Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A nice tradition continued at the Remembrance Day service today. A large number of community members joined the procession from the legion uptown to the cenotaph at the Opera House. Dozens of people young and old unaffiliated with any group organization walked behind the Royal Canadian Legion […]
Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — At precisely 11 a.m. this morning — 101 years after the First World War ended with a pair of signatories — Gravenhurst stood silent. A poignant siren from a passing fire truck on Bethune Drive drew closer, louder, then passed south, as Royal Canadian Legion bugler Mark […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com At the going up of the sun — they will remember them Monday. A cold, wet front isn’t expected to diminish crowds Nov. 11 in towns and villages across Muskoka at the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month. It’s possible numbers may even be greater this year, […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Concert Association presents one of its largest ensembles Saturday night with the Highland Chamber Orchestra. It is a group of 40 musicians based in Haliburton. The members of the orchestra share a love of music and a passion to delight audiences with masterpieces of the symphonic repertoire. You will not want […]
GRAVENHURST — If it take a village to raise a child, it take volunteers to run a town. Gravenhurst handed out its semi-annual Community Spirit Awards Thursday honouring individuals and groups who have shown outstanding volunteerism and or achievement, with recipients nominated by members of the community and their peers. Committee chair Gord Durnan called […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — We remember on Nov. 11. Never to forget — the freedom we enjoy. The Muskoka Concert Band trumpets those freedoms with the Elderberries Choir giving voices to the names indelibly etched on cenotaphs. Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst, they present […]
HUNTSVILLE — Endless efforts to lift Muskokans out of poverty continues. On Friday, Nov. 8, YWCA Muskoka is hosting another day of Bridges Out of Poverty training in Huntsville. The workshop is designed for community individuals, educators, sector leaders and volunteers who are interested in broadening their mindset and making a difference. Bridges offers community […]
GRAVENHURST — An unidentified veteran police officer has been charged after a young cyclist was struck on a main street sidewalk by a mark police cruiser this summer. Provincial police say the charge comes after an investigation by officers at the Bracebridge OPP detachment, into the Aug. 8 incident on Muskoka Road North, in Gravenhurst […]