Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — For decades the downtown here has been defined by its one main block — between Bay and Hotchkiss street — where much of the commerce has been centred. North and south there are and have been many fine stores. But now, some hard times are ending and there’s tilt […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Both Sides is the perfect metaphor for Marc Jordan’s latest CD and concert tour to launch it. It encapsulates not only the contrasting nine tracks and Jordan’s two act show, but also his life as a song writer and singer. Saturday night at the Opera House both sides were […]
HUNTSVILLE — The spread of guns and drugs is reaching deep into Muskoka. Provincial police say that on Thursday, while students were protesting education cuts, two men men in their mid-20s from Scarborough were arrested and two loaded handguns with prohibited bullet magazines. Police say that on April 4, 2019, the OPP’s Muskoka Community Street Crime […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Marc Jordan has written and co-written a lot of great songs, many for top artists in the world. His songs have been on albums totalling over 35 million sold. But there are many more he’d loved to have had a hand in. Thus his weekly JazzFM radio show, Songs […]
Photos & story by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A noisy student protest against education cuts today should worry Doug Ford as much for the sound of honking horns as the shouts of young activist teens who “worry” about their future in Ontario. More than 100 Gravenhurst High School “walkouts” paraded two blocks up […]
GRAVENHURST — Some good news on the tax and budget front for taxpayers here. According to the town, your combined tax bill for all three parts — local, district, education — should be the same this year as last. How’s that — when the town’s operating budget is going up almost 2 per cent? And it […]
GRAVENHURST — Muskoka history isn’t trivial, but it is fun. And that means testing your memory of local lore. This Sunday afternoon, April 7, archivist Mary Storey is hosting the Muskoka Discovery Centre Trivia event at 2 p.m. It’s $5 to get in. As a teaser, Storey offers these questions — which may or may […]
GRAVENHURST — Students at Gravenhurst High School “say no.” They plan to join a province-wide protest Thursday afternoon to demonstrate against provincial education changes. It will take in front of the Opera House, two blocks from the school, from 1:15 to 2 p.m. Students are being asked to wear black to the protest. Sage van […]