Wasaga contractor looks to be a construction leader

Jeffrey Fuhre wants to lead the pack on home renovations.

Fuhre — whose name translated in English is ‘leader’ — launched Packleader Construction in March. His company does commercial and home renovations and additions.

“I wanted to go with Leader Construction, but someone already had it,” he said with a laugh. “I was several months trying to think of a name; every good name I thought of, someone had.

“One night I thought, ‘pack leader.'”

Fuhre said his family has been in the construction and contracting business for decades, so it’s only natural he fell into the trade. 

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Southern Georgian Bay OPP charge Innisfil man for drinking and boating

The Southern Georgian Bay OPP marine unit charged 10 people during 30 hours of patrol over the course of the August long weekend.

Officers checked 55 vessels, looking for operator sobriety and for required safety equipment. They also responded to 21 calls for services within the detachment patrol area.

Ten operators were charged for a variety of marine related offences, including James Allan, 48, of Innisfil who was stopped on Six Mile Lake at 4:10 p.m. on Aug. 2. OPP marine officers spoke with Allan and ended up transporting him back to the Southern Georgian Bay detachment.

Allan has been charged with operating a vessel while ability impaired, operating a vessel with more than 80 mg of alcohol in his blood, failing to have a pleasure craft operators card, operating a pleasure craft without prescribed visual signals, operating a pleasure craft without a licence and for driving over 10 km/h within 30 metres of shore.

Southern Georgian Bay OPP marine officers remind all vessel operators that they need to have sufficient life jackets and all required safety equipment on board prior to leaving shore.