BALA — With moving early morning ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day on Juno Beach today, Canadians are marking the historic turning point in the Second World War. Muskoka veterans, their families and friends will no doubt be pausing to remember and take note. Though there are no formal occasions to pay respects, at […]
GRAVENHURST — Twenty-five years ago this week Second World War veteran George Swerbrick talked to Hugh Clairmont about D-Day and his role June 6, 1944 in the historic beach-storming invasion Canadians and Westerners are marking today and tomorrow. See our cover story below, from our second edition of MuskokaTODAY, June 3, 1994, Vol. 1 No. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Today’s 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre may be repressed in China, but it brought back vivid memories for me of my trips there the past two years. To visit the Chinese capital of Beijing you’d never know its powerful seat of government was anything but a national […]
GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst couple has picked up a lotto winning over more than $150,000. Gavin Edmunds and Aline Martin were in Toronto to receive a $150,877 prize in the May 3, 2019 LOTTO MAX draw. The winning ticket was purchased at Circle K on Dawson Road in Orangeville.
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — Dave Kitchen is “on trend ….” With “Muskoka Boil,” a 30-minute seafood social that’s easy, entertaining and takes two minutes to clean up. The seafood boil is a social, fun and unique dining experience that welcomes family and friends to pitch in with the cooking and enjoy the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Bracebridge store is expanding into Gravenhurst. After putting her Footprint on Bracacebridge, Footprints on Muskoka owner Krista Mansour is putting her Footprint on Gravenhurst. She is opening a Footprints on Muskoka shoe and women’s clothing store next to the Gravenhurst Opera House and Chamber of Commerce, at 265 […]
GRAVENHURST — A Sunday morning walk is not always as it seems. This week a group of walkers was out here on Gravenhurst’s Muskoka Road marching to bring about awareness of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. The fundraiser included 16 or so walkers, including Gravenhurst Fire Chief Larry Brassard and firefighter Jeremy Brackley among those on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Scott Aitchison has never met Andrew Scheer. But he wants to be on his team come Oct. 21. Because Aitchison’s always wanted to be MP. “I’ve always been a Conservative,” the Huntsville mayor said by phone Friday. He knows the Conservative Party of Canada has veered further to the […]