Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — It’s game on … and the doors aren’t even officially open on the new Muskoka Lumber Community Centre. The pros are already scrimmaging — and rumour is the Maple Leafs will make it their annual pre-season Muskoka cottage camp here next month. Meanwhile finishing touches are underway in the […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Sunday night someone brought their digging tools to may garden and stole the plants of their desire. I would like to thank the person who drove the thief (thieves) away. Whoever did it was so startled they dropped their garden fork and some of the plants that they had dug […]
HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) has placed the South Wing at the HMDH Site under a unit-specific COVID-19 confirmed outbreak status in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). This follows the confirmation of six cases. And five last week at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, where these same protective measures were put […]
Photos, story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SUDBURY — Science North is to northern Ontario what the Ontario Science Centre was to Toronto. Petri dishes — here shaped like snowflakes — that foster mindful growth in cultivating ageless grey cells to become aware of natural surroundings in a wondrously lightning-fast paced planetary world. The applications and […]
Story, photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SUDBURY — You can thank Sudbury for your stainless steel sink and the gleaming baby boom. But for decades in to the ’70s and ’80s, Ontario’s mining capital was a dirty word in Muskoka as acid rain blew down on cottage country forcing Inco, Falconbridge and other mines to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Down by the Bay ….” It was music of the ’60s and ’70s for a 60s and 70s crowd last night. Cockburn Square was “hummin’” along with an oldies set as the Timberbeast Productions wrapped up a two-week run of musical highlights at the Muskoka Wharf. From the dusk […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A nice moment after Brett Sontag’s concert Wednesday evening at the United Church was a photo-op with his grandfather Adam and dad Dale. The three generations of guitar players shaking hands was a fun way to end a brilliant evening of piano music. The fourth and final concert in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The omnipresent corona virus has struck again at a local hospital site. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is reporting COVID among four staff and one patient as of Thursday. The virus that struck global fears and tens of thousands of deaths just a couple years ago is back at South […]