Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Hal, we have a problem.” “We don’t have a flat-bed truck to float you in the Santa Claus Parade Saturday?” “No problem, we’ll build one. We have the technology.” That’s the real and theoretical thinking behind the robotics club at Gravenhurst High School. Ambitious teens with the inventive minds […]
HUNTSVILLE — A vehicle theft here has police on the lookout for a black 2005 Volkswagen Jetta, with an Ontario licence plate CJHJ 083. It was reported stolen Wednesday (Nov. 20). The OPP say it was last seen at a Lagoon Park Road address, in the town of Huntsville, 12 hours before it’s belived it […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s live, it’s free and in the mail today. The Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s popular Internet/TV Auction. With 300 items up for grabs — worth $45,000 — the bidding has begun online. The service club’s annual cable TV and internet fundraiser is full of a wide assortment of goods and […]
BALA — Christmas came early Saturday thanks to Muskoka Lakes, where there was not one but two Santa Claus parades. At 1 p.m. on a bright, sunny — and not too cool — afternoon the first parade marched off from the east end of Bala with a long lineup of floats and three bands — […]
BARRIE — The Ontario Medical Association and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit are underscoring the importance of being immunized. Keeping children up to date with their immunizations is an important way to keep them and the whole community healthy. “On behalf of Ontario’s 31,500 practicing doctors I want to say that vaccines work, vaccines are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — It’s not like it’s been a couple of millennia, but the Bala’s Trek to Bethlehem is just past a quarter of a century old. And if you haven’t made the trek to Bala for it, your’re truly missing one of greatest attractions in Muskoka — with a colourful, friendly […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Halloween thief helped themself to a camper trailer. Provincial police say they have been investigating the theft at a property on Lone Pine Drive, town of Huntsville. The theft was reported to police after it was discovered missing and police believe the trailer was stolen on Oct. 31 between the hours 8 […]
SEVERN TOWNSHIP — A public school here was under a brief hold and secure that was quickly resolved Tuesday afternoon. Provincial police say they issued the hold and secure at Severn Shores School in the Township of Severn. On Nov. 12, shortly before 2:30 p.m., the Orillia OPP received a serious call in close proximity […]