Pamela Steel

Doubling down on diversion as landfills in Almaguin and Parry Sound have a lifespan of between nine years as with the Tri Communal Landfill and 39 years as with the Forest Lake Road site serving Strong, Sundridge and Joly.

Ontario has a garbage problem.

Ontario is on the brink of a major waste management crisis. A new report reveals that the province has less than a decade of remaining landfill capacity, prompting urgent action from rural municipalities

To address a gull problem at the landfill site, Royal Canadian Falconry has brought a number of raptors to encourage the gulls to relocate, including Harris’ hawks, Peregrine falcons and deer falcons.

A look at waste diversion and landfill sites in west Parry Sound.

Clarissa Kennedy hopes to create awareness about processed food and addiction, teaching people to put “safety guards” around problematic items.

Potter Jeff Martens of Muddy Handshake Pottery walks us through the steps involved in the life of a working potter.

The Government of Canada’s immigration and citizenship website noted the food service industry is a top employer, and 60 per cent of business owners in the industry said labour shortage was a problem.

They were in Ontario to launch a new documentary about beloved Canadian comic John Candy, but prior to that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively kicked back with their daughters for a Muskoka vacation. Lively did a little shopping, stopping in at Judy Carter’s Port Carling boutique L’eau.

From Severn River in the south stretching from Kilworthy to its outflow in Georgian Bay, covering the bay to French River and east through the Trout Creek area, across to the western townships of Algonquin Park, the area covered by the Parry Sound Enforcement Unit of the Ministry of Natural Resources is massive.