BARRIE — On Friday, Sept. 7, the first four students began classes at the new Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) mental health day school. It is a service of the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Child and Youth Mental Health Program, in partnership with the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB). It provides academic and mental […]
KILWORTHY — A man who was seriously assaulted at a trailer park in south Gravenhurst has police looking for witnesses or anyone who has information about the attack. Provincial police (OPP) at Bracebridge and the Muskoka Crime Unit are investigating the assault of a 42-year-old man they say occurred at late in the evening on […]
BRACEBRIDGE/HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka’s newest musical theatre collaboration is holding open auditions for its winter presentation of Mamma Mia! Muskoka OnStage is calling all triple threat actors for the smash hit musical based on the songs of Swedish super-group ABBA, on Oct. 13-14. Auditions will be held on Oct. in Bracebridge from 10 a.m. to 4 […]
GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Horticultural Society is holding its annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday September 18, 2018 at7 p.m. at the Gravenhurst Seniors Centre. A new executive and board will be inducted. Are you interested in helping to guide the society into the future? Volunteer to sit on the board for 2018-2019. The board […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Concert Association takes a detour this month as it begins its 70th season at the end of September. After a successful July fundraising concert featuring the amazing flamenco guitarist Pavlo, they present Blazing Fiddles. The popular sextet are on their 20th anniversary tour, and will be at the Gravenhurst Opera House […]
OTTAWA — Friday finds Tory MP Tony Clement with a new position within the Official Opposition party and in the lead up to the fall session of Parliament. Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Conservative Party, named Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Tony Clement the new Shadow Minister for Justice. Clement had previously served as Shadow Minister of […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A distinguished jurist with roots in Bracebridge has been named to the B.C. Supreme Court. Town and district councillor – and mayoralty candidate – Lori-Lynn Giaschi-Pacini posted on Facebook Sunday: “Excellent news – Christopher J. Giaschi born and raised here in Bracebridge has just been appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The end of summer, the start of fall and school brings about an early warning about water safety. It may seem early — and a ironic given nearby forest fires — but the MNRF has issued a “water safety” alert for the Labour Day weekend. It comes as a result of rain […]
RAMA — Add Lake St. John to this summer’s list of blue-green algae bloom concerns. According to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, residents around Lake St. John are being cautioned by about a potential blue-green algae bloom. Lake St. John is on the Mnjikaning First Nation, behind Casino Rama. The Ministry of the Environment, […]
TORRANCE — Better get up extra early Tuesday if you’re driving through Torrance to work or the first day of school. Work on Hwy. 169 will begin and drivers will start to see a slowdown due as construction equipment is brought in about midway between Bala and Gravenhurst. But the following Monday is when a […]
BALA — Bala Falls hydro opponents won’t let go. They plan a high noon showdown with Norm Miller tomorrow at the power plant construction site. They are challenging their MPP to face off with them at the falls Saturday. They are incensed by Premier Doug Ford’s broken promise this week and his “gross misrepresentations responding […]
By Pierre Couture, President, Muskoka Opera Guild BRACEBRIDGE — Knowing what a rich and subtle orchestration Mozart had achieved in his Cosi Fan Tutte, my expectations with a solo piano instrument were limited when we attended OperaMuskoka’s ninth opening night of their annual festival last Tuesday evening at the Renee Caisse Theatre in Bracebridge. I […]
BALA — Supporters of Muskoka’s two-hospital model ought to be worried now that Doug Ford has reneged on his promise to stop the Bala Falls hydro project. Wednesday in Milton, in response to a question about his promise, the premier said he was going to have to break his promise to the people of Bala who […]
BALA — Two Muskoka Lakes Township residents face drug and possession of property obtained by crime charges this morning. Last night at 10 p.m. the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Bracebridge OPP conducted a traffic stop on Muskoka Road 169 in Bala resulting in a substantial drug seizure and two arrests. As […]
GRAVENHURST — Election fever is heating up ahead of the more tradional Labour Day kickoff, thanks to cottagers who can’t wait to hear and see the candidates in action live. The Muskoka Lakes Association and 12 Gravenhurst area lake associations are among the first groups sponsoring an all-candidates meeting for those running for municipal office […]
OTTAWA – Don’t expect Tony Clement to jump on board Maxime Bernier’s new conservative party. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MP, no newcomer to new parties (see the Alliance Party), is also not a supporter of Bernier, who left the Consverative Party this afternoon. Clement, who once supported Bernier in the last Conservative leadership race, has been […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — It may be too early to talk about fall for many of us, but not if you’re involved in school. From sex-ed to overall health, parents with kids in school are preoccupied. The health unit reminds them that when you’re checking off your back-to-school today, remember that you can easily update your […]
BRACEBRIDGE/MUSKOKA LAKES — The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has been advised by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) that laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of a blue-green algae bloom in Boyd Bay area of Lake Muskoka. Wind and water currents can change the location of algae blooms, which may make […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are closing in on an elusive thief believed involved in one, if not two stolen and torched vehicles. After chasing the slippery suspect through town early Monday, the OPP have located a burned-out truck they believe the man was driving. On Monday August 20, provincial police from the Huntsville and Almaguin detachments […]
MUSKOKA — The province may be buying its way out of a sticky situation with the controversial Bala Falls hydro project. After Premier Doug Ford promised to stop the project, on Wednesday his Progressive Conservative government announced it will spend $5 million on a new “Watershed Conservation and Management Initiative” to “better identify risks and […]