Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Santa’s a ham. And the kids loved him. It’s hard to be shy when confronted with a jolly smile — and a little ribbing. Kids are comfortable around the gargantuan, gregarious gentleman. Especially this year’s Claus couple. Post parade Saturday, after they had greeted all the good little boys […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Santa season is in full swing — and it’s not yet December. Parades, concert and teas are weekend staples across Muskoka, getting everyone in the mood — as the snow comes and goes. Gravenhurst was typical, this past Saturday, when the annual Chamber of Commerce put on its Santa […]
Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — How about that applause for Claus? The Mr. and Mrs. Santa received a standing — and sitting — ovation at their annual Christmas parade Saturday, where they were riding high — and low —in the Gateway to Muskoka. He was reining in Rudolph and eight spectacular reindeer; […]
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 […]