Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — With the clock ticking on an anticipated report on restructuring municipal governments, the Ford government has approved a new 20-year Official Plan for Muskoka. On Friday, June 28 the province approved the updated Muskoka Official Plan (MOP), a document that provides the roadmap for growth and physical change in Muskoka for […]
MUSKOKA — The Gravenhurst beach where a man drown Saturday has been placed on a swim watch due to poor water quality. The Muskoka Beach becomes the second beach this week closed for same reason. In Port Sydney, it’s the same case, says the Town of Huntsville. Based on beach water samples collected by the Simcoe Muskoka […]
MUSKOKA – Summer sounds are everywhere now. And for the best, check out the Muskoka Concert Band’s summer series. The 35-piece band is playing weekly throughout July around Muskoka and Orillia for free public concerts. After opening the Canada Day celebrattions Monday morning at Heritage Park in Huntsville, the band moves up to the Dwight […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A mother’s frantic rescue of her drowning child may have led to the drowning death of a 37-year-old Brampton man at Muskoka Beach late Saturday afternoon. Panic ensued about 4:30 p.m. when the little girl, about three years old, was reportedly seen in the water outside the swimming buoy […]
ONTARIO — The simple pleasure of fishing is child’s play. Casting a line in the water with a plastic rod is a joy best begun as a tadpole. Grown-ups like to lay back and troll in aluminum boats, or sit in bow riders chasing bass. But the sheer joy of pulling up your first sun […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Conservatives are lining up behind their candidates for the federal nomination race Sunday July 7. The afternoon vote at the Bracebridge Sportplex starts with speeches at 1 p.m. The ranked voting will begin at 2 p.m. Results will be announced later in the afternoon. Leading candidate Scott Aitchison says […]
GRAVENHURST – Summer sounds are starting to sizzle. Music on the Barge returns to its original schedule of a July 1st weekend start. After too many years of mid-June misses with the audiences, the Barge series kicks off June 30 with Little Peter and the Elegants. And then it’s every Sunday to Aug. 18 when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — From Miami to Muskoka, at Gee Beauty and 6 By Gee it’s “all about the glow.” And the Gee family is bringing that unique brand of “lifestyle and flexibility” to Port Carling this summer, via their Toronto store. Stephanie Gee, one of four family partners, says they are […]