Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Local Liberals aren’t waiting for the writ to drop on October’s federal election, which is guaranteed to be as competitive as any in more than a decade. Candidate Trisha Cowie is “very much in full election mode,” and has already been out knocking on doors and working the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — They’re at the post — Sept. 14. Rotarians in Gravenhurst have a fun and fascinating fundraiser that Saturday night at the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre. Rotary Charity Race night is a chance to help local and international Rotary causes. And an opportunity to dig out your riding crop and favourite […]
DYSART ET AL — The 31-year-old woman remains in a Toronto area hospital with serious injuries after an ATV accident Thursday. Provincial police say that on August 22 officers from the Haliburton Highlands detachment and emergency crews were called to assist at an ATV collision on Highland Street shortly after 6 p.m., east of Dorset. It […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A second case this week of mistaken gunshots had police here on high alert Friday morning on Manitoba Street. Provincial police officers responded to a report of “a noise that sounded like a gunshot” at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23. They were called to an address on Manitoba Street, Bracebridge. Officers met with the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Survivors and supporters of the Huronia Regional Centre are excited and relieved that a new monument to their memory will be unveiled and dedicated Saturday at the cemetery across the street. Marilyn Dolmage, who has been one of its champions, says the “unveiling of an astoundingly beautiful and poignant […]
HUNTSVILLE — A case of mistaken identity that led to a Huntsville man being arrested ended up without gun charges following a bizarre incident Monday afternoon. Provincial police at Huntsville say that on August 19, shortly 3 p.m, police got a 911 call about gun shots in the area of King William Street. In the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Where are they now? Guess who’s coming to dinner? And will you be there? Three questions making the rounds this summer on Facebook, as friends from Gravenhurst Public School and Gravenhurst High School born in 1959 turn 60 this year. They’re the GHS class of 1977. Lori Miller Anderson, […]
GRAVENHURST – The latest swim advisory at Gull Lake Rotary Park has been lifted. The Town of Gravenhurst just announced the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has cleared the park for full swimming, just after 2 p.m. Now you can swim underwater. Testing will continue.
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — The Hub of the Muskoka Lakes is mad about summer. And to celebrate another august month, Norah Fountain and the folks at the Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce are hosting their second annual Port Carling Mid-day Madness event Saturday, Aug. 17. The afternoon festival includes more than 30 […]
GRAVENHURST — This weekend brings good news on the local waterfront. With the beach at Gull Lake under a swim advisory until further notice, the splash pad at the Muskoka Wharf is finally opening for the summer Friday, Aug. 16, after being closed most of the season — including the hottest month of the year […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENNHURST — A new start for the Muskoka Wharf is planned for this fall in Gravenhurst. The town is spending $70,000 on a plan to re-invigorate the 13-year-old park and tourist attraction on Lake Muskoka. Stage one of the project, development of the plan, will be funded in part by the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The on-again, off-again swim advisory at Gull Lake Rotary Park is on as today, Tuesday, Aug. 13. In what is becoming an all too common an occurrence for swimmers and bathers at the troubled downtown public waterfront swimming beach, the town has issued another warning, causing concern for cause of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Abby Liang is a piano prodigy on the verge of becoming a wunderkind. At age nine, she plays at the level of an expert adult performer. And she is the third in the series of noon performances Wednesday Aug. 14 at Trinity United Church, in Gravenhurst. And her tutor […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Nearing the end of summer residents here hoped they had escaped the forest fire disaster of 2018. But Monday a relatively small wild fire was discovered and is deemed under control by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. In their daily report today, they say there […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Sidewalk sales are full of surprises. You never know what you’re going to find — from the far out T-shirts to hand-made tea cosys. The annual end of summer weekend sale Friday and Saturday had a bit of both and more here this weekend. Vendors hawking two for $10 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Any pretence about community building, neighbhourhood improvement, accessibility and walkability went out the door this week on Phillip Street E. in Gravenhurst. A perfectly fine sidewalk of four blocks was ripped up and sodden over in one of the town’s oldest neighbourhoods for no good reason. Save for a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Urban sprawl in Muskoka’s largest and fastest-growing municipality is forcing the Town of Huntsville to expand its bus transit service to increase ridership. And the province is helping them “get people moving” by investing in new transit projects, including new plans here. As part of the per litre gas […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The flood gates are open — literally and figuratively. So says Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. He was at the Muskoka Wharf Wednesday afternoon to announce the province’s appointment of nine members to a new Muskoka Watershed Advisory Group. And in doing so, he said […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ALGONQUIN PARK — This summer’s fire season is markedly better than in 2018. As of late Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 6, there were no new wildland fires discovered, according to the latest bulletin update from Ontario’s Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services — for the Northeast Fire Region. As of 5:20 p.m., […]
ORILLIA — Walk — don’t run — to Scales Nature Park Aug. 23-24. It’s TurtleFest time at the popular education and conservation facility focused on Canadian reptiles and amphibians. The free pettng group you see at events is celebrating it’s 10th season by hosting the TurtleFest on Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m,; and again on Saturday, […]