Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Julie Alexander was born in Minneapolis and Marjorie Hall studied and worked in the tormented city for five years. “It’s a shame what’s going on there,” said Alexander who left after the Second World War before she and her late husband Bill eventually moved to Canada. She was one […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Giving peace a chance. Inspired by protests in Minneapolis, a candle-light vigil will take place Sunday afternoon outside Trinity United Church Feb. 1. The peaceful gathering will bring together all like-minded people deeply concerned about events around the world — notably recently in the United States. The ‘Vigil of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Education and good fun.” That sums up a $3.2 million reno and retro fit of the Segwun and Muskoka Discovery Centre this year. The oldest operating steamship in North America and the ever-evolving Muskoka Lakes learning centre are undergoing a stem to stern makeover and more interactive dockside entertainment […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A morning blaze that sent a huge black plume of smoke across frigid Muskoka Lake destroyed a waterfront cottage-home at the end of Parker’s Point Road. Nobody was home at the time and there no injuries were reported, the Gravenhurst Fire Department said. Friday’s fire that was first called […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was another big step today toward this summer’s new Gravenhurst Health Hub to serve south Muskoka. After fundraising $1 million, it’s now officially on to renovating the Cottage Family Health Team’s second floor into “purpose-built” medical offices “closer to home.” With a goal to provide some “half the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — A schools and health unit crackdown next week on kids aged eight and nine spells the end of classes for them if they don’t have their vaccination records in check. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says that in accordance with the Ontario’s Immunization […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — They’ve done it again. The little service club that can and does. After tipping their fundraising scale at $1 million on Jan. 1, the Gravenhurst Rotary Club is “breaking ground” Wednesday morning — if they can first chip through the snow and ice outside for a photo-op for the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com CENTRAL ONTARIO — The cold and snow that is causing chaos for pedestrians and drivers up and down Muskoka through to Barrie yesterday continues. More accidents, including an early morning crash yesterday had police and emergency services busier than normal at this time of the new year. On Friday January 23, […]