How you know a loved one needs help

Why do we seek counseling?

We humans are social creatures. A day-old colt can stand, a day old duckling can swim, but we humans are so helpless, that for many years after our birth, we could not survive without the help of our parents, families and others.  Most of our knowledge, most of our civilization is passed on...

Is driving really bad for you?

It wouldn't seem that sitting in a moving vehicle would be hazardous to your health, but think ...
• After a long drive to the cottage, are you stiff as soon as you get out of the car?
• Does your whole body feel exhausted after driving the truck all day?
• Is lifting suitcases...

Cyclists go green on the Bike Train

SOUTH MUSKOKA — The award-winning Bike Train initiative arrived in South Muskoka on Friday, bringing a group of Toronto-area cyclists to the north with their bikes to explore the region on two wheels.

Happy to share what she loves

There is so much to say about this young lady that I don’t know where to start.  
When we sat down for an interview I felt very welcomed and so impressed.
On her way to turning 15, Annie Clements has sung since she could talk, plays guitar, composes her own songs, studies musical...

Where’s that Whiskeyjack?

Throughout the summer cottagers have been noticing a big change in the Beatty Building. Whiskeyjack, Parry Sound’s beloved Canadiana gift shop is gone. Working at Parry Sound Books, I field questions on a daily basis about Whiskeyjack’s absence.
My short answer is that Whiskeyjack closed and...

Keeping James Street sidewalks looking lovely

If home is where the heart is, then Alicia Nesbitt is truly at home in downtown Parry Sound.
Every morning, sometimes as early as 7 or 7:30 a.m. she’s out sweeping the sidewalks of James Street.
“It’s because I love Parry Sound and I want it to look lovely,” she explains.
Born in...

Huntsville artists in Eye of the Maker at the Chapel gallery

Three Huntsville artists will present a gallery show titled Eye of the Maker at the Chapel Gallery in Bracebridge Aug. 27 to Sept. 17.

For the show, photographer Kelly Holinshead, painter Catherine O’Mara and glass artist Susan Higgins will each take the same original photo as...

There are more than books at your Huntsville library

Try different music without buying CDs or downloading. Sample Huntsville Public Library’s selection of over 1,100 music compact discs. In the catalogue — at the library or at huntsvillelibrary.net — use the subject heading “compact disc collection” to bring up a list of music CDs.

The...

Check out the lineup at Algonquin Theatre

The Algonquin Theatre fall 2010 and winter 2011 lineup is out. The eclectic list of performances will satisfy many tastes. Some of the highlights include April Wine, The Stampeders, Barra MacNeil, Elvis Tribute, Nylons, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, a U2 Tribute, Women Fully Clothed and much more.

Rediscovering the classical art of opera

The mention of the word opera can call to mind images of large women in Viking attire singing at high decibel levels to a stuffy crowd.

Yannick-Muriel Noah says she knows all of the opera caricatures, and she also knows the opera can be a vibrant and engaging art form.

“Before I got...

Help protect our bobolinks

While the bubbling song of the bobolink may be a welcome sign of spring, many of their traditional haunts were silent this year. Agricultural operations, habitat loss, and pesticide exposure are the main reasons that bobolink populations are half of what they were twenty years ago. This stunning...

Life on the Bay parties support healthy ecosystems

A group of residents along the Shebeshekong River in the Dillon area gathered last Wednesday evening to talk about their neighbours.
The neighbours they discussed were those that slither under rocks on their shorelines, breed in deep granite-bottom puddles, find security under docks and fashion...