CENTRAL ONTARIO — Tourism is taking off again. With Stage 2 of Ontario’s re-opening plan underway this week Explorers’ Edge is again offering permanent and seasonal residents in the region a “Cottage Country Spirit Package” to explore your own backyard — and to shop local. “There’s no catch,” says James Murphy, executive director of Explorers’ Edge (RTO12), […]
GEORGIAN BAY — Police divers this afternoon are searching Arnolds Bay near Moose Deer Point after a report of a possible drowning. OPP at Bracebridge say they were called at 1:10 p.m. today, July 2, after members of the public saw a man having difficulty in the water. They say he slipped under the surface […]
GRAVENHURST — A Severn township man already in custody — for leading police on a mobility scooter foot chase last week — faces new separate charges involving an altercation between a transport truck driver and pedestrian at the end of May. Police were called to the first incident on Bethune Drive near Violet Street in […]
HUNTSVILLE —A local man released by police Tuesday afternoon for uttering death threats was re-arrested just over two hours later and faces more similar charges after a second incident. Police who aren’t releasing more details of the incidents — “to protect the victim’s safety” — say Scott Mitchell, 47, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged […]
GRAVENHURST — The Rotary Club of Gravenhurst is extending the deadline on applications for its bursary grants to July 10. The fund provides a grant of money to an individual in financial need. To qualify for a Rotary Bursary Endowment Fund grant the applicant must: Be a resident of Gravenhurst (even if attending school such […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — O Canada! What a year this has been. Looking back … the pandemic. policing and patriotism have shown this country the good, the bad and the ugly of being Canadians. It’s been about who we were and are. Preferably more of the latter as we use our 154 years […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Brett Reynolds has followed in his great-uncle’s footsteps. Jack Vincent was an outstanding high school athlete who — astoundingly — twice broke the world record in the 100-yard dash in the 1940s. A track record that lasted at GHS until after his death in 1981. “Jack was an outstanding […]
Tara Collum | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com We’re a nation that often defines ourselves by what we aren’t. Our Canada Day isn’t a huge spectacle with parades; it’s usually a barbecue and fireworks if anything. Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip once remarked, “It’s not Canada Day, it’s just Friday.” Downie was a tireless advocate for […]