Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s called a “food drive,” because Rotarians and their partners will be driving around town Tuesday, Oct. 8, with student runners picking up bags of food on doorsteps and at the end of driveways. (They will also accept cash and cheques.) Everyone in the core part of Gravenhurst should […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Due to the impending schools strike, the Muskoka Oldtimers Fall Food Drive for Manna on rendezvous spot Tuesday October 8 has been moved this year to the Bracebridge Fairgrounds at 331 Fraserburg Rd. Volunteers are asked to gather there at 5 p.m. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) […]
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Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If you’re a news junkie — and who isn’t these days with an election, an impeachment and climate crisis — this is your week to support the professional journalists who bring you that news. It’s National Newspaper Week Oct. 6-12 and your chance to pay it forward by subscribing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LINDSAY — Citing safety concerns, public elementary and high schools will be closed Monday if the province doesn’t reach a contract deal with support staff. That’s leaving parents scrambling to plan alternative arrangements for their children. The Trillium Lakelands District School Board says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has […]
Breyan Sinnott, Fire Prevention Officer GRAVENHURST — Oct. 6 to 12, is Fire Prevention Week across North America, and leading up to it the Gravenhurst Fire Department has been sharing information gathered from its “Have Your Say” community survey conducted in August. “The survey told us several important things about fire safety, and over the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Climate action is taking place in Muskoka. While climate protesters were marching on his office last Friday, MPP Norm Miller was learning about a year-old effort by landowners and lake associations to protect local lakes. Miller, whose family once owned Patteron-Kaye Lodge in Bracebridge, was joined by Muskoka District […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What’s a job without housing? Trisha Cowie says jobs are going begging in Parry Sound-Muskoka, but there aren’t enough attainable, let alone affordable, living spaces to accommodate those who want to work, live, contribute and raise a family in the riding. The federal Liberal candidate told a large audience […]