MACTIER — It was all aboard for the proud citizens of this tiny, once mighty train depot. Ontario’s Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell motored into the west Muskoka community Thursday, May 23, to help mark the 80th anniversary of the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in MacTier. The Royals arrived in 1939 while on a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — If you’re out for a walk — or drive — this month, watch for turtles. June is the highest nesting season for turtles and when they are most likely near roads. And why should you care about these old slow pokes? Because turtles are the best vacuum cleaners of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Weary weather watchers beaten by fires and flooding the past year, remain vigilant as they keep leery eyes on daily forecasts. Local Greens blame climate change, calling it a “crisis” and plan to talk about how it affects Muskoka Saturday, June 15. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry […]
ORILLIA — Zoe Dhillon’s is graduating Saturday from Lakehead University in Orillia. And she wants to come back. Not to take graduate studies, but to teach. She will be “the Voice” of the Class” at convocation ceremonies June 8 here at Rotary Place. In an advance copy of remarks she is giving, Dhillon will “focus […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Muskoka Lakes is more than a flood. It’s the envy of everyone, for its lifestyle, its people, it’s food and beverages. Savour it all Thursday June 20 at the annual Spotlight on Muskoka Lakes at The Kee. Experience a taste of what it’ll be like here this summer. The […]
BALA — With moving early morning ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day on Juno Beach today, Canadians are marking the historic turning point in the Second World War. Muskoka veterans, their families and friends will no doubt be pausing to remember and take note. Though there are no formal occasions to pay respects, at […]
GRAVENHURST — Twenty-five years ago this week Second World War veteran George Swerbrick talked to Hugh Clairmont about D-Day and his role June 6, 1944 in the historic beach-storming invasion Canadians and Westerners are marking today and tomorrow. See our cover story below, from our second edition of MuskokaTODAY, June 3, 1994, Vol. 1 No. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Today’s 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre may be repressed in China, but it brought back vivid memories for me of my trips there the past two years. To visit the Chinese capital of Beijing you’d never know its powerful seat of government was anything but a national […]
GRAVENHURST — A Sunday morning walk is not always as it seems. This week a group of walkers was out here on Gravenhurst’s Muskoka Road marching to bring about awareness of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. The fundraiser included 16 or so walkers, including Gravenhurst Fire Chief Larry Brassard and firefighter Jeremy Brackley among those on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Scott Aitchison has never met Andrew Scheer. But he wants to be on his team come Oct. 21. Because Aitchison’s always wanted to be MP. “I’ve always been a Conservative,” the Huntsville mayor said by phone Friday. He knows the Conservative Party of Canada has veered further to the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA —Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison, awash in the benevolent community spirit of a flood fighter, is ready to take on rising tides of Liberalism in Parry Sound Muskoka. The veteran town and district politician has finally declared his candidacy for the riding’s Progressive Conservative Party nomination. And with his political […]
GRAVENHURST — Now that boating restrictions have been lifted on Muskoka lakes and rivers following spring flooding, pleasure boaters and commercial traffic will see a large police presence in June. And it has less to do with monitoring wakes along some parts of shorelines still protected by sandbags. For the next four weeks OPP marine […]
GRAVENHURST — Lake levels are slowly coming down after the Flood of 2019. At the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst, where boats are beginning to return to moor for the summer, the floating docks are back to nearer normal levels. The Wenonah II had its maiden voyage of the season, a membership cruise for Muskoka Steamship […]
GRAVENHURST — An explosive fire at an auto repair shop Sunday morning destroyed a vehicle and sent clouds of dark oily smoke spewing across Hwy. 11 South. Gravenhurst firefighters from Stations 1 and 2 had their hands full May 26 at Dave’s Auto Repair in Kilworthy, after a passerby saw smoke billowing from the shop […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Call it catch-as-catch-can. And what goes down, must come up. A debris catcher? Or something like that. This week, Bracebride public works staff were able to finally remove the snowmobile bride that crosses the Muskoka River near Kerr Park. After a busy spring trying to tame the river effect, they got around to […]
OTTAWA — As floods spread across Ontario, including Toronto, the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, John Yakabuski, concluded a week of post-mortems on flooding in Muskoka and the Ottawa Valley area. He called the three meetings “very productive.” Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller was among the government representatives on hand. In a statement he released […]
HUNTSVILLE — A deadly strain of heroin may have contributed to the deaths of Muskoka residents, say police. During the past week members of the Huntsville detachment of the OPP say they have been assisting the Office of the Chief Coroner in several death investigations in the Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes area. Police believe the […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The Ford government, accused of spending cuts, has found money for festivals in Parry Sound-Muskoka this summer. MPP Norman Miller announced that the Ontario government will be “investing” more than $130,000 in six festivals and events in the riding. He said in a release Friday: Celebrate Ontario supports local festivals and events […]
GRAVENHURST — District water and sewer work will make travel along John Street here tricky this summer. Crews began work this week on the stretch from Bay Street north to Peter Street. Sewer work is taking place from Bay to Brown Street; and Brown Street between Muskoka Road and John Street. And water pipe replacement […]
GRAVENHURST — Workers will be watching over downtown Gravenhurst this summer. In follow-up to some previous work the past year on the federal landmark at the intersection of Bay, Muskoka Road and Brock Street, the post office building is covered again in huge scaffolding. The green façade screening covering the front is part of ongoing […]