Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A “gallant” Gravenhurst soldier — twice wounded while leading his men across “no man’s land” into an enemy trench in 1917 before dying — is among local war heroes being remembered next Tuesday. Sergeant Frederick Smith, 26, was in charge of a party of Canadian soldiers attacking the Germans from […]
GRAVENHURST — A haunting good Halloween. Wild and wet. Fun and sweet. That was last night all over Muskoka. A week that began with its 30th Gravenhust High School haunted Opera House — and included several nights of ghoulish play-acting tales in a cemetery about locally deceased — ended with sweet-toothed trick o’ treaters going […]
GRAVENHURST — From the Butcher’s Daughters to a mother and daughter. That’s the essence of the Essence of Spice, a new restaurant and takeaway on the main street here. Akansha Singh and her mom, Poonam, have opened across from the Opera House where for the last three years Kim Barnes ran her deli, after moving […]
GRAVENHURST-HUNTSVILLE — As red poppies begin appearing over hearts, Remembrance Day services are being planned across Muskoka at legions, in schools, churches and community halls. One of the first is Nov. 6 when Muskoka Concert Band conductor Fran Harvey brings down the baton for MCB’s first indoor concert in more than two years. Join them […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The fight to stop a “mega quarry” isn’t just about NIMBYism. It’s about climate change and the future of kids riding school buses on Bonnie Lake Road, critics also charge. Objectors to the project, which with a second licence would double the size of an existing Fowler’s Construction pit […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Finding firefighters is always a chore. Tyler Theriault is the kind Chief Jared Cayley loves to get. The young recruit who just passed the one-year mark as a volunteer with the Gravenhurst Fire Department is proving a poster guy for the brigade. In August, when he was 10 months […]
MUSKOKA — Impaired drivers kept police busy four of the last days. On Oct. 21, at 7:23 a.m., police were dispatched to attend the parking lot of a commercial building on Winhara Road, Gravenhurst, where employees noticed a Jeep parked in their lot with a person passed out at the steering wheel. Officers attended and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION MUSKOKA — A day after the election it’s like “déjà vu all over again” — merci beaucoup, Yogi Berra. A few new faces, too many familiar faces — and as Muskoka as a cavalcade of coloured leaves. Which is odd for all the brilliance and diversity of the past month, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A new political landscape took shape tonight with three new mayors and dozens of new councillors in Muskoka. In towns across the district, Gravenhurst, Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes Township will now be led, respectively, by Heidi Lorenz, Nancy Alcock and Peter Kelley. Voter turnout mostly reflected the lack lustre […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Spring forward or fall back? Monday’s election is a chance to hire councils with real vision and guts. So where are they? The local labour pool has long had a painfully thin bench for qualified workers in all fields at all levels. Witness the hospitality and trades sectors. For […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Local police were stretched on Muskoka roads for today’s snowstorm as many were seconded for this morning’s funeral for slain constables Devon Northrup, left, and Morgan Russell. OPP officers from Muskoka marched and helped cover for the South Simcoe Police Service area in Innisfil and in Barrie where hundreds […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The wakeup call came in the middle of the night when electronics and lights signalled the first snowfall of fall. Residents and business owners were left scratching their heads as to how on Day 1 power outages could happen with the first downfall of snow this early into the […]
ORILLIA — The Orillia Silver Band celebrates folk music in the fall with an exciting Folk Festival Concert. It’s this Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m., at the Orillia Opera House. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students/children and are available from the Opera House Box Office. This is the band’s first concert of the 2022-2023 season. Folk […]
MUSKOKA — Three units across both Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) sites are now in COVID-19 outbreak. In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, South Wing at the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) Site and North Wing at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) Site have been deemed in outbreak with staff and patient cases of COVID-19, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Lube, oil and filter — with a pint to go? The latter, if not the former, is now being offered at the Sawdust micro brewery here. Eight years after brewing their first beers in Gravenhurst, Rob and Karla Engman who co-founded Sawdust City Brewing Company in 2014 along with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Affordable housing is near and dear to Scott Aitchison’s heart. He talked about it a lot for months during the Conservatives’ leadership race that ended last month. As former mayor of Huntsville and member of Parliament for Parry Sound-Muskoka he has seen the need first-hand. Now he will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — ’Tis the season to enjoy all that is splendour at our doorsteps. Muskoka is at the heart of one of the greatest ‘Cavalcades of Colour’ in decades. Now that’s something to be thankful this Thanksgiving. Across central Ontario roads are filled with tour buses headed for Algonquin Park to […]
GRAVENHURST — Municipal Heritage Committee members are looking for a window of opportunity Wednesday. After taking a rain check on the unveiling of the Swedetown interpretive panel on Phillip Street, the new date this Wednesday is looking iffy. On Thanksgiving Monday the forecast was calling for a 40 per cent chance of showers. But, as […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com On Thanksgiving Saturday the Toronto Star printed a full page on the Bala Cranberry Festival next weekend. The Town of Gravenhurst did not get a mention. However, Bracebridge, a full “40 minutes” away from Bala, got a main street photo and a write-up about what to buy there and where. Why […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — There’s a lot to be thankful for this holiday weekend with one of the best Cavalcades of Colour in Muskoka in decades. But if you’re a thespian or wannabe who loves the Sound of Music, you’ve already checked your email and have spread the joy with family and friends […]