Showing posts with label Orilla Packet and Times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orilla Packet and Times. Show all posts

Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Motion to widen TSW channel approved

Motion to widen TSW channel approved

Deepening and widening a precarious channel of the Trent-Severn Waterway near Port Severn can’t begin soon enough, says one marine carpenter who will no longer take his client’s large boat through it.

Read more

http://bit.ly/ZXI8ul Orillia Packet & Times
Great news for those who use Trent-Severn

Saturday, 4 October 2014

Fire Prevention Week

Fire Prevention Week kicks off Saturday

http://bit.ly/1uJvaNg Orillia Packet and Times


Now is the time to check your smoke alarm. Lets be safe during the heating season

Sunday, 27 July 2014

Invasive species wreaking havoc

Invasive species wreaking havoc

A
s the old saying goes, sometimes you don’t know how good you’ve got it until things get really bad. That notion was driven home last week as I left my home area and spent a week in the nearby Kawartha Lakes area. The location was barely over an hour’s drive   away but the reality of negative impacts by invasive species was a true eye-opener.

http://bit.ly/1AlQQQB Orilla Packet & Times

Well worth the read

Sunday, 25 May 2014

Critters cute, but conniving

Critters cute, but conniving

The trouble with chipmunks is they are unbelievably cute. It’s hard to paint them as villains when all you want to do is give them your peanuts. “Aw, look at that. It has three whole peanuts in its mouth. Let’s give it another one.” And off it scampers, leaving the peanut-less people folk with a sense of connecting to nature.


Read the rest at the link below


http://bit.ly/1plTYoT Orillia Packet and Times

Friday, 21 June 2013

Sun Media closes Midland operation; other papers remain unaffected

Sun Media closes Midland operation; other papers remain unaffected
The Midland Free Press, which has been a source of news for Midland and surrounding area since 1879, has closed.

"Decisions such as these are never easy and occur only after considerable review," said Rob Leuschner, Regional Publisher/Director of Advertising for The Free Press along with the Barrie Examiner, Orillia Packet & Times and Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin. "The Free Press in Midland has existed for 134 years and during that time has been an important media choice for many readers and advertisers within the community."

http://bit.ly/14o4TDx Orillia Packet and Times

I will miss the Free Press. It was a great little paper, it allowed me to keep up with what was going on around the cottage.