Auteur: Daphne Mainprize

James A. “Pete” Mc Garvey has spent nearly half a century in Ontario radio. In the 70s and 80s he was a commentator on Toronto”s CKEY. When in 1957 Mc Garvey was named Orillia”s Citizen of the Year for his efforts to preserve The Old Brewery Bay, the Orillia Packet and Times wrote “[He] patiently persevered in the long and difficult negotiations with a host of lawyers, owners, potential owners, advisers and hangers-on … The lion”s share of the credit must go to Pete Mc Garvey.”