GRAVENHURST — A girl and her guitar. A simple concept brimming with promise. That’s Ruthie Foster tonight, (Aug. 8) at Peter’s Player’s. On the road, a troubadour with a deeply personal message. The east Texas singer is alone on tour and making a stop in Gravenhurst to spread her own gospel. The gospel of Ruthie […]
GRAVENHURST — Hot weather this summer has been a boon — er bloom — for gardeners. As long as they watered. The proof is in the 70th annual Gravenhurst Horticultural Society Flower and Vegetable Show today, Aug. 8, at the Gravenhurst Seniors’ Centre. Dozens and dozens of flowers and vegetables, each treated lovingly with TLC […]
QUEEN’S PARK — While Premier Doug Ford was promoting “Buck-a-beer” Tuesday, Jeff Yurek, his minister responsible for fighting forest fires in Northeastern Ontario was urging tourists to spend “some extra money” when visiting near the Parry Sound 33 forest fire. Local MPP Norm Miller and Yurek have been on the bandwagon since last Friday telling […]
PARRY SOUND — Parry Sound 33 was held in check Monday, and much smaller Parry Sound 38 was discovered further south — but it was easily put out. The latter was only 0.1 hectares, compared to Parry Sound 33, which is 11,362 hectares (about 110,000 square km; or equal to more than 11,000 football fields) […]
BARKWAY — Neighbours helped a homeowner escape a major early morning fire Sunday in northeast Gravenhurst. Gravenhurst firefighters were called to the structure fire early Aug. 6 after several reports from neighbours in the area. At about 7:40 am, fire crews from stations 1, 2, and 3 responded to 1312 Barkway Rd., says a town […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — There’s some hope the Sawdust City Music Festival will become a long-term success. After a weekend that wrapped up last night at the Barge, the first fest appears to have real legs. There were a lot of hugs and high-fives at the Sawdust City Brewery wrap party with the […]
PARRY SOUND — High winds have Parry Sound 33 growing, but fire crews “continue to make excellent progress in critical areas,” says the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. In their latest update at the end of Thursday, they said this fire has been remapped at 11,185 hectares. By the evening of Aug. 2, there […]
PARRY SOUND — Just like the village of Killarney, the Town of Parry Sound is fighting back as word spreads — like wildfire — that the east coast of Georgian Bay is a vacant, burned-out wasteland evacuated of people and bereft of tourism. Norm Miller, MPP for Parry Sound-Muskoka and Minister of Natural Resources and […]