Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The stage for today’s big Rotary show off was set 65, 75 and 85 years ago. Eighty-five years ago when Rotary was founded in Gravenhurst, 75 years ago when Barge concerts began and 65 years ago when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip opened the historic yellow band shell we […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — July 4 is now definitely a historic day in Gravenhurst especially at Gull Lake Rotary Park. Sixty-five years to the day after Queen Elizabeth dropped in to open the Barge — Rotary Rocked the Barge this afternoon. The setting was jovial as Rotarians, the town and community members marked […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Rain or shine Rotary Rocks the Barge will officially open tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. No need to bring a chair — the club has seating for more than 500 on the bank overlooking Gull Lake and the Barge. The Rotary and Town of Gravenhurst amphitheatre project at Gull […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com “… I’m just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood.” The Animals, 1964 HUNTSVILLE — MAHC amended a motion tonight it claims was misunderstood by the public, doctors and MPP Graydon Smith as green-lighting its hospitals proposal to the province. Board chair Dave Uffelmann […]
BREAKING NEWS … Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Could an eleventh hour appeal by MPP Graydon Smith stop MAHC from voting on a motion this afternoon go ahead with its deeply divisive Muskoka hospitals redevelopment plan? Smith put in an emergency phone call this morning to new Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare chair David Uffelman with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Sunrise to sunset Canada Day was a cavalcade of our colours and lighting up day and night. The sights were red and white hued with true patriotic love as Canadians celebrated with song and dance — and a ton of cup cakes and ice cream across Muskoka. In the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — South Muskoka doctors cite a “toxic environment, widespread mistrust and frustration, both publicly and within Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare.” This as the MAHC board is expected to vote Tuesday on a motion calling for its consultants to “proceed with the formal, detailed planning … for the Stage 1.3 submission to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com CHARLOTTETOWN — Jack Hutton looks like a scholar — with his bushy eyebrows, braces and bent posture that makes him appear as if listening or speaking with quiet authority. He and his wife Linda Hutton-Jackson were among similar company last week as they received a rare award for their Bala Museum […]