Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Folk, rock and “down home blues” highlighted the 61st Mariposa Folk Festival here this weekend. The venerable music fest that began in Stephen Leacock’s fictional Mariposa in 1961 lived up to the city’s Sunshine City nickname with a lot of hot acts and cool names on bill around the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Want to float your boat? Muskoka Wharf is the place to do it — in style. As in the Antique and Classic Boat Show. For going on four decades the Toronto chapter has held a display and for most of it it’s been at the docks in Gravenhurst Bay. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Go fish isn’t just fun summer card game for kids. It’s a serious business, hobby and fun way to wile away hours of patient time. With more than a million lakes, rivers and streams plus three oceans, Canada boasts one of the most diverse natural environments. Reel in hand […]
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 […]