Photos & story by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A noisy student protest against education cuts today should worry Doug Ford as much for the sound of honking horns as the shouts of young activist teens who “worry” about their future in Ontario. More than 100 Gravenhurst High School “walkouts” paraded two blocks up […]
GRAVENHURST — Some good news on the tax and budget front for taxpayers here. According to the town, your combined tax bill for all three parts — local, district, education — should be the same this year as last. How’s that — when the town’s operating budget is going up almost 2 per cent? And it […]
GRAVENHURST — Three wins and a loss. That’s the Gravenhurst Old Indians’ record at the Amazing Grays hockey tournament this past weekend. And while the victories were heartening, it’s the latter game against the Innisfil Crown Royals that they’ll remember the most. A 3-1 loss in Sunday morning’s final, to a team they beat 6-2 […]
GRAVENHURST — What do you get when you combine bright young minds with a new vision and technology? A fresh, new 3D way of looking at your hometown. Gravenhurst High School is receiving a $74,500 grant to digitally animate the town, says a release Tuesday from the Trillium Lakelands District School Board’s Jacki McPherson. On […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — MP Tony Clement has decided not to run again in October’s federal election. In a letter made public this afternoon, the embattled political veteran says in part: “This was actually not a difficult decision, and it is also the right one.” He says he and his family are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com QUEEN’S PARK — Mickael Fenn and Ken Seiling, the province’s point men on the new regional governance review, will be in Muskoka on Tuesday, May 14, to listen to presentations from local individuals and organizations. MPP Norm Miller is reminding his constituents about their opportunity for local input on how to improve […]
GRAVENHURST — Waking up Monday morning after a weekend of snow to find a burning bylaw now in effect, is no April Fool’s joke. The Town of Gravenhurst reminds everyone, now that spring is officially here (even if it doesn’t look or feel like it) that there are rules around appropriate outdoor fire use. And […]
BRACEBRIDGE — If you remember the ’60s, you weren’t there. Or so someone said, though no knows for sure who. Alas, if you think you do, you’ll be interested in three talks presented by Lakehead University in Orillia and the Muskoka CFUW Thursdays April 4, 11 and 18 at Bracebridge’s Knox Presbyterian Church at 120 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — David Grand has thousands of government certified pot plants growing his new industrial greenhouse here. “We have maybe 9,000 or 10,000 plants,” he told MuskokaTODAY.com Monday morning. But you can’t buy his Muskoka Grown cannabis product in retail stores that began opening today across Ontario. He’s only selling his […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORO-MEDONTE — Rolling Stones fans will have to wait to hear one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever play locally due illness of Mick Jagger. They were to appear at the 600-acre event park south of Orillia June 29 for the final stop on the Stones’ North American No […]
HUNTSVILLE — A senior defrauded Tuesday by a man pretending to be a bank employee has police asking the public to help identify the suspect. Provincial police say that on March 26, a male suspect called the elderly victim and pretended to be an employee of a bank. The suspect had the victim go to the bank […]
GRAVENHURST — The ice isn’t out of the lakes yet, but it will be out at the Graeme Murray arena here after this weekend’s final three-day hockey tournament of the season. The Amazing Grays will be hosting their annual spring fling starting Friday night. The championship game is Sunday morning And as part of the […]
MUSKOKA — It’s a burning issue among some local environmentalists who remember the last campaign against acid rain. Restoring calcium levels in forest soils and lakes will help replenish the area’s dwindling supply of crayfish and maple sap, according to new research co-led by York University. And implementing a new residential wood ash program is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A terrifying 75-hour armed abduction that ended on Doe Lake Road last night, had York police and the OPP scouring the road which was closed in the area near Fenbrook prison and the Muskoka Airport all day Wednesday. They were looking for clues to how the victim ended up […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are saying little about a social meda threat made to “a local high school,” after arresting a 16-year-old from London, Ontario. Provincial Police here, along with Muskoka Crime Unit and the OPP Covert Internet Investigative Services, investigated threats against the school, believed to be Huntsville High, in which the suspect used a […]
GRAVENHURST — The skies over Muskoka are going to get busier in just over a month. If you look up you’ll see more planes on the weekends coming and going. FLYGTA says it plans to resume its flights to Muskoka again this year, after successful operations in 2018. Client relations rep Marina Guadagnoli told MuskokaTODAY.com […]
GRAVENHURST — A lot of small steps added up to one big step for Tourettes Sunday. The 11th annual Muskoka Trek for Tourette on March 17 had a few more who walked 5 kms around Gravenhurst in support of Tourette Canada. And more Trekkers meant more money, a big pot of gold. This year they […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Old friends, new friends and good friends paid their respects today at a funeral Mass for Bill Reddall. And while his mortal remains weren’t there, his presence was felt all over — from in front of the altar to in the corners of St. Paul’s Basilica, where more than […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY TORONTO — The gang at Betty’s are going to raise a glass to Bill Reddall Monday afternoon. And it won’t be any old toast to a friend at the Queen St. watering holy. It will follow a morning Funeral Mass for the former St. Mike’s College student, priest and teacher at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A prayer vigil tonight to remember the 50 people killed in the New Zealand mosque massacre was personal for Muna Bek. She lost a friend and his son in the shooting — Khaled Haj Mustafa, 44, and his son, Zaid, 14. Bek knew them from Jordan, where they were […]