Every day is a new day for us, where we make more and more sales,” Vegas told the North Star.
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ParrySound.com •

Ontario paid millions to expand fibre internet in Seguin. Five years later, residents are still waiting for service

This summary was produced using artificial intelligence and reviewed by an editor for accuracy and clarity.While the couple has been trying to get more information for over a year — without any success — on how to get the service, they have seen firsthand crews in the area installing cables.
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ParrySound.com •

Seguin council unanimously rejects Rosseau Springs’ 49-lot cottage community: Developer vows to appeal

Staff noted developing the site won’t be “in the public interest,” adding the proposal is out of character with the area, which mainly features large, dispersed rural lots with lake-based recreational development.“This council listens to the community … We have a good official plan right now, and we respect the provincial policy statement,” said Seguin Mayor Ann MacDiarmid, facing a packed chamber, following council’s decision.“I truly believe we hire the best (planning staff) in the province, a...
ParrySound.com •

They made bombs here for two world wars. Now, a Toronto group eyes a resort for Parry Sound’s former Nobel plant lands

History of the former CIL and DIL lands.The CIL and DIL lands are part of what was originally a 2,100-hectare land parcel purchased in 1912 by Canadian Explosives Limited (CXL) to build a manufacturing plant. Explosives manufacturing and storage began in 1914. The facilities supplied explosives for WWI and WWII. CXL became CIL in 1928, and DIL lands were partially decommissioned and used for other purposes, like testing jet engines for the Avro Arrow Project, according to a report shared by curr...
ParrySound.com •

Georgian Bay Geopark ‘raises several concerns’: Here is why some communities want to be removed from the plans

Manitoulin Island concernsThe geopark’s website lists landmark sites for each region across the bay. The geopark’s maps identify the Manitulin Island area as “The Tropical Seas.” Following opposition from the Manitoulin area municipalities, the website does not include geosites for the Manitoulin Island area. “In respect of these concerns, no GeoPortals will be listed for this region at this time. We are committed to listening first … This space will evolve only through respectful conversation,...
ParrySound.com •

Owner of Parry Sound restaurant Oakcrest Co. fined $10,500 for Ontario Fire Code violations

Following a trial that Wiliams didn’t attend, a justice of the peace found that Williams failed to maintain the commercial cooking exhaust and fire protection system in conformance with the law, failed to ensure that every exit door was able to open when applying a force of no more than 90 Newtons and failed to ensure instructions for the manually operated fire protection system were posted “conspicuously” in the kitchen, according to the reasons for judgment.
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MuskokaRegion.com •

Brampton resident avoids criminal record after viral Muskoka firearm video

Instead, the Ontario Court of Justice gave the 25-year-old man a 12-month conditional discharge, 50 hours of community service and a restriction on using firearms for the next five years.Although the Bracebridge OPP laid charges against the man a few days after the videos went viral, police officers had previously had contact with the then-accused, according to the sentencing document released on June 4.Police found him in the driver’s seat of a Jeep stuck on a Crown land trail near Tower Road i...
MuskokaRegion.com •

I went to a show at Muskoka’s Kee to Bala for the first time. Here are 3 things I wish I’d known beforehand

I decided to put those reviews to the test by watching one of my favourite artists, Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, at their June 11 show.
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MuskokaRegion.com •

‘They are taking advantage of trusting local people’: Muskoka resident warns community about online scams

Nina Chitaroni was checking her Facebook profile one day, and as she was scrolling down, a chicken coop in good condition caught her eye. Not knowing this would be the beginning of a big disappointment, Chitaroni contacted the seller to try to purchase the object.“What interested me was that chicken coop, because I was going to use it as a tool shed, not a chicken coop,” Chitaroni explained. “It was for $250 plus a delivery fee of $60. I had agreed to pay a 50 per cent deposit in a commitment so...
MuskokaRegion.com •

‘This is nonsensical,’ says Muskoka resident after experiencing issues installing heat pumps on his property

That is what Muskoka resident Gerald Parker told the district’s Community and Planning Services Committee on Thursday, March. 21, when he expressed the inconveniences he faced installing heat pumps on his property.Parker said in 2021, his family planned to build a home “as net zero as possible (using) heat pumps” in Muskoka Lakes, close to Utterson.
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MuskokaRegion.com •

UPDATE: Another broken windshield — Y-Drive vehicles in Huntsville under attack

UPDATE (11:42 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5): Through an email at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, the OPP stated they received another reported vehicle damaged last night, Wednesday, Oct. 4. This will be the fifth report of attacks on private cars used by the Y-Drive Huntsville affiliate.“They totally immobilized like my car,” he said. “I had to be towed to the body shop in Bracebridge on a flatbed truck. I couldn’t even drive it to the body shop.”

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