BRACEBRIDGE — The eighth annual Daniel Keane Entrepreneurial Legacy Award was presented recently at the Gala Business Awards Ceremony at the Bracebridge Sportsplex, hosted by the Bracebridge Chamber of Commerce. This award is provided each year to a student who has participated in the Muskoka Small Business Enterprise Centre’s delivery of the Provincial Summer Company […]
MUSKOKA — Taxpayers in Gateway to Muskoka and Heart of Muskoka can expect to see a lot of money spend road improvements and more savings for a community centre. On March 7, Gravenhurst’s council approved its capital budget for the year, with an eye on future . With a largely new council composition as of […]
TORONTO — Ice fishing may be coming to the end of the season this month, but the province is already angling for the next season. On Saturday, Natural Resources and Forestry Minister John Yakabuski said in a release at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show that the PCs are making life easier for anglers and hunters. “Our […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Anglers open a best of three final series Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in Angus, for the championship of the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League riding an impressive four-game playoff winning streak. Game 2 of the best-of-three showdown is Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. back in Gravenhurst, at the the Graeme […]
HUNTSVILLE — Expect a call from police if you “pocket dial” 911. Provincial police at Huntsville say they have been frustrated this March break by the number of mistaken emergency calls — or so they suspect. This week the OPP and their call centre experienced 25 hang-up calls in relation to the pocket dials — […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Anglers are off to a hot playoff start with a 4-0 record in the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League. With two wins against the Grey Highlands Hawks, the Gravenhurst-based junior hockey team hosts the Essa Stallions Saturday night, March 16, in Angus and Sunday night in Gravenhurst. The Hawks and Stallions […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — In 1970, when John Robarts was rounding out his 10-year term as Ontario premier, he began amalgamating small towns with their surrounding townships. Bracebridge grew with the addition of Oakley, McCauley and Draper townships, among others. Similar towns grew into great metropolisis across Muskoka. The next year, when Bill […]
ORILLIA — Residents here are mourning the death of a young Orillia woman and environmentalist who died in the Ethiopian plane crash Sunday. Angela Rehorn, 24, was a Patrick Fogarty high school graduate. The Canadian Wildlife Federation confirmed in a tweet Monday that: “It is w deep sadness that we share the tragic passing of […]