BRACEBRIDGE — Here’s a guaranteed good Christmas concert worth getting out to the first weekend of Decemeber. The Muskoka Men of Song are one of the oldest, ongoing community choirs in the district. And they always put on one of the best nights of entertainment of any group or organization. While it’s their annual Christmas […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Provincial police are asking the public’s help in locating 28 year-old Jesse Campbell, of Bracebridge. He was last seen at his residence on Shier Street in Bracebridge on November 11, 2018, in the late afternoon. He is described as 5-foot-10, 170 pounds, with a slim build and blue eyes. He has brown curly […]
GRAVENHURST — Groups, businesses and individuals are busy working on their floats for the annual Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce Santa Claus Parade Saturday Nov. 24, at 11 a.m. If you’d like to enter a float, contact Sandy or Tara at the chamber at 705-687-4432. This year’s theme is ‘Let’s all get ‘Back to Nature.’ So, […]
RAMA — The Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Rama Police and the OPP welcomed community members and those from the surrounding area Wednesday, November 14, for Missing Persons Awareness Day. The event, the result of funding provided by the Indigenous Justice Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General, was at the Rama Community Hall from 9 a.m. to […]
GRAVENHURST – Chamber music that’s accessible. That’s Ensemble Vivant at the Gravenhurst Opera House Friday, Nov. 9, the second seasonal performance of the Muskoka Concert Association. Fun and enjoyable are easy adjectives to describe the quintet. But there’s more to them than that. They’re serious musicians who know audiences need to be engaged with pieces […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Terry Vint was no Robert Preston, even though John Brownlee may have thought he was. Let me explain. After Brownlee hired Vint in 1971, as the first music teacher at Gravenhurst High School, the principal thought it would be a good idea that the school band had uniforms like […]
MUSKOKA — It was a full house with full hearts last night at the Mark O’Meara ballroom as eight women from Muskoka were presented with YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. Recipients were selected from a group of 19 outstanding nominees who were nominated by their fellow community members. 2018 YWCA Muskoka Women of Distinction Award Recipients: Janine Marson (Huntsville) – […]
ORILLIA — Three police cars were damaged by a wrong-way driver on Hwy. 11 Sunday. Provincial police in have charged a London, Ontario, man after he was finally stopped driving south in the northbound lanes of Highway 11 in Severn Township October 21, 2018, shortly after 3 a.m. Police were called about the southbouind driver in […]
HUNTSVILLE — Big Band and dance fans are in for a treat Friday night at the Huntsville Legion. The Muskoka Big Band lets you Swing Into Fall with a dance upstairs. After a successful gig at the Bracebridge legion last spring, the band moves up the road to Huntsville. Doors open at 7:30 p.m, with […]
GRAVENHURST — A fall tradition takes on a pleasant new turn this year, as the Muskoka Concert Band’s annual Remembrance Day concert falls on the day before Nov. 11. Normally, the band presents its concert on the Sunday before local and national services. But this year, it’s Nov. 10, again at the Trinity United Church […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — They finally got the results. Maybe not the ones some expected — but at least they were final counts. After a day’s delay, and a lot of head-shaking, Muskoka mayors and councillors were all but confirmed. Unofficially, at least. There will be four new mayors in Muskoka. In Bracebridge […]
MUSKOKA – Phone and email voters across all six of Muskoka’s towns and townships have one more day to vote. Due to technical problems in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Muskoka Lakes Township, Lake of Bays, and Georgian Bay Townshship, clerks in the three towns and four townships have extended voting to Tuesday night. In Gravenhurst, they […]
GRAVENHURST — The Orillia Silver Band will be performing a concert on Sunday, October 28 at 2 p.m. at the Gravenhurst Opera House. Tickets $25; $10 for students/children, available from the Opera House Box Office. The Orillia Silver Band is a British-style brass band with some 35 members. Formed in 1949, the Band has been […]
GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Women’s Centre (“Every Woman’s Place for Support, Connections and Community”) is hosting an open house and grand re-opening Tuesday, October 23, from 1-3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. It’s located at 270 Muskoka Rd. S., across from the Opera House, behind the Gypsy Market Mews across from the Opera House. Come and […]
GRAVENHURST — Complements to the chefs. That’s the compliment du jour for hospitality students at GHS. This summer the Gravenhurst High School program received an upgrade. As in ‘A’ new kitchen for an F-ing old saucepan and sink. And at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, they take the plastic wrap off the stainless steel for […]
Nancy Thompson | OHA District 18 PR GRAVENHURST – What do Trumpeter Swans and birdhouses have in common? An OHA District 18 Fall meeting and Workshop hosted by the Gravenhurst Horticultural Society on Saturday Sept 29. Representatives of horticultural societies from Argyle, Baysville, Bracebridge, Callander, Gravenhurst, Huntsville, Magnetawan, North Bay, Parry Sound, Powassan and Sprucedale […]
GRAVENHURST — Cultural Days are to highlight the varying talents of people in their community. And much like Doors Open that shed light on often behind the scenes locales most of us walk or drive by, both can expose us to hidden rewards. One of those was Saturday afternoon at Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Breezin’ Down Broadway was musical tour de force at the Rene Caisse Theatre. The Metropolitan Silver Band from Toronto and the theatre presented an afternoon of musical theatre that saw the audience experience the best sights and sounds of the Big Apple and its show tunes. Not only did the music lovers hear […]
HUNTSVILLE — A recent meeting between Muskoka politicians and Ontario’s Health Minister Christine Elliott drew rave reviews from local elected officials. Huntsville Mayor Scott Aichison told his council he almost fell off his chair when the minister agreed with the recent MAHC task force recommendation of a two-hospital model. He was equally effusive in his […]
PARRY SOUND — This summer’s forest fires in Central Ontario have led to almost 65 fire-related charges. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 64 charges and issued 72 warnings for violations in a restricted fire zone under the Forest Fires Prevention Act. In a news release they say that in July and August […]