Story, photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Judy Collins remembers her only performance in Gravenhurst in 2000. I asked her. “I do remember,” she said yesterday after coming off Mariposa’s hot Main Stage — henceforth to be called the Lightfoot Stage after this weekend’s honour. She particularly recalled Pamela Wallin, a lovely lady who […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Peter Moore was in rescue mode Saturday. The owner of a dozen or so antique and classic boats brought one of his latest prize catches to the 42nd annual ACBS vintage boat show. “Patrol Boat No. 7” is a 33-foot 1935 former Toronto Harbour Commission craft that took prime […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Starboard developers have lowered their condo, boathouse and retail expectations marginally, while also slightly raising the number boat slips by a half dozen. Proponents of a mixed housing and retail project at the Muskoka Wharf have submitted a new plan made public yesterday following vast public feedback and pushback. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A workplace accident two weeks ago today that police say claimed the life of an outside worker at a new retirement home under construction is being investigated by the OPP and Ontario Ministry of Labour Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development officials. The construction worker was airlifted […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Household items, including jewelry, were stolen in a pair of daytime thefts from homes here Wednesday. The two residences on Ontario Street were entered between 9 a.m. and 5 pm. July 5. Police ask anyone in the area with surveillance cameras to call them. They say there are no safety concerns as the […]
GRAVENHURST — Soaring food prices have police on the hunt for two shoplifting suspects who they say stole more than $2,000 worth of groceries from a food store the evening before last. They say the men walked into Terry’s Independent Grocer Wednesday night, July 5, and walked out with black sacks full of food items. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — At its heart the Mariposa Folk Festival has always been about Gordon Lightfoot. This year particularly so. Start to finish this weekend’s three-day fest begins tomorrow night at its Tudhope park home with a rare treat to kick things off. “The Way We Feel” Friday evening is a Lightfoot […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Trauma telling oughtn’t be traumatic. Once is enough. Especially for children and youth. Abuse is repeated far too often and how sharing and reporting of trauma is handled can make or break families short- and long-term. The Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Simcoe Muskoka is sympathetic to that shared […]