Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Silent no more — Spotlight on Muskoka Lakes 2019 is piling up with auction items for next week’s annual season kick-off at The Kee to Bala. And you’ve just got to get your tickets (only $25) for the first big social event of the season. “It’s a chance for […]
Muskoka We the North fans must be masochists or they like parties. We think the latter. Why else would they put themselves through another night of ups and downs watching the Raptors? Because this is sports at its best; great games, and a lot of fun to watch right to the last second. Monday night’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Flood victims can learn more about how they can apply for provincial compensation over the next two days. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is holding information sessions about DRAO in Bracebridge at the Sportsplex at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, and in Huntsville at the Town Hall at 7 […]
HUNTSVILLE — We the North now includes Huntsville. The town has jumped on the bandwagon this afternoon with good news. “Attention Toronto Raptors fans, the Raptors fever has continued north with the Town of Huntsville hosting a ‘Jurassic Park North’ Game 5 NBA Finals viewing party tonight (June 10th) rain or shine at River Mill […]
MACTIER — It was all aboard for the proud citizens of this tiny, once mighty train depot. Ontario’s Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell motored into the west Muskoka community Thursday, May 23, to help mark the 80th anniversary of the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in MacTier. The Royals arrived in 1939 while on a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — If you’re out for a walk — or drive — this month, watch for turtles. June is the highest nesting season for turtles and when they are most likely near roads. And why should you care about these old slow pokes? Because turtles are the best vacuum cleaners of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Weary weather watchers beaten by fires and flooding the past year, remain vigilant as they keep leery eyes on daily forecasts. Local Greens blame climate change, calling it a “crisis” and plan to talk about how it affects Muskoka Saturday, June 15. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Muskoka Lakes is more than a flood. It’s the envy of everyone, for its lifestyle, its people, it’s food and beverages. Savour it all Thursday June 20 at the annual Spotlight on Muskoka Lakes at The Kee. Experience a taste of what it’ll be like here this summer. The […]
BALA — With moving early morning ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day on Juno Beach today, Canadians are marking the historic turning point in the Second World War. Muskoka veterans, their families and friends will no doubt be pausing to remember and take note. Though there are no formal occasions to pay respects, at […]
GRAVENHURST — Twenty-five years ago this week Second World War veteran George Swerbrick talked to Hugh Clairmont about D-Day and his role June 6, 1944 in the historic beach-storming invasion Canadians and Westerners are marking today and tomorrow. See our cover story below, from our second edition of MuskokaTODAY, June 3, 1994, Vol. 1 No. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Today’s 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre may be repressed in China, but it brought back vivid memories for me of my trips there the past two years. To visit the Chinese capital of Beijing you’d never know its powerful seat of government was anything but a national […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — Dave Kitchen is “on trend ….” With “Muskoka Boil,” a 30-minute seafood social that’s easy, entertaining and takes two minutes to clean up. The seafood boil is a social, fun and unique dining experience that welcomes family and friends to pitch in with the cooking and enjoy the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Bracebridge store is expanding into Gravenhurst. After putting her Footprint on Bracacebridge, Footprints on Muskoka owner Krista Mansour is putting her Footprint on Gravenhurst. She is opening a Footprints on Muskoka shoe and women’s clothing store next to the Gravenhurst Opera House and Chamber of Commerce, at 265 […]
GRAVENHURST — A Sunday morning walk is not always as it seems. This week a group of walkers was out here on Gravenhurst’s Muskoka Road marching to bring about awareness of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. The fundraiser included 16 or so walkers, including Gravenhurst Fire Chief Larry Brassard and firefighter Jeremy Brackley among those on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Scott Aitchison has never met Andrew Scheer. But he wants to be on his team come Oct. 21. Because Aitchison’s always wanted to be MP. “I’ve always been a Conservative,” the Huntsville mayor said by phone Friday. He knows the Conservative Party of Canada has veered further to the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Business is good at McDonald’s Gravenhurst. Thirty years after opening, guest count and customer satisfaction are up. And at the busiest store in the Muskoka franchise it can only improve with the latest new look and feel in the 106-seat south Gravenhurst restaurant, says owner Alan Cumber. After a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA —Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison, awash in the benevolent community spirit of a flood fighter, is ready to take on rising tides of Liberalism in Parry Sound Muskoka. The veteran town and district politician has finally declared his candidacy for the riding’s Progressive Conservative Party nomination. And with his political […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — With big changes in post secondary tuition fees and grants, some college and university students from Gravenhurst got great news from the Rotary Club with $70,000 for Rotary Student Bursaries. The Rotary Bursary Endowment Fund is now accepting applications from students heading for college, university or trade schools next […]
GRAVENHURST — An explosive fire at an auto repair shop Sunday morning destroyed a vehicle and sent clouds of dark oily smoke spewing across Hwy. 11 South. Gravenhurst firefighters from Stations 1 and 2 had their hands full May 26 at Dave’s Auto Repair in Kilworthy, after a passerby saw smoke billowing from the shop […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Call it catch-as-catch-can. And what goes down, must come up. A debris catcher? Or something like that. This week, Bracebride public works staff were able to finally remove the snowmobile bride that crosses the Muskoka River near Kerr Park. After a busy spring trying to tame the river effect, they got around to […]