Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Golfers are happy with this week’s weather. And many former Bracebridge Bears are even gladder that as a result of their annual summer tournament at South Muskoka Curling and Golf Club they raised close to $8,000, which they continue to donate to local charities and causes. Chair Greg Crozier […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Labour Day is done and gone. But like workers, the hardest jobs are never done. In Canada Labour Day has its roots in an 1872 printers’ strike in Toronto. Fighting for a nine-hour work day, the strikers’ victory was a major milestone in the changing relations between […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Does Muskoka need Lake of Bays? It seems, at least on the issue of hospitals redevelopment, the district’s eastern flank is one in the same as parenting Huntsville. Mayor Terry Glover and council were parroting the northern half of Muskoka last week at their council meeting disparagingly claiming that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A sad day — weeks — as 75 years of hockey history is ending here on James Street with the demolition of the Bracebridge Memorial Arena. “The rink” as its best known, is but a pile of cinder blocks today with the original east end ice sheet reduced to […]
GRAVENHURST — After a summer hiatus, Rotary TV Bingo returns to Cogeco tonight, Wednesday Sept. 18, with $2,000 on offer as usual. Technical issues that left bingo players out of the loop have been resolved and the service club is on the air at the cable TV station from 7-8 p.m. With five games — […]
PORT CARLING — A Port Carling man who fled a fiery stolen vehicle, which crashed overnight today east of Port Carling, faces multiple charges after eventually being apprehended. Police said this morning they are investigating a small grey vehicle fire in Muskoka Lakes Township. On Sept. 16, at 2:30 a.m., officers, along with Muskoka Lakes […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Of the countless versions of Rhapsody in Blue, the one last night by Kyung-A Lee and a quintet from the Orillia Silver Band ranks respectfully up there with some of the scaled down best. In the dozen hands of a half dozen immensely talented Simcoe and Muskoka musicians, the […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The crowd was ready to rock ’n’ roll. So were the Muskoka Bears when they were announced — and then there were their opponents. But more than luck was on the side of Alliston who dominated the opening 10 minutes with a 3-0 lead and only […]