Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Here’s a salute to the Lions. For 40 years the Gravenhurst Lions Club has added some colourful pizzazz to the local main street each summer with its signature project. Their annual Canadian flag program got underway again early Saturday as members carried out a tradition since the 1980s. Unfurling […]
DWIGHT — Two dogs were rescued today, but a third one died in a fire here this afternoon. Huntsville/Lake of Bays firefighters responded to a structure fire shortly before 1 p.m. on Highway 35 in Dwight Monday, June 27. They say that when crews from stations 2 and 3 arrived they encountered thick smoke inside […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — New sounds — and a new look. The sunlight shone brightly last night on the Orillia Concert Band and the Rotary Aqua Theatre as their annual outdoor concert season series kicked on beautiful summer’s eve. The band and its bandstand on Lake Couchiching were together again after COVID and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Pollinators is the new buzz word for the environment, your gardens, your backyards — and even for front lawns that are now passé. So when Wayne McGill says “mind your own bees” he really means it. The avid gardener practises what he preaches. And while he has several queen […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Construction of the new Alexander retirement home has become quite an attraction for local walkers — and hikers. The site overlooking Muskoka Bay has drawn a lot of attention around town as it rises up at the end of Isaac Street west. But it’s a little known public pathway […]
HUNTSVILLE — Summer’s official start kept local police busy here last week. A week before Canada Day weekend Huntsville OPP detachment officers responded to 309 calls for service between Sunday June 19 and Saturday June 25. They included traffic complaints and road enforcement, with 82 investigations. Seven RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) lanes were set […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Three weeks after winning his seat — and a day after being sworn in as MPP — Graydon Smith was named Ontario’s minister of natural resources and forestry today. Premier Doug Ford appointed the Progressive Conservative parliamentarian to cabinet this morning on the steps of Queen’s Park in […]
GRAVENHURST — The heat is on — swimmers. A few days of hot weather has the first swim advisory of the season issued. Based on beach water samples collected by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) June 22, they’ve recommended that Muskoka Bay Beach be posted with swim advisory signs. The beach is in West Gravenhurst […]