GRAVENHURST — A pair of smash and grabs here yesterday and today may be linked. Police are investigating after the Currie Brothers music store was hit overnight Wednesday when a hooded thief broke a large front window on Muskoka Road and stole three guitars. They say the theft occurred about 5:10 a.m. Now the police […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION The world is on the “highway to climate hell,” meanwhile the Ford government adds fuel. Third party appeals on municipal amendments — like the one the Town of Bracebridge gave for a mega quarry on Bonnie Lake Road — are set to be eliminated by Ontario’s Bill 23. This as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Schools will be open Tuesday, buses will run, students will be in class, teachers will be at white boards — and CUPE staff will be doing their jobs supporting them. This after the province backed down and the union celebrated a “huge win” as both agreed to return to […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Rocks or water — which takes priority in your daily life? Bracebridge’s town council has passed an amendment to zoning bylaw 2016-088 to allow a Fowler Construction pit and quarry below water. However, there is a short time to have it reviewed. The council believes: It won’t affect the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s home work again. School’s out again tomorrow as Muskoka students will be stuck back at home — or the caregiver’s — a second straight school day. An educational standoff has CUPE workers holding out for a better “imposed” contract after Friday’s walkout, protest, demonstration, strike or whatever either […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com The Town of Gravenhurst pays for a full-page of advertising in the Toronto Star-owned Gravenhurst Banner each week. One might expect this would be used for important announcements like inviting the public to apply to sit on committees. In a notice emailed to those of us signed up to the town’s email portal, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Hundreds of CUPE educational workers were off work today to fight for more than wage increases. And they could be out Monday if not longer depending. He said as of late Friday afternoon that’s the plan according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) And TLDSB, too, is […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — Thieves are sitting on a load of Muskoka chairs. Police are investigating the theft of an enclosed trailer filled with Muskoka chairs, from an address on Henshaw Lake Road in Muskoka Lakes Township. They say the theft occurred sometime overnight on Monday, Oct. 31. The OPP estimate the combined value of the […]