Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com After two years at home Christmas calendars are filling up and refrigerators are stuck with enough sticky notes to keep you and your family busy with fun events, lunches and craft sales scheduled morning, noon and night. Often too many to keep up with. There’ve been four Santa sightings in parades […]
MUSKOKA — There’s nothing like the stirring sound of dozens of trumpets, trombones, clarinets, flutes, timpani drums and sleigh bells ringing in your ears the sounds of the season. Carols, hymns, Handel, Mozart, Crosby and other holiday favourites including some exciting music of Hanukah. It’s all yours to behold in two Muskoka Concert Band performance […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Experience won out over local knowledge tonight, as Muskoka councillors voted in former Barrie mayor Jeff Lehman as the district’s new chair. At their first meeting the 2022-2026 term Lehman beat out five other applicants in a secret vote of the 22 town and township mayors and council representatives. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “We expect our elected MPP to protect our communities’ interests and to protect Ontario’s natural resources and forests,” says Climate Action Muskoka spokesperson, Tamsen Tillson. “We are calling on (Graydon Smith) to do the right thing and fight like hell to get the bill rescinded.” Climate Action Muskoka (CAM) and Almaguin Climate Action (ACA) […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Bill 23 failed the Greens “smell test” — but passed into law this week with a Tory majority. One of Ontario’s most controversial bills received third reading and will now allow homes to be built on the previous greenbelt surrounding Toronto. A last ditch attempt by the Green […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another attempted business break-in downtown here early this morning has the latest victim angry and dejected. Sang Park was awoken this morning above his Anne’s Variety store when he heard a thief smash the front door of his popular convenience shop on the main street. “I’m mad — it’s […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Concert Association is offering up Christmas bonuses for true music lovers Sunday afternoon at the Gravenhurst Opera House. Not only will you be overjoyed to hear one of Canada’s finest electric trios accompanied by one of the country’s equally celebrated singers. It’s only half the festive fun starting at 2:30 p.m. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The district is a creature of the province, says councillor Don Smith — who gets to vote for himself at next Monday’s election of a new council chair. So it’s no surprise that at this afternoon’s “debate” there were more than a half dozen priorities among the six contenders, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As district councillors prepare for a secret vote Dec. 5 on a new district chair, the province is tabling legislation to appoint chairs in Peel, York, Durham, Halton, Niagara and Waterloo. Will Muskoka be next in 2026? Who knows? Premier Doug Ford back-tracked on an announced promise of a […]
GRAVENHURST — Great weather — and no snow — didn’t stop Santa from arriving on a gorgeous day today here in Gravenhurst. St. Nick was in jolly spirits “Ho, hoing …,” and riding high down main street, the sun over his shoulders — his eight reindeer dancing and prancing over the pavement merry as care […]