Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Mayor Scott Aitchison is stepping aside for September and October to run for member of Parliament. The Conservative candidate’s voluntary request for a seven-week unpaid leave of absence was granted by fellow councillors at a meeting of council Monday night, August 26, in Port Sydney. Aitchison’s leave of absence […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: WINDERMERE — Hi my name is Lucas Graham, I am 10 years old and this is my review of the Terry Fox Run in Windermere. Enjoy. I have participated since 2013, when I was four years old in Junior Kindergarten, so six years now. Some of the many things I love are: […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Local Liberals aren’t waiting for the writ to drop on October’s federal election, which is guaranteed to be as competitive as any in more than a decade. Candidate Trisha Cowie is “very much in full election mode,” and has already been out knocking on doors and working the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — They’re at the post — Sept. 14. Rotarians in Gravenhurst have a fun and fascinating fundraiser that Saturday night at the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre. Rotary Charity Race night is a chance to help local and international Rotary causes. And an opportunity to dig out your riding crop and favourite […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Survivors and supporters of the Huronia Regional Centre are excited and relieved that a new monument to their memory will be unveiled and dedicated Saturday at the cemetery across the street. Marilyn Dolmage, who has been one of its champions, says the “unveiling of an astoundingly beautiful and poignant […]
SOUTH MUSKOKA — A man and woman in Gravenhurst and Bracebridge were charged in separate impaired driving investigations this weekend. Provincial police at Bracebridge say that on Friday, August 16, 2019, at 7:40 p.m. officers set up a RIDE check close to the town core in Bracebridge, and say that within seven minutes began an […]
HUNTSVILLE — The body of a man who was boating and swimming with his family Monday afternoon was recovered in a local lake here early Tuesday afternoon. Shortly after 1 p.m. August 20, members of the OPP Under Water Search and Recovery Unit located the missing male in the water in Peninsula Lake, in the […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police divers are still looking for a man who may have drowned Monday afternoon while boating with his wife and swimming with his son. Police say that on August 19, at 5 p.m. Huntsville and Lake of Bays Fire Department, Muskoka EMS and Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised two missing people […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A shopper who had her wallet and credit card stolen while in variety store that was later used in town, has police on the lookout for a suspect. Provincial police are investigating the theft at a variety store on Wellington Street in Bracebridge. The woman entered the store June 17 at 2 p.m., […]
GRAVENHRST — There are many things in life to savour and enjoy. Food, wine, sunrise, sunset, the Northern Lights, music of most kinds. But nothing beats one of the most beautiful and simplest pleasures that come from the gardens and flower beds, which are always like Mother Nature’s fireworks. Yet it takes a green thumb […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Where are they now? Guess who’s coming to dinner? And will you be there? Three questions making the rounds this summer on Facebook, as friends from Gravenhurst Public School and Gravenhurst High School born in 1959 turn 60 this year. They’re the GHS class of 1977. Lori Miller Anderson, […]
GRAVENHURST – The latest swim advisory at Gull Lake Rotary Park has been lifted. The Town of Gravenhurst just announced the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has cleared the park for full swimming, just after 2 p.m. Now you can swim underwater. Testing will continue.
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — The Hub of the Muskoka Lakes is mad about summer. And to celebrate another august month, Norah Fountain and the folks at the Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce are hosting their second annual Port Carling Mid-day Madness event Saturday, Aug. 17. The afternoon festival includes more than 30 […]
GRAVENHURST — How do you feel about big bonfires and burning garbage and debris fires in your backyard downtown? After years of a no burning bylaw — as recommended by the Gravenhurst Fire Department — in the town Wards of 1 and 5, town councillors have voted to call for a survey for input on […]
GRAVENHURST — This weekend brings good news on the local waterfront. With the beach at Gull Lake under a swim advisory until further notice, the splash pad at the Muskoka Wharf is finally opening for the summer Friday, Aug. 16, after being closed most of the season — including the hottest month of the year […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Three small forest fires of 0.1 hectare each continue to burn locally Wednesday. Algonquin Park 10 is not yet under control at 0.1 of a hectare, on an island located on the western side of Opeongo Lake. Parry Sound 6 is also deemed not yet under control at 0.1 of a hectare […]
GRAVENHURST — Summer — like the CNE — is not over until the Dockside Festival. The Muskoka Wharf will be a hub of activity this weekend as the DF takes over this Friday, Saturday and Sunday with more than 100 vendors, musicians, food trucks, live animal shows and a full slate of events for all […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENNHURST — A new start for the Muskoka Wharf is planned for this fall in Gravenhurst. The town is spending $70,000 on a plan to re-invigorate the 13-year-old park and tourist attraction on Lake Muskoka. Stage one of the project, development of the plan, will be funded in part by the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The on-again, off-again swim advisory at Gull Lake Rotary Park is on as today, Tuesday, Aug. 13. In what is becoming an all too common an occurrence for swimmers and bathers at the troubled downtown public waterfront swimming beach, the town has issued another warning, causing concern for cause of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Abby Liang is a piano prodigy on the verge of becoming a wunderkind. At age nine, she plays at the level of an expert adult performer. And she is the third in the series of noon performances Wednesday Aug. 14 at Trinity United Church, in Gravenhurst. And her tutor […]