Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Lest we forget — not in your life or theirs. Muskoka author and historian Patrick Boyer has his latest book out now, appropriately for Remembrance Day. “Muskokans Fight the Great War” is the first book in his MODERN HISTORY OF MUSKOKA series. In August 1914 Muskokans rushed to enlist […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LINDSAY — Students and parents fresh from avoiding a shutdown of schools last week could see a possible elementary school teachers’ strike if a union vote shows support tomorrow. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) members from the Trillium Lakelands area will hold a confidential members’ meeting and a central […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — High housing costs that have driven people out of Muskoka and its core communities are a hot topic on the federal election campaign. If you’re lucky enough to have a job, getting to work can be a problem in a district that stretches an hour in any direction. Shoppers […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Sunday’s concert at the Gravenhurst Opera House will be a blast. A cannon blast, as the Orillia Silver Band is set to perform its Light Fantastic Concert. The afternoon concert is Oct. 20 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students/children and are available from the Opera […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A 57-year-old Bracebridge resident is dead after vehicle hit a tree on Peterson Road. Provincial police and Muskoka EMS responded to the single vehicle collision Oct. 15 at 7:35 a.m. They say a nearby resident was awoken by the sound of the vehicle striking a tree and called for […]
BAYSVILLE — Why are our waters so bad this year? Residents are wondering that after yet another environmental report of a blue-green algae bloom in Muskoka, just outside Baysville in Lake of Bays Township. It’s been a widespready ongoing problem this summer and this is at least the third incident, this one reported just before […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SEVERN — Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian found on Hwy. 11 early this morning near Big Chief Road. Provincial police from Orillia investigating the fatal collision that occurred in the Township of Severn October 13, 2019 at about 2:15 a.m. Police were called to a report of a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6 …. The countown is on to the Oct. 21 election. With just over a week to go, talk around the turkey table will be about more than what’s for dessert. And it’s not dry white meat that may give you indigestion, election debate will […]