Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — At 93 and to still be interested — let alone caring — about the politics of Alberta is amazing in itself. But for Cyril Fry it ties in nicely with the provincial honours for each of he and his wife, Marion. They were feted at home last week in […]
GRAVENHURST — Easter in Greece. The Acropolis at dawn. That’s it for 18 lucky GHS students are embarking on a learning adventure of a lifetime today. They’ve left for 11 days travelling through Greece. Teachers Jennifer Schandlen and Sara Underwood are chaperoning the trip, which includes four days on an all-inclusive Mediterranean cruise. More to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A $2-million loan to the Muskoka Brewery highlighted a $5 million FedNor announcement for 12 Parry Sound-Muskoka groups Monday. Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, made the announcement at the brewery April 15. She also announced funding for five local interns, annual contributions to Community Futures groups, two Indigenous business […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Last Friday, on his 96th birthday, Liam Dwyer bought a round for residents in the bar in the new addition at the Castle Peak retirement home here. Tomorrow, the residents will be toasting his memory after a funeral Friday morning at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Dwyer died in hospital […]
GRAVENHURST— Police are investigating a fire they suspect was deliberately set early Saturday morning in northeast Gravenhurst. They say is could be arson. Provincial police say that on April 6, at 2 a.m. OPP officers along with Gravenhurst Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Gravenhurst Parkway in Gravenhurst. Officers determined that the fire […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — For decades the downtown here has been defined by its one main block — between Bay and Hotchkiss street — where much of the commerce has been centred. North and south there are and have been many fine stores. But now, some hard times are ending and there’s tilt […]
Photos & story by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A noisy student protest against education cuts today should worry Doug Ford as much for the sound of honking horns as the shouts of young activist teens who “worry” about their future in Ontario. More than 100 Gravenhurst High School “walkouts” paraded two blocks up […]
GRAVENHURST — Some good news on the tax and budget front for taxpayers here. According to the town, your combined tax bill for all three parts — local, district, education — should be the same this year as last. How’s that — when the town’s operating budget is going up almost 2 per cent? And it […]
GRAVENHURST — Muskoka history isn’t trivial, but it is fun. And that means testing your memory of local lore. This Sunday afternoon, April 7, archivist Mary Storey is hosting the Muskoka Discovery Centre Trivia event at 2 p.m. It’s $5 to get in. As a teaser, Storey offers these questions — which may or may […]
GRAVENHURST — Students at Gravenhurst High School “say no.” They plan to join a province-wide protest Thursday afternoon to demonstrate against provincial education changes. It will take in front of the Opera House, two blocks from the school, from 1:15 to 2 p.m. Students are being asked to wear black to the protest. Sage van […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A tenant complaint that led to a housing complex being “deemed unsafe” by the Town of Bracebridge has upwards of two dozen residents scrambling to find permanent alternative shelter. On Monday afternoon, town officials here declared the building at 19 Monck Rd. “unsafe.” It is located just off the main street, Manitoba Street, […]
GRAVENHURST — What do you get when you combine bright young minds with a new vision and technology? A fresh, new 3D way of looking at your hometown. Gravenhurst High School is receiving a $74,500 grant to digitally animate the town, says a release Tuesday from the Trillium Lakelands District School Board’s Jacki McPherson. On […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — MP Tony Clement has decided not to run again in October’s federal election. In a letter made public this afternoon, the embattled political veteran says in part: “This was actually not a difficult decision, and it is also the right one.” He says he and his family are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com QUEEN’S PARK — Mickael Fenn and Ken Seiling, the province’s point men on the new regional governance review, will be in Muskoka on Tuesday, May 14, to listen to presentations from local individuals and organizations. MPP Norm Miller is reminding his constituents about their opportunity for local input on how to improve […]
GRAVENHURST — Waking up Monday morning after a weekend of snow to find a burning bylaw now in effect, is no April Fool’s joke. The Town of Gravenhurst reminds everyone, now that spring is officially here (even if it doesn’t look or feel like it) that there are rules around appropriate outdoor fire use. And […]
BRACEBRIDGE — If you remember the ’60s, you weren’t there. Or so someone said, though no knows for sure who. Alas, if you think you do, you’ll be interested in three talks presented by Lakehead University in Orillia and the Muskoka CFUW Thursdays April 4, 11 and 18 at Bracebridge’s Knox Presbyterian Church at 120 […]
TORONTO — Want your say on Ontario’s regional government review? Online registration opens on April 3 till May 21. Public meetings will be held in Muskoka and in the other seven affected regions. It will affect 73 towns and cities in eight regions and counties. More details available at the these provincial websites: https://www.ontario.ca/page/regional-government-review And […]
BARRIE — The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is increasing its municipal levy by 2 per cent to cover a $160,000 hike in its $37 million budget They say the cost-shared budget for 2019 is about 0.5 per cent more than last year. While the province has frozen grants to the health unit since 2013, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — David Grand has thousands of government certified pot plants growing his new industrial greenhouse here. “We have maybe 9,000 or 10,000 plants,” he told MuskokaTODAY.com Monday morning. But you can’t buy his Muskoka Grown cannabis product in retail stores that began opening today across Ontario. He’s only selling his […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The town here has has promoted its transportation maintainence manager to head up the town’s roads and public works department A town release today says the appointment of Geoffrey Carleton as director of public works says he will take over April 29. Carleton will be assuming the role of director from Walt Schmid, […]