Parry Sound

Gravenhurst will be going ahead with the development of its harbour into a tourist attraction thanks to a $2,000,000 commitment by FedNor, along with an initial investment of $496,100 going toward a planning and environmental study.

Delegates from across Ontario will converge at the Ontario Home Builders' Association annual general meeting in Huntsville, Oct. 8 to 10.

By Kelly Louiseize It started off as a vision shared by two people five years ago. Today, Niigon Technologies Ltd., is on its way to becoming a leader in the plastics moulding injection business.

Parry Sound is poised to take advantage of new provincial legislation aimed at reviving old commercial and industrial sites.

The Town of Parry Sound is committing $31,000 to the Parry Sound area industrial park board, but council is reconsidering its future commitment to keep the park alive.

The Town of Parry Sound is committing $70,875 to complete the cleanup of the area around the future waterfront home of Parry Sound Place.

By Diana Scheddin The Province of Ontario is providing close to $3.3 million to help build a new emergency training centre on the existing grounds of the Ontario Fire College in Gravenhurst.

By Mark Laden BRACEBRIDGE - After 32 years, Alcan Aluminum is closing its cable-making plant in Bracebridge. The 160 employees of the plant were told in early May that the factory will shutdown July 9.

“Parry Sound was the first community directed to build a new hospital by the province’s Health Services Restructuring Commission,” says Norman Maciver, chief executive officer, West Parry Sound Health Centre.

Four-laning work on a 26-kilometre stretch of Highway 69 from Rankin Lake Road in Parry Sound south to MacTier is progressing on schedule, and the new lanes are expected to be opened by fall 2003.