Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — The Ontario coroner’s office has called an inquest into the death of a 42-year-old Bracebridge construction worker who died on a job site in Port Carling two years ago this past spring. On Friday, Dr. Kenneth Peckham, Regional Supervising Coroner for Central Region, Central West Office, announced that […]
GRAVENHURST — There’s no volunteering when the alarm goes. Local firefighters go when called. Now, there are nine new “volunteer firefighters” to answer 911 when cars crash and fires erupt. The Gravenhurst Fire Department welcomed them after weeks of summer training. Four other officers were promoted, and 11 firefighters received long service awards, including 20 […]
Paul Feist, Special to MuskokaTODAY.com The latest production at the Gravenhurst Opera House will have you smiling, laughing and wanting more. Kalamazoo, written by the team of Brooks and Younger, is a fast-paced look at the life of two mature widowed people, now trying to find companionship, or more, in the complicated roiling sea of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Green is gold these days. Everyone is jumping on the environmental bandwagon as the federal election ramps up with 38 days to go now and a wave of Green enthusiasm sweeps across the country. Green Party of Ontario Leader and MPP Mike Schreiner is coming to Parry Sound on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — ‘In It For You’ — and ‘On Your Side.’ Whether it’s the national or local race, federal New Democrats are coming to the side of Canadians this election with campaign slogans that appeal to every Canadian. Leader Jagmeet Singh and Parry Sound-Muskoka candidate Tom Young are saying the same […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Psst. Want a tip in the sixth? How about the No. 1 post position, Jam Sandwich. That sounds like a local favourite, for all you young kiddy music fans. That’s the post horse in Saturday night’s Rotary Race night at the Terry Fox Auditorium at the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre. […]
GRAVENHURST — Guess who’s not coming to dinner? Most of the graduating class of 1977 is coming “home” for a reunion of former Gravenhurst High School students who are turning 60 this year. And what a three-day party organizers Peggy Prindiville, Lori Miller Anderson and Sara Christensen have in store for their BFFs this weekend. […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people escaped a fier in a clothes dryer here this afternoon. Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a reported fire at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12, on East Elliott Street in Huntsville. Mike Vadlja, fire prevention officer, said that when crews arrived, they encountered heavy smoke and fire at the rear of the structure […]