GRAVENHURST — A Sunday morning walk is not always as it seems. This week a group of walkers was out here on Gravenhurst’s Muskoka Road marching to bring about awareness of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. The fundraiser included 16 or so walkers, including Gravenhurst Fire Chief Larry Brassard and firefighter Jeremy Brackley among those on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Scott Aitchison has never met Andrew Scheer. But he wants to be on his team come Oct. 21. Because Aitchison’s always wanted to be MP. “I’ve always been a Conservative,” the Huntsville mayor said by phone Friday. He knows the Conservative Party of Canada has veered further to the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Business is good at McDonald’s Gravenhurst. Thirty years after opening, guest count and customer satisfaction are up. And at the busiest store in the Muskoka franchise it can only improve with the latest new look and feel in the 106-seat south Gravenhurst restaurant, says owner Alan Cumber. After a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — With big changes in post secondary tuition fees and grants, some college and university students from Gravenhurst got great news from the Rotary Club with $70,000 for Rotary Student Bursaries. The Rotary Bursary Endowment Fund is now accepting applications from students heading for college, university or trade schools next […]
GRAVENHURST — Electric and driverless cars are down the road. Today, if you have domestic car or truck and you need auto repairs fast in downtown Gravenhurst there’s a new mechanic shop open this spring. Bill Talbot and Scott Baker offer Quality work at their Muskoka Road South sales and repair business near Main Street […]
GRAVENHURST — Now that boating restrictions have been lifted on Muskoka lakes and rivers following spring flooding, pleasure boaters and commercial traffic will see a large police presence in June. And it has less to do with monitoring wakes along some parts of shorelines still protected by sandbags. For the next four weeks OPP marine […]
GRAVENHURST — Lake levels are slowly coming down after the Flood of 2019. At the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst, where boats are beginning to return to moor for the summer, the floating docks are back to nearer normal levels. The Wenonah II had its maiden voyage of the season, a membership cruise for Muskoka Steamship […]
GRAVENHURST — You can thank the Gravenhurst Horticultural Society for some of the great flowers and vegetable gardens you’ll see around town this summer. Over the winter, the 40 members planted, nurtured and grew more than 1,000 seedlings, which they sold at their annual spring plant and bake sale this month. More than half of […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Call it catch-as-catch-can. And what goes down, must come up. A debris catcher? Or something like that. This week, Bracebride public works staff were able to finally remove the snowmobile bride that crosses the Muskoka River near Kerr Park. After a busy spring trying to tame the river effect, they got around to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Music for Everyone couldn’t be better name for their annual Muskoka Men of Song spring concert June 7 at the Rene Caisse Theatre. The 36 voices in the choir will not only be pleasing as always to your ear, with tuneful numbers from their own repertoire; but this year they welcome back the […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The Ford government, accused of spending cuts, has found money for festivals in Parry Sound-Muskoka this summer. MPP Norman Miller announced that the Ontario government will be “investing” more than $130,000 in six festivals and events in the riding. He said in a release Friday: Celebrate Ontario supports local festivals and events […]
GRAVENHURST — District water and sewer work will make travel along John Street here tricky this summer. Crews began work this week on the stretch from Bay Street north to Peter Street. Sewer work is taking place from Bay to Brown Street; and Brown Street between Muskoka Road and John Street. And water pipe replacement […]
GRAVENHURST — Workers will be watching over downtown Gravenhurst this summer. In follow-up to some previous work the past year on the federal landmark at the intersection of Bay, Muskoka Road and Brock Street, the post office building is covered again in huge scaffolding. The green façade screening covering the front is part of ongoing […]
GRAVENHURST — Façade fixups are springing up around town here, thanks to town council and taxpayers. The Community Improvement Plan approved $75,323 in CIP grants for downtown properties. This year (2019) the CIP Review Committee received 24 applications for projects that were eligible for grants in excess of $156,000. The review committee recommended funding allocations […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Muskoka men are being asked to step up and Walk A Mile in Her Shoes Sunday, in an event to raise awareness and funds to end domestic violence in Muskoka. Last year, more than 100 men walked in support of women across Muskoka. Although domestic violence is a very serious matter, this event […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — As the health unit lifts its drinking water advisory for Muskoka, another threat is washing over Central Ontario. Those who relied on helpful advice from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) were surprised to learn of government plan to swallow it up in a merger to the south as part of […]
GRAVENHURST — The crisp, new red and white Canadian flags lining the main street of Gravenhurst this weekend are a sign that Muskoka has not given up in its fight against climate change. After more than a month of drowning in knee-high spring waters, were holding heads above water as we an overdure start to […]
Mark Clairmont Owner/Publisher | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — News Flash! Muskoka gets new magazine. That’s how my dad, Hugh, and I announced Muskoka TODAY, ‘An Alternative Press’ News Magazine that we launched 25 years ago this long weekend, Thursday, May 20, 1994. And from our ambitious and humble beginnings in print we’ve also been on line, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ANALYSIS HUNTSVILLE — After a flood of complaints and a torrent of criticism, a political showdown about the MNRF’s handling of the spring freshet turned into a bit of a dribble. And not the rush to a judgement as expected by its sudden timing. Call it trickle down economics, as Muskoka […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The Liberals and NDP have their candidates and now the Conservative Party is set to replace Tony Clement in just over a month from now. The electoral district association in Parry Sound-Muskoka announced Friday, May 17, that the nomination vote to select a local candidate will be held at the end of June. […]