Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Photos by Lois Cooper GRAVENHURST — They gathered. They remembered. As the winds of change blew forth, Remembrance Day was muted, memorable, mindful and respectful. More than 100 members of the community huddled on the small hilltop overlooking the Royal Canadian Legion this morning at 11 a.m. They joined a handful […]
GRAVENHURST — Remembrance Day services here will be muted, but still public tomorrow. The Royal Canadian Legion will commemorate its war dead with another scaled-down service outdoors. And all are welcome — but urged to take appropriate COVID measures including distancing and wearing masks. With the weather to be seasonal and without often rain or […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka cases ranging in age from under 17 to 80+ are among a growing number of 63 residents with positive coronavirus tests today. No wonder Ontario is putting a halt to lifting of capacity limits in higher-risk settings like night clubs and wedding receptions, strip clubs, sex clubs […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Yesterday’s First Street fire that burned a home with two apartments is under investigation. But it is not considered suspicious at this time, says Fire Chief Jared Cayley. He says in a release almost 24 hours later, that damage to the property, which is insured by owner Dave Cruise, is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When the “Great War” ended 103 years ago tomorrow, word spread around the world thanks to two Gravenhurst soldiers. Sam Scott and his “sidekick” Billy Waite strung the telegraph wire from the rail car in northern France where the German surrender and Armistice signing took place on Nov. 11, […]
GRAVENHURST — A woman attacked by a dog yesterday was taken to hospital for treatment of her injuries. Provincial police were called to a home on Bethune Drive South Monday at 4 p.m. They say the woman was visiting when she was “attacked by a dog.” And that she was in the company of children outside […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another fire at a First Street apartment building late this afternoon has left three more people homeless a block from where a fatal fire in late August claimed a woman’s life. Firefighters were once again called to the corner of Phillip Street — a few blocks from their Station […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — War is a mystery to most. Not so much for Judy Humphries. The Gravenhurst archivist is deeply entrenched in war stories. Never more so than annually this week of November. Her research and history of local veterans and their stories is unparalleled. She has not only laboured long and […]