Parry Sound

By Mark Ladan PARRY SOUND - At the bargain-basement price of just one dollar, one would think that 10 acres of prime waterfront property on Georgian Bay, in the heart of this community, would have been snapped up when it first went on the market almo

An undisclosed private development group is the new owner of the former Shell property on the Parry Sound waterfront. The sale of the 10-acre property closed in late October after months of negotiations between Shell and the buyers.

By Mark Ladan WAHTA MOHAWK FIRST NATION - Despite a majority vote in favour of a land-claim settlement and extension of Highway 400 through this First Nation, the deal has still not been allowed to proceed.

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 PARRY SOUND - Since Sept. 11, the aviation industry in general has taken a downward turn. But here in Parry Sound and Muskoka two aviation companies are expanding in the face of the downturn.

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.

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

Parry Sound is one step closer to enhancing tourism in the area through the development of Parry Sound Place.

"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.

Environmental hurdles have placed the reopening of Kearney graphite mine, one of only two graphite mines in North America, on hold.