Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Marathon of Hope lives on and on and …. “Inspired” by the Canadian legend on every $5 bill. Terry Fox, who ran in the back door of the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre 45 years ago to a huge welcome for his final 22nd birthday July 29, 1981, was the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Cyril and Marion Fry were an adorable, memorable and very active couple in every way. So how do you celebrate almost 200 years of lives so well and richly lived? That’s the challenge for son Alastair and his sisters Jill and Gretta on Sunday Oct. 5, when they will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Can you make a birch bark canoe from a white paper tree in your yard? “Depends on the tree. Is it big enough, tall enough and straight enough?” So said master canoe builder Chuck Commanda Wednesday. He is at St. Dominic’s high school this week and next building his […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two of three teens in a major vehicle accident here overnight Wednesday were airlifted from hospital to a trauma centre. Police say they are in serious condition in hospital after the teens, aged 13-16, were involved in the single vehicle collision September 10 and reported at 4:40 a.m. on Aspdin Road in Huntsville. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WINDERMERE — Runners, walkers, families, friends and supporter of the Terry Fox Runs this Sunday across Muskoka are looking forward to good weather as they raise fund for cancer research and keep his goal of beating it alive. One of the best — if not the biggest is in Windermere, where […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIGE — It was a shootout and the season hasn’t officially begun for the U13 ‘D’ Bears team. The South Muskoka squad was putting the pucks squarely inside the Chevrolet Cruze windows Saturday morning. And just like in the games they’re hoping for it wasn’t glass they hit but all net. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com For moms back to school means opportunities for kids — and a break from the messy joys of motherhood. And for Madeline Sheppard and Rachel Durocher it’s “Pure Bliss” — a chance to reflect and promote their Canada Day book release about their early years of pregnancy and toddler tantrums. It’s […]
MUSKOKA — Tonight’s the night! A Rotary Bingo player will win $4,500. It’s guaranteed in Game 5 — along with another $1,000 in prize money in the other four games. That’s $5,500 on offer Wednesday night. Cards are $10 and available across Muskoka and Parry Sound. It’s all part of the return of Rotary TV […]