ORILLIA — Staying safe on the roads is a challenge the public and police are finding more of lately. Just this week provincial police in Orillia charged three people with stunt driving on the roads they patrol. Yesterday, March 9, they charged a 17-year-old Orillia male with stunt driving after he was caught speeding 200 […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A film fest to “show the public all the bright sides of queer life and to inspire and support the local LQBTQI2S+ community with positive role models,” will screen 13 movies here March 21. According to its directors call for entries, they were “looking for the queer film stories that will carry an uplifting […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Pam Mulligan can use a get-away. The give-er-a-go’s spirt made her the grand prize winner of Bracebridge’s “Let’s Get Started – Try Something New” activity event at the Bracebridge Sportsplex. This week, Mayor Graydon Smith and Paul and Lea Kane, of Royal LePage, announced Mulligan had won a two-day Muskoka retreat. “It was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — On International Women’s Day, YWCA Muskoka opens the nominations for Muskoka’s 19th annual Women of Distinction Awards. Women of Distinction is a signature fundraising event that ensures women and girls of Muskoka have access to and are provided services year-round through YWCA violence prevention and educational programs, life skills […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Irish eyes will be smiling and you’ll hear an angel sing when the Muskoka Concert Band pays tribute to Ireland Saturday afternoon at the Rene Caisse Theatre. The Saint Paddy’s Day Salute will be as lovely as a morn’ in spring. And you’ll be Dublin over with laughter at the limericks of Paul […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you’ve walked or driven along Muskoka Road and crossed the east-west Brock and Sharpe street accesses, you might have wondered for whom they’re named. Or who Mary and Sarah are that they, too, had streets named for them on the west side of town? The two little girls were born Browns – and […]
GRAVENHURST — Looking for fun and games Friday nights? Well, Wayne Hill has both — and more — upstairs at the legion, starting at 7 p.m. Backed by his band of drop-in musicians. He says “there’s nothing to do on a Friday night … so I wanted to have a little fun.” Hill, a longtime […]
ORILLIA – A Hwy. 11 police chase this afternoon between Barrie and Orillia that saw several vehicles involved in crashes has landed a suspect under arrest and in hospital. Provincial police at Orillia say that on Friday officers, supported by Barrie Police Service, responded to a call for theft of gas on at Gasoline Alley […]