Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST-BRACEBRIDGE-MUSKOKA LAKES — Just say “Yes you can!” That’s the marketing message from south Muskoka chambers of commerce as they excitedly launched a new campaign to remind residents that when it comes to goods and services, “It’s all right here” in your home town. The Bracebridge, Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes chambers […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist A few years ago I joined a crowd of 15,000 people in Toronto to participate in a climate strike. Al Gore first helped put “global warming” on the world’s radar with his early 2000s documentary An Inconvenient Truth, and the cause is now championed famously by a teenager from Sweden, […]
HUNTSVILLE — A large fire early this morning, off Hwy. 11 south of town, that caused $600,000 is under investigation. Huntsville/Lake of Bays firefighters from stations 1, 4 and 5 battled the structure fire on Allensville Road Saturday at 1 a.m. Allensville is just north of Port Sydney and Utterson on the west side of […]
MUSKOKA — “Who owns the black truck parked out front?” That wasn’t the question trivia game players expected to hear at Sawdust City Tuesday night. “It’s mine,” answered the vehicle owner when an OPP officer went in to inquire. Police say they responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision on Muskoka Road north in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Add 5 male cases to the rising COVID toll in Muskoka as kids vaccines could be a week to two away. The past two days 99 cases were reported by the health unit. They bring to 206 this week’s number. Last week it was 249 and 127 the last […]
Photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another look at a day to remember. Yesterday’s Remembrance Day service was a rare public gathering after last year’s more restricted indoor ceremony due to COVID. More than 100 community members gathered for the first time in two years to join legionnaires mark the solemn occasion on […]
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 […]