Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Gordon Lightfoot has a host of awards — including more than a dozen Junos, the Order of Canada and a stamp. He was first recognized in 1951 at the Toronto Kiwanis Festival — a first place plaque in the under-13 category and third place in unchanged voices. Since then […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Sarah Nash and her family of four had just bought a new home and were suppose to move in later this month just a short distance away. But early yesterday they lost their residence in an early morning fire that also destroyed the other half of the duplex they […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Folk, rock and “down home blues” highlighted the 61st Mariposa Folk Festival here this weekend. The venerable music fest that began in Stephen Leacock’s fictional Mariposa in 1961 lived up to the city’s Sunshine City nickname with a lot of hot acts and cool names on bill around the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Want to float your boat? Muskoka Wharf is the place to do it — in style. As in the Antique and Classic Boat Show. For going on four decades the Toronto chapter has held a display and for most of it it’s been at the docks in Gravenhurst Bay. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Go fish isn’t just fun summer card game for kids. It’s a serious business, hobby and fun way to wile away hours of patient time. With more than a million lakes, rivers and streams plus three oceans, Canada boasts one of the most diverse natural environments. Reel in hand […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ralph Scales was the kind of guy whose glass was always half full. But when the Korean War veteran died recently his propane tank was half empty. Friend and neighbour Jason McIntyre says he recently sold what remained to the last customers of the popular James Street barbecue filling […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Cover bands and tributes to the ’60s got you singing the COVID blues? Want some original tunes to uplift you after two years down in the dumps? Well set yourself free in the Sunshine City for the 61st Mariposa Folk Festival this weekend. Pull up a chair and hear […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are looking for help identifying suspects they say were involved in a theft at a new store here last week. The OPP are investigating the theft on Manitoba Street in Bracebridge. They say that on June 29 four suspects entered a storefront at Daughters of Indie, a new store the for the […]
UPDATE: ADVISORY LIFTED JULY 12 GRAVENHURST — Summer’s start continues with the annual on and off swim advisories at local beaches. The Town of Gravenhurst reports Thursday that based on beach water samples collected on July 6, 2022, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is recommending that Gull Lake Park Beach (Third St, Gravenhurst) be posted with swim advisory […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Big changes in the political guard are coming to local government this fall at the district and town levels. Four of the seven top municipal leaders aren’t running again. District Chair John Klinck is the latest joining the growing list of politicians who won’t be back. He follows the […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Enbridge Gas Inc is preparing a major gas pipeline expansion in the Hidden Valley area of Huntsville and Burk’s Falls. As one of the ‘interested and potentially affected parties” and as a “stakeholder” in the future, Climate Action Muskoka (CAM) is compelled to respond to this expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure in […]
GRAVENHURST — The body of a man last seen Wednesday afternoon was recovered by police about noon today in the Kahshe River. Provincial police located him deceased in Gravenhurst, after he was reported missing earlier Friday. They say that on July 1, just after 10 a.m., the 67-year-old was reported missing in Gravenhurst. He was […]
MUSKOKA — Across Muskoka there are almost as man events marking Canada’s 155th birthday as there years of our amazing history. So get out your red and white and “take back the flag.” GRAVENHURST: In Gateway to Muskoka Gravenhurst the fun begins at 11 a.m. at Gull Lake Rotary Park with a barbecue and cupcakes. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ten months after a woman here died in an overnight fire on First Street police and fire officials say they’ve concluded their investigations and have determined the cause of her death to be “accidental” an “non-criminal.” A provincial police news release Thursday says the two provincial services have determined […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are looking for two suspects who robbed a pizza delivery driver here late last night and stole his car. They say that on June 29, at 11 p.m., officers responded to 911 calls reporting a robbery at 165 Old Muskoka Rd. in Gravenhurst., a small stretch of street on a hill located […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Party hardy no more if you’re an Airbnb user in Muskoka. Airbnb has made its ban permanent on parties at the homes listed on its site for short-term rentals. So no more “open invite” and “chronic party houses,” they say. However, Airbnb is also lifting the limit of 16 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Safety first? At Main and main there’s danger lurking around a corner. With heavy summer traffic back an intersection on Muskoka Road is an “accident waiting to happen” with a backup of cars and trucks from a stop light that makes getting out onto the road almost impossible due […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — How do you make love in a canoe? Well, if you were at the Muskoka Discovery Sunday for national canoe day you’d have found out. Canoeheads abounded at both the stern and bow celebrating Muskoka’s original mode of transportation. And the opportunity to ask that titillating question on everyone’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Here’s a salute to the Lions. For 40 years the Gravenhurst Lions Club has added some colourful pizzazz to the local main street each summer with its signature project. Their annual Canadian flag program got underway again early Saturday as members carried out a tradition since the 1980s. Unfurling […]
DWIGHT — Two dogs were rescued today, but a third one died in a fire here this afternoon. Huntsville/Lake of Bays firefighters responded to a structure fire shortly before 1 p.m. on Highway 35 in Dwight Monday, June 27. They say that when crews from stations 2 and 3 arrived they encountered thick smoke inside […]