Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION MUSKOKA — Graydon Smith knows about district chairs. His last term as mayor of Bracebridge, before becoming MPP June 2, 2022, he was four years Muskoka’s deputy chair to John Klinck. I sat across from him representing Gravenhurst before Smith got elected and we both voted (maybe not the same […]

BY FRAN HARVEY, MCB CONDUCTOR MUSKOKA — Please join the Muskoka Concert Band at our annual Spring Concerts! This spring we will be performing a special program titled “Picture This! — Music that tells us stories” at two great concerts in Muskoka. On Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m., we will be performing our one-hour […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Who knew how great an impact nurse practitioners have on treating and keeping everyone healthy and alive. And it’s about to expand for the number of new salaried NPs and other medical team members — notably as thousands of un-attached and under-attached patients steadily increase. Riding residents who […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare will soon begin a search for a new chief of staff after announcing today that Dr. Khaled Abdel-Razek will retire August 31. They say in a release today that the hospitals’ board will initiate a recruitment process in the coming weeks. A selection committee, including representatives […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA  — Widespread rains with weather forecasts this coming week predicting daytime highs of 3°C to 20°C and overnight lows between -4°C and 10°C — include up to 65 mm of more precipitation as of Tuesday. The Ministry of Natural Resources has issued a “flood warning” is in effect until next […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST  — Mike Eddy wants to get one thing straight first. His new Muskoka Mushroom & Plant Store is not another pot shop. “It’s got nothing to do with that. “I’m selling gourmet mushrooms” — not magic mushrooms — next to one of several cannabis shops in town. “No, it’s just […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST  —  Come for the haircut — get an earful. The Slick Back Barber is a welcome, informative — interesting — and enjoyable addition to the main street business community here. Kurtis Baker and “my girl” Amanda Burrows are the latest entrepreneurs attempting the revival and rejuvenation of Gravenhurst’s Muskoka Road […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Bob Jacob (“not Jacobs”) is two-for-two. His second million-dollar donation to the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Foundation was celebrated this afternoon with the names of he and his late wife, Lynn, being placed in prominence over the front entrance to the hospital. “Look, they spelled my name right — […]