Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Curious about our final numbers?” That’s organizers of the 39th annual Terry Fox Run in Gravenhurst yesterday. “Well, here they are as of 6:30 p.m.” Sept. 15m , just over eight hours after the first of almost 100 runners and walkers trekked 10K out along Muskoka Beach Road to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Anyone who thought rural Canada isn’t in play in the federal election — or that the local riding race isn’t a tight one — will be interested to know that Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will be in Gravenhurst on Tuesday afternoon and evening for about a five-hour stop. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — About 100 Terry Fox supporter are pounding the pavement in raincoats and walking/running with umbrellas this morning (Sunday, Sept. 15) for the annual cancer run. They were reminded that Terry Fox, who ran through Gravenhurst in 1981 and celebrated his birthday here at huge public celebration, weathered the same […]
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 […]