Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Housing and affordability worked hand in hand here Friday as Habitat for Humanity dug in on a duplex due for completion by Christmas. The say two families will be moving into affordable, energy-efficient, universally accessible bungalow homes at 1016 Elm St., in Bala. Each eventually with their own property […]
GRAVENHURST — Three Gravenhurst men face cocaine charges — including a man wanted on an outstanding warrant, another who failed to comply with a probation order and a third man who was also charged along with the others with cocaine possession. Police say that last night, Saturday June 11 just after 11 p.m., officers patrolling […]
Nancy Thompson | Bracebridge Horticultural Society Companion planting is simply when two types of plants are grown close together for the benefit of one or both. It can be as simple as growing nectar-rich flowers amongst crops to attract pollinators. Based on traditional and later scientific research, we know that there are certain crops which […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — COVID’s lingering effects — with 48 cases in the region this week — mean mask will remain mandatory at the two local hospitals. Today Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare said that while requirements in other high-risk areas like public transit will expire tomorrow, Saturday June 11, hospitals in Ontario Health’s Central […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Work on a large new apartment complex at the south end of the downtown here is being slowed by a carpenters’ strike, but building continues. Melissa Halford, director of development services for the Town of Gravenhurst, says she was on site last week and said otherwise construction continues with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Federal loans and grants for 10 regional public and private tourism initiatives in 2022 include sewer lines for Santa’s Village and trail grooming for snowmobile trails and money to expand vacant lands at Muskoka Wharf. The more than $2 million comes at the end of National Tourism Week, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A revitalization and expansion plan for the Muskoka Wharf — which will see five new “pop-up” business buildings built on vacant lands — has the Gateway to Muskoka community receiving $357,000 in federal funding. The seasonal retail spaces could also include a small building in the open public space […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mary Anne Goheen “is always thinking of others in our community first. “And those most vulnerable or at risk.” Following two tragic fires last year, Goheen was right there offering kitchen and bathrooms resources to two families in need. That’s part of the reason the Gravenhurst resident and “outstanding […]