GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Legion would like to thank these many community businesses, service clubs and private individuals listed below for their continued support with donations received for our Remembrance Day service and Poppy campaign. Those include the hundreds of others locally who donated when handed free poppies the week before and in the leadup […]
Jack Cline, Special to MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What started out 29 years ago as a simple Christmas celebration by an eager group of church choristers has emerged into one of the most anticipated concert series of the season. In 1994 the Muskoka Advent Choir assembled in the Baptist Church here under the direction of former […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If anyone needed a reminder that COVID isn’t “over,” “done with,” and “gone” Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare reports at “facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak” at their south Muskoka hospital site. They say in a release late Tuesday afternoon that: “In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Lest we forget war when it’s all around us daily. Services last week reminded us again how fragile time between conflicts is. “The Long Peace” (1945-1991) is long gone. Salutes from the youngest to the oldest marked with solemnity and humour the lingering sadness and sometimes joys that emerged […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Photos Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Wars are hell — remembering them can be hellish. COVID is over, crowds swelled, the band was back while veterans were in short supply, but a Legion Remembrance Day salute to fallen comrades Saturday went off solemnly and almost seamlessly. At the 11th hour, […]
GRAVENHURST — Let the bidding begin — to help your Rotary Club help our community. With an exceeding 200 items ringing up a retail value of more than $30,000, every bid you make will go to assist someone or a charity organization you probably know in town. This of course thanks in large part, also, […]
GRAVENHURST — Northland’s bid to return passenger rail service to the north in 2016 rolls into Gravenhurst today from noon to 4 p.m. An open house information centre at the Centennial Centre will update the public on its news that the province has bought three trains to carry residents between Toronto and Cochrane. Sixteen of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Marlyn Goodwin turned 90 today. And she had three of her sons in town for the weekend celebration, including Tom who returned today to his Nova Scotia whale-watching business, while brothers Greg and Bill headed home to the Ottawa Valley (after an AC/DC concert at the OP). Brother Randy, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ten months in to the year — with snow on the ground — keeping up with economic activity here is a daunting task. One that keeps the town’s economic development manager, Amy Taylor, busy on top of far-reaching happenings from one end of the municipality to more than another. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — War never ends. The people fighting them do. Each year the Muskoka Concert Band honours them with a “We Remember” concert. This year it’s Saturday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m. at Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst on Muskoka Road North. Admission is by free-will offering. It recognizes the men and […]
Photos, story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Scary weather almost put a damper on last night’s Howl-o-ween fest. The best costumes went to the kids who wore snowsuits under their Barbie and Spider Man outfits. Luckily in Gravenhurst hundreds of them got off to a great start at the now annual dusky 6 p.m. […]
WASHAGO — Police are investigating after two incidents of “anti-Semitic” and “threatening” messages were spray-painted at a residence in Washago Saturday and again yesterday. The Orillia detachment of the OPP) is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the suspect(s) in relation to graffiti and threatening messages they say were left on a residence in the Village […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — On the eve of Remembrance Day — 106 years after his death — Private Thomas Phililp Reddicen can finally rest in peace. If only his family knew. Saturday morning the Governor General’s Horse Guards righted a wrongat the grave of an unknown soldier here. Commanding officer […]
GRAVENHURST — A man accused of impaired driving was up against more than the law early Friday morning. Police say he was charged after staff and members of the public had to intervene. On October 21, at 2:45 a.m., officers were called out after employees of a local licensed establishment in Gravenhurst became concerned about […]
GRAVENHURST — Hockey is weeks into its regular season and a half-dozen young teams here are already in extra-curricular mode. The 13th annual Kris Clement memoral U13 tournament this weekend pits the South Muskoka Bears against visiting players from Wingham, Port Colborne, St. Thomas, Kawartha, and Petrolia. Clement’s mother, Kim, dropped the puck this morning […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Last month in Dublin at the world-famous Guinness brewery I asked the young bartender how he got such a great job pulling pints in the penthouse bar overlooking the ancient Irish capital. “I thought you’d have to start at the bottom and work your way up.” “Just applied,” he […]
MUSKOKA — Police charged three drivers with impaired driving related charges over the weekend across parts of south Muskoka. On Friday October 13, 2023, at 7:30 p.m., officers received a call for service about a single motor vehicle collision on Muskoka Road 118 near Muskoka Road 169 in Muskoka Lakes Township. When they arrived – […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — There’s much cause for celebration. Muskoka and its hospitals have come together to let the province know they have the community’s financial support to build two new hospitals. To the tune of $225 million — or a quarter the predicted price of the $1 billion builds. Public donations will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Doris Higgins has used the local food bank here “a few times.” So the Bethune Co-op resident decided last year to host the town’s first “Witches Walk.” The fun-draiser is a growing phenom that’s sweeping the world as covens gather to pitch in for good causes in the weeks […]
GRAVENHURST — Rotarians here are the latest group rallying behind the Salvation Army Food Bank. Their community services committee donated $4,000 on Thursday for the Sally Ann to purchase food items after a busy Thanksgiving giveaway last week. Last weekend Lions Club members collected a truckload of food at Sobeys. And last night a couple […]