MUSKOKA — Sunday’s Mandarin MS Walk in Bracebridge raised just over $10,000 on the first weekend of a provincial fundraising campaign. A quick calculation of the numbers shows participants laced up April 29 to raise much-needed funds for research into the cause, treatment and cure of multiple sclerosis, and services for those affected by MS […]
BARRIE — A bunch of young Rotarians here have message in a bottle. Make that bottles. The Barrie Rotary Interact, a group of progressive millennials gave $300 raised from bottle drive to the neighbouring Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s Wheels for Learning bike project in Cambodia. That will buy half a dozen bikes overseas for kids to go […]
ORILLIA — In the emerging and comlicated field of health care, Orillia’s Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital has a new leader. Carmine Stumpo will now head up OSMH. Dan Germain, chair of the hospital’s board of directors, announced Stumpo’s appointment as president and CEO, effective July 16. A release says Stumpo brings more than two decades of […]
BARRIE — With all the hospital talk in Muskoka, a bigger health picture continues to emerge at Barrie’s growing health campus. Five years after Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) opened a $450 million expansion that doubled its size, the health centre has begun planning for a new future; a future which includes a south […]
GRAVENHURST — There’s more to explore downtown, with at least a couple of new businesses open or opening. And so, that means more time to enjoy the downtown and less time to worry about parking. Following council’s decision on Tuesday April 17, Gravenhurst’s parking control bylaw was amended to increase the time alloted for parking […]
GRAVENHURST — A taste of downtown Dundas is coming to downtown Gravenhurst. The Urban Vine is opening in July just doors from the post office intersection. They will receive free rent for a year. That means a “tasting boutique” featuring the freshest assortment of premium single varietal extra virgin olive oils, master blends, and aged […]
GRAVENHURST — Lights, camera … scholarship. Gravenhurst’s Fine Films committee is offering a $1,000 bursary to a current or former student of Gravenhurst High School who is pursuing film-related studies at the post-secondary level. “We would like to express an enormous thank you to all of our sponsors, donors, film patrons, and committee members who […]
QUEEN’S PARK — While the provincial election writ is dropped any day now (this week?) more clarity will emerge from the parties on health care funding. Defending MPP Norm Miller got another jump on it by introducing a motion calling on Kathleen Wynne’s government to “immediately review the funding formula for hospitals in order to […]