Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If you’re a news junkie — and who isn’t these days with an election, an impeachment and climate crisis — this is your week to support the professional journalists who bring you that news. It’s National Newspaper Week Oct. 6-12 and your chance to pay it forward by subscribing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LINDSAY — Citing safety concerns, public elementary and high schools will be closed Monday if the province doesn’t reach a contract deal with support staff. That’s leaving parents scrambling to plan alternative arrangements for their children. The Trillium Lakelands District School Board says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has […]
Breyan Sinnott, Fire Prevention Officer GRAVENHURST — Oct. 6 to 12, is Fire Prevention Week across North America, and leading up to it the Gravenhurst Fire Department has been sharing information gathered from its “Have Your Say” community survey conducted in August. “The survey told us several important things about fire safety, and over the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Climate action is taking place in Muskoka. While climate protesters were marching on his office last Friday, MPP Norm Miller was learning about a year-old effort by landowners and lake associations to protect local lakes. Miller, whose family once owned Patteron-Kaye Lodge in Bracebridge, was joined by Muskoka District […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What’s a job without housing? Trisha Cowie says jobs are going begging in Parry Sound-Muskoka, but there aren’t enough attainable, let alone affordable, living spaces to accommodate those who want to work, live, contribute and raise a family in the riding. The federal Liberal candidate told a large audience […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Concert Association (MCA) commences its 72nd season Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Gravenhurst Opera House with the Hogtown Brass Quintet (HBQ), a chamber ensemble dedicated to pushing the boundaries of traditional brass music. A goal near and dear to the hearts of the MCA directors, whose reputation […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — “Friday and EVERY FRIDAY.” That’s the promise of the Facebook group Climate Action Muskoka, who have taken on and expanded student protests the past two weeks in Huntsville and Bracebridge with the help of another grassroots group, Muskoka Power of Many. Tamsen Tillson and Krystal Speck, of Climate Action […]
Clifford Flavell and Mary Flavell Leger | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Are you a polio survivor? Do you know someone who is? Are you interested in knowing more about this debilitating disease that is still with us from those who have survived it? Then you are encouraged to attend an informal meeting of survivors, […]