Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Town councillors here, including the acting mayor and a reported rival councillor for the top job, have voted on controversial plan to allow the council to pick its next mayor. At a town council meeting Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, they chose to fill the vacant seat of mayor and […]
BARRIE — The Ontario Medical Association and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit are underscoring the importance of being immunized. Keeping children up to date with their immunizations is an important way to keep them and the whole community healthy. “On behalf of Ontario’s 31,500 practicing doctors I want to say that vaccines work, vaccines are […]
HUNTSVILLE — Three people known to have been “frequenting” Huntsville over the past month have been arrested with multiple fraud charges involving credit cards and the purchase of large bundle to lottery tickets. Provincial police say that following an extensive investigation, they have charged a trio of suspects: Corinne Butler, age 38, Fraud Under $5,000 X […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A year after the last municipal election, Huntsville has a second mayor. Following the federal election of former mayor Scott Aitchison as MP-elect, at a special council meeting Nov. 12, councillors declared the office of the mayor vacant. They appointed deputy Mayor Karin Terziano as acting mayor and head […]
GRAVENHURST — Lest you forget today …. Another look at Remembrance Day in Gravenhurst.
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun and in the morning; We will remember them.” – Act of Remembrance Bill Davidson, 85, was in a rare position today. […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Young people have forever been a part of war and peace, whether it’s fighting or fighting for them. Monday, it was both, as young girl guides and boy scouts helped present community wreaths during Remembrance Day services at the legion. Email Mark Clairmont at mark@muskokatoday.com Or news@muskokatoday.com Celebrating 25 YEARS […]
Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A nice tradition continued at the Remembrance Day service today. A large number of community members joined the procession from the legion uptown to the cenotaph at the Opera House. Dozens of people young and old unaffiliated with any group organization walked behind the Royal Canadian Legion […]
Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — At precisely 11 a.m. this morning — 101 years after the First World War ended with a pair of signatories — Gravenhurst stood silent. A poignant siren from a passing fire truck on Bethune Drive drew closer, louder, then passed south, as Royal Canadian Legion bugler Mark […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com At the going up of the sun — they will remember them Monday. A cold, wet front isn’t expected to diminish crowds Nov. 11 in towns and villages across Muskoka at the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month. It’s possible numbers may even be greater this year, […]
GRAVENHURST — If it take a village to raise a child, it take volunteers to run a town. Gravenhurst handed out its semi-annual Community Spirit Awards Thursday honouring individuals and groups who have shown outstanding volunteerism and or achievement, with recipients nominated by members of the community and their peers. Committee chair Gord Durnan called […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — We remember on Nov. 11. Never to forget — the freedom we enjoy. The Muskoka Concert Band trumpets those freedoms with the Elderberries Choir giving voices to the names indelibly etched on cenotaphs. Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst, they present […]
HUNTSVILLE — Endless efforts to lift Muskokans out of poverty continues. On Friday, Nov. 8, YWCA Muskoka is hosting another day of Bridges Out of Poverty training in Huntsville. The workshop is designed for community individuals, educators, sector leaders and volunteers who are interested in broadening their mindset and making a difference. Bridges offers community […]
GRAVENHURST — An unidentified veteran police officer has been charged after a young cyclist was struck on a main street sidewalk by a mark police cruiser this summer. Provincial police say the charge comes after an investigation by officers at the Bracebridge OPP detachment, into the Aug. 8 incident on Muskoka Road North, in Gravenhurst […]
GRAVENHURST — If you’re in the mood early for Christmas shopping, the Gravenhurst Fire Department welcomes your donations this Sunday at the Canadian Tire. Firefighters are preparing for the Santa Claus Parade Saturday Nov. 23, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. As usual, firefighters will be will be leading off the parade with their 4th Annual Toy […]
GRAVENHURST — A fire in a four-plex has resulted in several citations being issued to the Brampton based landlord. Gravenhurst Fire officials said in a release Thursday that an investigation into conditions at his Bishop Street residence four-plex was prompted by a fire call Tuesday (Oct. 29). They say that at about 9 p.m. Firefighters […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Remembrances have begun early for Muskoka. Friday, in the Ontario Legislature, MPP Norm Miller congratulated MacTier on its new cenotaph and he highlighted Patrick Boyer’s new book about the First World War. Miller also encouraged all Ontarians to take part in Remembrance Day next Monday, Nov. 11. Miller: “I rise today as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — It’s got to be the shortest mayoralty in memory. On Monday, seven days to the minute, after returning to the mayor’s chair, Scott Aitchison resigns effective at 11:59 p.m. tonight. That’s precisely a week after his landslide victory in which he became Parry Sound-Muskoka MP-elect Oct. 21, thus ending […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A woman and two young children had to escape through a window onto a roof early this morning, where they were rescued by police and paramedics as firefighters arrived on the scene. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says their firefighters, along with crews from the Muskoka Lakes Fire […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA ― Voters who liked the federal election results can heave a huge sigh of relief. One Muskoka is dead. The province isn’t going to force a political reorganization of Muskoka. And that probably suits people who voted for Scott Aitchison as the next Parry Sound-Muskoka MP. Moving forward, Muskoka will […]