Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was a hard day’s night for pavers on James Street. Last night and this morning C Valley Paving put a hard top of 45 millimetres on the road detour around Bay Street. Workers were out in the dark with the street closed a dozen hours from 7 p.m. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — As the start of major Bay & Beyond road work begins today on James Street and with the closing of the main east-west artery through town here Wednesday, the closure and ensuing confusion and chaos about to erupt has commuters still concerned. Bay Street (Hwy. 169) is closing Wednesday […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — A third Muskoka water accident this season claimed the life of a Brampton man Saturday night. Police are investigating the death of the 23-year-old who was operating a Sea-doo on the Indian River just west of Mirror Lake in Muskoka Lakes Township. Muskoka Lakes Township. On June 1, at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You know it’s a great concert when the ticket-taker has to give up his seat. John Hillier did just that this afternoon while welcoming more than 125 fans and lovers of the popular Elderberries Choir. The choristers, under the direction of Louise Jardine, wrapped up their ‘Summer Days Summer […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Joe Bellissimo “could talk medicine all day.” Lucky for Muskoka the first-year medical student did that on a sort of summer vacation. But over lunch Friday he admitted that — like his dad — he’s a huge Blue Jays fan and is “frustrated” with the Leafs. He’s only 23 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GANANOQUE — You can’t get away from Donald J. Trump … yesterday, today and for the next five months. Or the past weeks. Ten days ago Lois and I found out how far his supporters’ tentacles reach as we bridged the border between Canada and insanity. If you take a Thousand […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Public speaking is easy. If you’re Anna Gage and you’re doing political studies this fall — in the States. It helps if you’re the 2024 World Individual Debate and Public Speaking Champion. Gage was in her element yesterday speaking to Rotarians yesterday, where her grandmother Barb is a past […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Save South Muskoka Hospital supporters are boarding a bus tomorrow for a rally and march to Queen’s Park in protest of MAHC’s hospital downsizing. Protester are leaving the Sportsplex in Bracebridge at 8:30 a.m. headed for Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, where they will joined other Ontarians concerned about […]