GRAVENHURST — The town’s downtown park is the summer’s newest swim facility with a beach alert. Based on beach water samples collected by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit on Monday July 15, it has been recommended by the health unit that Gull Lake Rotary Park Beach be posted with swim advisory signs. It is the only beach in Muskoka under alert. The […]
SMOKE LAKE — Three nights lost in the woods of Algonquin Park ended at noon Monday when police found two young teenage girls from Kitchener missing since Friday. After a massive air, ground and water search, the pair who went astray while camping with friends were found safe. An OPP Canine Unit located them late […]
GRAVENHURST — A second person has drowned in Gravenhurst this summer, after a group of friends were swimming from a boat on the Trent-Severn waterway near Morrison Landing, south of town Sunday afternoon near Sparrow Lake. Provincial police from the Orillia detachment, with the assistance of the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), have recovered […]
Dear Editor: Open letter to Gravenhurst Council Re: Backyard burning Ward 1 & Ward 5 I see that you are considering allowing residents of Wards 1 and 5 to have fires in their yards. (The issue is on the town’s committee agenda Wednesday.) This while we are living in a time of climate emergency. While […]
PORT CARLING — What are smart skin care lovers using this summer? A survey at the Gees Beauty and 6 By Gees pop-up store tells you a lot about taking care of yourself during hot, humid days and how to maintain that fresh, naturally-hydrated body glow. Customers going into the final weekend of the seasonal […]
Photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
Photos & Story by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A hundred years ago the pleasure crafts that plied the Muskoka Lakes were more pedestrian. Not the magnificence of mahogany you would have marvelled at on Saturday at the 39th annual Antique & Classic Boat Society (Toronto Chapter) show. Many of the wooden wonders at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — A $2 million provincial incentive to help local kids improve math skills, learn financial management, explore STEM opportunities and study social media impacts on students has been announced. The Grade 10 revised Career Studies course will focus on preparing students for jobs of the future and for life with […]