GRAVENHURST — Ignite the night. That’s the hot and cool topic Wednesday at the Gravenhurst Opera House, as a dozen or more speakers will each get five minutes for their “Skokie Talk.” It’s the opening of the Gravenhurst Winter Carnival and a number of people have been invited for another in a series of Ted […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Why did Gravenhurst begin as “Sawdust City?” Chiefly for the logging and sawmills at the Muskoka Wharf in 1880s when the town was founded. A by-product was sawdust. And it played an important economic part during and after the Second World War. For Gravenhurst had the best ice around. […]
TORONTO — Got a question? Forget Siri or Alexa, call 211. February 11 is 211 Day across North America. To mark this day, Community Connection/211 Central East and the 211 Ontario network are asking residents to make the right call if they want or need non-emergency help by dialing 2-1-1. You can ask who do […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A wanted Scarborough man was in court Friday for a bail hearing after police found a firearm and drugs after stopping the speeding driver on Hwy. 11 Thursday. On February 7, 2019, at 5 p.m., a provincial police officer from the Bracebridge detachment conducting a radar check northbound in Bracebridge stopped a grey […]
GRAVENHURST — Five days and nights of fun. That’s this year’s 2019 Gravenhurst Winter Carnival. And Skokie has a ton of events to entertain everyone from Wednesday right through to Monday’s Family Day at the YMCA. Buy a button and pick up a brochure. For full details, go to http://skokie.wixsite.com/gravenhurst/events The fun kicks off with […]
HOUSEY’S RAPIDS — Firefighters rescued a woman from house fire Saturday afternoon in northeast Gravenhurst. @GravenhurstFIRE tweeted just after 5:30 p.m.: “One woman has been rescued from this fire by the initial crew and has been transported to hospital. The fire is under control but units continue extinguishment and overhaul.” At 4:30 they tweeted: “Units […]
BAYSVILLE — Two youths have been charged with seven break-ins, that also included the theft of a vehicle, say police. On February 2 at 10:30 p.m., officers from the Huntsville OPP detachment responded to a break and enter at a residence in Baysville. Their investigation revealed that several homes had been broken into and two […]
DORSET — Thieves drove away with three large pieces of construction equipment Monday in a middle of the night heist here. Provincial police in Huntsville say that on February 6 they were called to contracting company located on Muskoka Road #117 in the Dorset area. The owners reported that at 2:30 a.m. culprits entered the […]