Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ralph Scales was the kind of guy whose glass was always half full. But when the Korean War veteran died recently his propane tank was half empty. Friend and neighbour Jason McIntyre says he recently sold what remained to the last customers of the popular James Street barbecue filling […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Cover bands and tributes to the ’60s got you singing the COVID blues? Want some original tunes to uplift you after two years down in the dumps? Well set yourself free in the Sunshine City for the 61st Mariposa Folk Festival this weekend. Pull up a chair and hear […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are looking for help identifying suspects they say were involved in a theft at a new store here last week. The OPP are investigating the theft on Manitoba Street in Bracebridge. They say that on June 29 four suspects entered a storefront at Daughters of Indie, a new store the for the […]
UPDATE: ADVISORY LIFTED JULY 12 GRAVENHURST — Summer’s start continues with the annual on and off swim advisories at local beaches. The Town of Gravenhurst reports Thursday that based on beach water samples collected on July 6, 2022, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is recommending that Gull Lake Park Beach (Third St, Gravenhurst) be posted with swim advisory […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Big changes in the political guard are coming to local government this fall at the district and town levels. Four of the seven top municipal leaders aren’t running again. District Chair John Klinck is the latest joining the growing list of politicians who won’t be back. He follows the […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Enbridge Gas Inc is preparing a major gas pipeline expansion in the Hidden Valley area of Huntsville and Burk’s Falls. As one of the ‘interested and potentially affected parties” and as a “stakeholder” in the future, Climate Action Muskoka (CAM) is compelled to respond to this expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure in […]
GRAVENHURST — The body of a man last seen Wednesday afternoon was recovered by police about noon today in the Kahshe River. Provincial police located him deceased in Gravenhurst, after he was reported missing earlier Friday. They say that on July 1, just after 10 a.m., the 67-year-old was reported missing in Gravenhurst. He was […]
MUSKOKA — Across Muskoka there are almost as man events marking Canada’s 155th birthday as there years of our amazing history. So get out your red and white and “take back the flag.” GRAVENHURST: In Gateway to Muskoka Gravenhurst the fun begins at 11 a.m. at Gull Lake Rotary Park with a barbecue and cupcakes. […]