News | Mar 10
Pharmacies raise $25,000 for Haiti
PARRY SOUND - When Dan Bachand’s pharmacies began collecting money from staff and customers for earthquake-ravaged Haiti, he didn’t know what to expect.
“We just had no idea,” said Bachand. “We...
News | Mar 10
Fire damages Whitestone cottage
Whitestone firefighters and a Ontario Provincial Police officer inspect
the aftermath of a fire that damaged a bedroom and bathroom in a
seasonal residence in the Municipality of Whitestone, just...
News | Mar 10
Community raises $2,600 for Doctors Without Borders
PARRY SOUND - The energy was incredible as many local musicians and poets gathered to share their gifts with the community to support Doctors Without Borders in their Haitian relief efforts February...
News | Mar 10
Lion’s host kids day camp
Spring is here! Well, that’s what one would think after the great weekend we had. You all know that spring brings the ducky races to Pointe au Baril.
Yes, it’s time for the annual Ducky...
Sports | Mar 10
Parry Sound’s Racing Rabbits
Seventeen members of the Georgian Nordic Racing Rabbits Cross Country Ski Team competed March 6 and 7 in the Ontario Midget Championships held at Highlands Nordic Ski Club in Duntroon. Skiers aged 8...
Sports | Mar 10
Rink takes a win in four ends
There were two very close games on the early draw, right to the last rock on the eighth end, the kind of game that’s great to be playing and super to watch.
It was heather Fisher versus Sandra...
Sports | Mar 10
Diversity at chess tournament
PARRY SOUND - The West Parry Sound District Museum was again a gracious host on January 30 for this first of four expected youth chess tournaments in 2010.
Administered, as always, by the...
Sports | Mar 10
Seguin Bruins celebrate end of season
SEGUIN TWP. - Last month the Seguin Bruins ended their season with the annual banquet night to celebrate the team’s season.
Seguin Bruins captain Chris Marinakos was awarded the team’s most...
Local | Mar 03
Watch future Olympians in action this weekend
MUSKOKA — If the excitement of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver made you wish you were in the midst of the action instead of at home watching on TV, you’re in luck. The 2010 Ontario Winter Games...
Local | Mar 03
Skating carnival takes on Olympic theme
BRACEBRIDGE — The Olympics will be featured at this year’s 62nd annual Bracebridge Figure Skating Club Carnival and Power Skating Display.
This evening’s show (March 3) starts at 7 p.m...
What's On | Mar 03
Annual MS Walk happens April 18
BRACEBRIDGE — Organizers of the upcoming 2010 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Walk have high hopes for this year’s event in Muskoka.
The walk is happening Sunday, April 18 at Monck Public...
What's On | Mar 03
You don't just kiss the Irish
Con O’Brien has never seen anything like it.
He’s the leader of Newfoundland’s high-energy group The Irish Descendants and they just finished playing the best gig of all — the 2010 Olympic Games...
Editorial | Mar 11
Sing it proud
Nothing has erupted with such guttural force in the last few weeks than the prompt reaction to the prospect of having one miserable word changed in the national anthem.
Good...
Letters | Mar 11
Learning fathers' history makes reader weep
To the Editor:
Re: ‘Are you the descendant of a Home Child?’ Almaguin News, Feb. 25.
It was only on discovering that my late father Robert McNay, a resident in...
Letters | Mar 11
Waste is crippling local health services
To the Editor:
Many years ago “assisted housing” in Ontario was run by Ontario Housing Corp. and was directly responsible to the Ministry of Housing. Housing was and always will...