Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Queen and I have a soft spot for Scotland. As she left her Highlands “home away from home” for the last time today it reminded me of my roots. Like many Canadian immigrants there were thousands of Scots who helped build Canada before and after Confederation in 1867. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Bifocals Band played a musical tribute to Queen Elizabeth today. As the community band resumes rehearsals and prepares for its first gig outdoors Remembrance Day at the Royal Canadian Legion, it’s not unusual for conductor Kim Barlow to run through tunes in preparation for the memorial marking. Some […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com DORSET — June Johnson doesn’t mind hard work. She grew up working for a living and continues to do so. The 86-year-old short-order cook at Zachary’s can’t just can’t find staff to help. So she’s been double-shifting with 73-year-old waiter Doris Nash dishing up the plates of family fare in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Queen’s visit to Gravenhurst in 1959 has an interesting sidebar that will be remembered Sept. 21 when the Municipal Heritage Committee (MHC) will officially dedicate a panel commemorating “Swedetown” at an east entrance to the park down on Phillip Street. The neighbourhood surrounding then Gull Lake Park, where […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Queen’s sudden death was a “where were you” moment for another generation. One that has special meaning for many who lived and grew up in Gravenhurst, not many years after Elizabeth Regina ascended the British throne in 1953. Among Royal Tours, her visit here with Prince Philip in […]
GRAVENHURST — Would-be thieves chickened out after breaking in to a fast food restaurant here early yesterday. Police say that on Wednesday, Sept. 7 the Kentucky Fried Chicken owner arrived at work to find someone had broken in. At 9 a.m. police were called to the KFC on Winewood Avenue. They say suspects broke a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Good-bye, Jessie! It was a grand farewell last night for Jessie Napper and her sister Emily. Or at least half a grand. The two sisters are off this Sunday to work in the Cayman Islands for the winter. And boss Annette Gillan, at Well Fed, where Jessie works invited […]
GRAVENHURST — Membership is returning to pre-COVID numbers here at the Gravenhurst Seniors Active Living Centre. Attendance at activities is busy including a round-robin shuffleboard tournament and lunch today. Yesterday’s weekly Tuesday bingo had about a dozen out with president Loulla Witney calling the numbers. It’s been a tough couple of years, but she says […]