Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Santa season is in full swing — and it’s not yet December. Parades, concert and teas are weekend staples across Muskoka, getting everyone in the mood — as the snow comes and goes. Gravenhurst was typical, this past Saturday, when the annual Chamber of Commerce put on its Santa […]
Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — How about that applause for Claus? The Mr. and Mrs. Santa received a standing — and sitting — ovation at their annual Christmas parade Saturday, where they were riding high — and low —in the Gateway to Muskoka. He was reining in Rudolph and eight spectacular reindeer; […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Hal, we have a problem.” “We don’t have a flat-bed truck to float you in the Santa Claus Parade Saturday?” “No problem, we’ll build one. We have the technology.” That’s the real and theoretical thinking behind the robotics club at Gravenhurst High School. Ambitious teens with the inventive minds […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s live, it’s free and in the mail today. The Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s popular Internet/TV Auction. With 300 items up for grabs — worth $45,000 — the bidding has begun online. The service club’s annual cable TV and internet fundraiser is full of a wide assortment of goods and […]
BALA — Christmas came early Saturday thanks to Muskoka Lakes, where there was not one but two Santa Claus parades. At 1 p.m. on a bright, sunny — and not too cool — afternoon the first parade marched off from the east end of Bala with a long lineup of floats and three bands — […]
BARRIE — The Ontario Medical Association and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit are underscoring the importance of being immunized. Keeping children up to date with their immunizations is an important way to keep them and the whole community healthy. “On behalf of Ontario’s 31,500 practicing doctors I want to say that vaccines work, vaccines are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — It’s not like it’s been a couple of millennia, but the Bala’s Trek to Bethlehem is just past a quarter of a century old. And if you haven’t made the trek to Bala for it, your’re truly missing one of greatest attractions in Muskoka — with a colourful, friendly […]
HUNTSVILLE — Three people known to have been “frequenting” Huntsville over the past month have been arrested with multiple fraud charges involving credit cards and the purchase of large bundle to lottery tickets. Provincial police say that following an extensive investigation, they have charged a trio of suspects: Corinne Butler, age 38, Fraud Under $5,000 X […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A year after the last municipal election, Huntsville has a second mayor. Following the federal election of former mayor Scott Aitchison as MP-elect, at a special council meeting Nov. 12, councillors declared the office of the mayor vacant. They appointed deputy Mayor Karin Terziano as acting mayor and head […]
GRAVENHURST — Lest you forget today …. Another look at Remembrance Day in Gravenhurst.
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun and in the morning; We will remember them.” – Act of Remembrance Bill Davidson, 85, was in a rare position today. […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Young people have forever been a part of war and peace, whether it’s fighting or fighting for them. Monday, it was both, as young girl guides and boy scouts helped present community wreaths during Remembrance Day services at the legion. Email Mark Clairmont at mark@muskokatoday.com Or news@muskokatoday.com Celebrating 25 YEARS […]
Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A nice tradition continued at the Remembrance Day service today. A large number of community members joined the procession from the legion uptown to the cenotaph at the Opera House. Dozens of people young and old unaffiliated with any group organization walked behind the Royal Canadian Legion […]
Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — At precisely 11 a.m. this morning — 101 years after the First World War ended with a pair of signatories — Gravenhurst stood silent. A poignant siren from a passing fire truck on Bethune Drive drew closer, louder, then passed south, as Royal Canadian Legion bugler Mark […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com At the going up of the sun — they will remember them Monday. A cold, wet front isn’t expected to diminish crowds Nov. 11 in towns and villages across Muskoka at the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month. It’s possible numbers may even be greater this year, […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Concert Association presents one of its largest ensembles Saturday night with the Highland Chamber Orchestra. It is a group of 40 musicians based in Haliburton. The members of the orchestra share a love of music and a passion to delight audiences with masterpieces of the symphonic repertoire. You will not want […]
GRAVENHURST — If it take a village to raise a child, it take volunteers to run a town. Gravenhurst handed out its semi-annual Community Spirit Awards Thursday honouring individuals and groups who have shown outstanding volunteerism and or achievement, with recipients nominated by members of the community and their peers. Committee chair Gord Durnan called […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — We remember on Nov. 11. Never to forget — the freedom we enjoy. The Muskoka Concert Band trumpets those freedoms with the Elderberries Choir giving voices to the names indelibly etched on cenotaphs. Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst, they present […]
HUNTSVILLE — Endless efforts to lift Muskokans out of poverty continues. On Friday, Nov. 8, YWCA Muskoka is hosting another day of Bridges Out of Poverty training in Huntsville. The workshop is designed for community individuals, educators, sector leaders and volunteers who are interested in broadening their mindset and making a difference. Bridges offers community […]
GRAVENHURST — An unidentified veteran police officer has been charged after a young cyclist was struck on a main street sidewalk by a mark police cruiser this summer. Provincial police say the charge comes after an investigation by officers at the Bracebridge OPP detachment, into the Aug. 8 incident on Muskoka Road North, in Gravenhurst […]