GRAVENHURST — Three iconic Canadian character actors take the stage May 25 at the Gravenhurst Opera House to kick off its 84th season of summer theatre in Muskoka. The Yes Men, featuring Patrick McKenna, Neil Crone and Kevin Hunt will help another introduce the stellar lineup of talent. The Annual Summer Season Gala is a […]
MUSKOKA — Sunday’s Mandarin MS Walk in Bracebridge raised just over $10,000 on the first weekend of a provincial fundraising campaign. A quick calculation of the numbers shows participants laced up April 29 to raise much-needed funds for research into the cause, treatment and cure of multiple sclerosis, and services for those affected by MS […]
BARRIE — A bunch of young Rotarians here have message in a bottle. Make that bottles. The Barrie Rotary Interact, a group of progressive millennials gave $300 raised from bottle drive to the neighbouring Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s Wheels for Learning bike project in Cambodia. That will buy half a dozen bikes overseas for kids to go […]
ORILLIA — In the emerging and comlicated field of health care, Orillia’s Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital has a new leader. Carmine Stumpo will now head up OSMH. Dan Germain, chair of the hospital’s board of directors, announced Stumpo’s appointment as president and CEO, effective July 16. A release says Stumpo brings more than two decades of […]
BARRIE — With all the hospital talk in Muskoka, a bigger health picture continues to emerge at Barrie’s growing health campus. Five years after Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) opened a $450 million expansion that doubled its size, the health centre has begun planning for a new future; a future which includes a south […]
GRAVENHURST — There’s more to explore downtown, with at least a couple of new businesses open or opening. And so, that means more time to enjoy the downtown and less time to worry about parking. Following council’s decision on Tuesday April 17, Gravenhurst’s parking control bylaw was amended to increase the time alloted for parking […]
GRAVENHURST — A taste of downtown Dundas is coming to downtown Gravenhurst. The Urban Vine is opening in July just doors from the post office intersection. They will receive free rent for a year. That means a “tasting boutique” featuring the freshest assortment of premium single varietal extra virgin olive oils, master blends, and aged […]
GRAVENHURST — Lights, camera … scholarship. Gravenhurst’s Fine Films committee is offering a $1,000 bursary to a current or former student of Gravenhurst High School who is pursuing film-related studies at the post-secondary level. “We would like to express an enormous thank you to all of our sponsors, donors, film patrons, and committee members who […]
QUEEN’S PARK — While the provincial election writ is dropped any day now (this week?) more clarity will emerge from the parties on health care funding. Defending MPP Norm Miller got another jump on it by introducing a motion calling on Kathleen Wynne’s government to “immediately review the funding formula for hospitals in order to […]
Rhoda Adelphia (nee Robins) Wiser died peacefully in her 96th year on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, with family by her side. She was the last member of the pioneer Robins family who farmed in Draper Township, Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario. Rhoda was born on Feb. 10, 1923, lived in Germania, […]
Spring cleaning notes: WHY was Tony Clement’s mug the Google Doodle of the day February 21? It was either him or Fredrick Banting, for the day he died in 1941? Or the day Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra paid tribute to Benny Goodman? No, none of the above. It celebrated Har Gobind […]
GRAVENHURST – We have three words for you – funny, versatile, entertaining. That’s Heather Bambrick, Diane Leah and Julie Michels of Broadsway. From Gershwin to Gaga the trio of musicians combine their musical experience, extreme talent and eclectic personalities in a show that really is worth hearing and seeing this Friday April 6 at the […]
GRAVENHURST — With the NDP gaining ground, the Conservatives in the lead and the Liberals holding on for dear life, the first all-candidates meeting in Muskoka should be entertaining, enlightening and politcally enjoyable. So, get out your smartphones, open your calendar and enter: Date: May 15 Location: Gravenhurst Opera House Time: 6-8 p.m. And link […]
By John Merritt Simcoe County Historical Association Special to MuskokaTODAY.com Anson Greene Phelps Dodge was the founder of the Georgian Bay Lumber Company, which operated sawmills along southern Georgian Bay from 1870 into the 1920s. He was known as Alphabet Dodge because he signed his name with all three of his first initials. Dodge was […]
MUSKOKA — Works continues on Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s study and evaluation of its options for hospital care in the long-term future. Its Capital Plan Development Task Force met for its 15th meeting on April 9 to examine its Model Evaluation Criteria, they say in a release. The task force confirmed that its evaluation of the […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Thanks to “some amazing people,” Norm Miller’s save the hospitals petition has about 4,000 names in less than three weeks. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller made the following statement in the legislautre Tuesday, thanking the volunteers who have been working tirelessly to distribute and collect petitions to save the Huntsville District […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Graydon Smith has been described many ways since becoming mayor. But having a “distincly tart flavor, citrusy aroma, lively effervescence and light-bodied crispness” may be a first. Now he’s stuck with it after “Grayder’s Pink Grapefruit Radler” won over beer lovers with the people’s choice award at the 2017 Sessions Muskoka Beer Festival. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The Muskoka Lawn Bowling Club is rolling in money. Just weeks away from its first full season start, for the second straight year they’ve received $25,000 from the Government of Canada’s New Horizon for Seniors program, says a club release. The funding will allow the club to purchase a greens roller and to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Maggie Ringling was dearly loved and was renowned for her passion and commitment to the development of support services for women and children. The Maggie Ringling Award has been awarded annually since 2009 by the YWCA Muskoka board of directors to an individual, woman or man, or organization for breaking down barriers and […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Sunday’s Earth Day celebration is an opportunity not to be wasted. In the lead up to Earth Day, Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller moved a motion calling upon the government to make Ontario a leader in the emerging field of compostable packaging. He’s been big on the issue urging the government in […]