TARA COLLUMN | Special to TODAY.com There are still “Freedom” convoys, even though for the most part COVID restrictions have generally been relaxed or eliminated. I don’t even pretend to know the issues at the centre of any current convoys, or the continued harassment of our elected prime minister. COVID is still a threat to public […]
NANCY THOMPSON | Bracebridge Horticultural Society Honeybee hives are under increasing destruction and stress from pests and diseases, pesticides and herbicides, genetically modified crops and lack of diversity, habitat loss and climate change. Native bees, of which there are more than 4,000 species in North America, are less susceptible to problems. Fortunately for us they […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You betcha Barb Weismiller will be at next month’s TGIF dinner at the legion. Not just for the pork cutlet — or because she loved last night’s chicken parmesan for which she and Wayne Colton had the first two tickets. And because she wants to help the Royal Canadian […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Linda McBurney and Rosemary Bolitho cherished life at their Lake of Bays cottage. So last year when McBurney was going through twice-weekly cancer treatments she wanted to still enjoy seasonal stays in Muskoka. She asked if the Huntsville Hospital had a chemo clinic where she could continue her treatment […]
GRAVENHURST — A young cyclist is lucky to have suffered only minor injuries after being “doored” by a driver parked in his car on the main street here Monday. Police say that on July 11, in the early afternoon, the cyclist was involved in the collision on Muskoka Road after a motorist, who was parked […]
GRAVENHURST — A swim advisory today for Gull Lake could affect this weekend’s Swim Ontario Open Water Championships. The town and the health unit say that based on water samples collected yesterday, July 13, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is recommending that Gull Lake Rotary Park (405 Brock St.) be posted a second time […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Terry Whelan and Gordon Lightfoot didn’t make the cut for the first Mariposa Folk Festival in 1961. “They said we sounded too much like the Everly Brothers,” Lightfoot joked on the weekend as he was added to Mariposa’s hall of fame. But “We played the Barge in Gravenhurst,” Lightfoot […]
GRAVENHURST — Concerns about traffic site lines on Muskoka Road south here have been alleviated. Contractors trimmed neglected tree growth on the main street at the intersection with Main Street that had hindered southbound access bringing it in line with other stretches of the road. Neighbour Lois Cooper, who first alerted the town — and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Improvements in health care come at a steep cost for local hospitals. Work began Monday to improve the parking payment systems this month at Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s Bracebridge and Huntsville sites. To install the two new systems “the cost is approximately $420,000. That is being funded through sources of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Marnie Smyth loved the Bracebridge Seniors Citizens’ Club. She and her late husband, Dick, were regulars working with friends and sharing good times always with a smile and a helping hand On July 2 the club received a $10,000 donation from the Marilyn Smyth estate. It was presented to […]
HUNTSVILLE — A “bomb threat” had emergency services surrounding a commercial building here this morning. Police say that at 11:23 a.m. officers responded to a bomb threat on Old North Road at Fanotech solid waste and enviromental services. OPP and Huntsville Lake of Bays Fire Department were on scene and had the road closed for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Peter Moore’s 1955 Shepherd was not the oldest boat in the water. But the big brute was the latest and one of the greatest at Saturday’s Antique and Classic Boat Society (ASBS) show at the Muskoka Wharf. Nomad’s Barrie boat owner said he’d had it out only once before, […]
GRAVENHURST — A break-in here the past two days netted thieves $15,000 in tools. Police are investigating a theft at a commercial business near the corner of Industrial Drive and Progress Drive sometime overnight July 10 and 11. They say thieves made off with approximately $15,000 worth of tools. The OPP are seeking assistance from […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Gordon Lightfoot has a host of awards — including more than a dozen Junos, the Order of Canada and a stamp. He was first recognized in 1951 at the Toronto Kiwanis Festival — a first place plaque in the under-13 category and third place in unchanged voices. Since then […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Sarah Nash and her family of four had just bought a new home and were suppose to move in later this month just a short distance away. But early yesterday they lost their residence in an early morning fire that also destroyed the other half of the duplex they […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Folk, rock and “down home blues” highlighted the 61st Mariposa Folk Festival here this weekend. The venerable music fest that began in Stephen Leacock’s fictional Mariposa in 1961 lived up to the city’s Sunshine City nickname with a lot of hot acts and cool names on bill around the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Want to float your boat? Muskoka Wharf is the place to do it — in style. As in the Antique and Classic Boat Show. For going on four decades the Toronto chapter has held a display and for most of it it’s been at the docks in Gravenhurst Bay. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Go fish isn’t just fun summer card game for kids. It’s a serious business, hobby and fun way to wile away hours of patient time. With more than a million lakes, rivers and streams plus three oceans, Canada boasts one of the most diverse natural environments. Reel in hand […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ralph Scales was the kind of guy whose glass was always half full. But when the Korean War veteran died recently his propane tank was half empty. Friend and neighbour Jason McIntyre says he recently sold what remained to the last customers of the popular James Street barbecue filling […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Cover bands and tributes to the ’60s got you singing the COVID blues? Want some original tunes to uplift you after two years down in the dumps? Well set yourself free in the Sunshine City for the 61st Mariposa Folk Festival this weekend. Pull up a chair and hear […]
