GRAVENHURST — Hockey fans here will have to satisfy themselves with the late night NHL Stanley Cup playoffs after the South Muskoka Shield of the Greater Metro Junior ‘A’ Hockey League has packed up its hockey bags and left town. The team, which has called Gravenhurst and the Graeme Murray Arena their home rink for […]
OTTAWA — A tearful Tony Clement said the job of being an MP is “a death trap.” He was responding to reporters’ questions Wednesday morning after fellow Tory MP Gordon Brown was found dead in his Parliament office today. Clement, said he had known Brown since 1981. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MP said being a member […]
Lois Cooper | Gravenhurst Horticultural Society GRAVENHURST — Would you be interested in learning how to garden from a hammock? Or, at least, discover how to reduce the chores in your garden, select easy-care plants, and enjoy their gardens even more. He will be the guest speaker at the May 15 meeting of the Gravenhurst […]
GRAVENHURST — Three iconic Canadian character actors take the stage May 25 at the Gravenhurst Opera House to kick off its 84th season of summer theatre in Muskoka. The Yes Men, featuring Patrick McKenna, Neil Crone and Kevin Hunt will help another introduce the stellar lineup of talent. The Annual Summer Season Gala is a […]
MUSKOKA — Sunday’s Mandarin MS Walk in Bracebridge raised just over $10,000 on the first weekend of a provincial fundraising campaign. A quick calculation of the numbers shows participants laced up April 29 to raise much-needed funds for research into the cause, treatment and cure of multiple sclerosis, and services for those affected by MS […]
BARRIE — A bunch of young Rotarians here have message in a bottle. Make that bottles. The Barrie Rotary Interact, a group of progressive millennials gave $300 raised from bottle drive to the neighbouring Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s Wheels for Learning bike project in Cambodia. That will buy half a dozen bikes overseas for kids to go […]
ORILLIA — In the emerging and comlicated field of health care, Orillia’s Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital has a new leader. Carmine Stumpo will now head up OSMH. Dan Germain, chair of the hospital’s board of directors, announced Stumpo’s appointment as president and CEO, effective July 16. A release says Stumpo brings more than two decades of […]
BARRIE — With all the hospital talk in Muskoka, a bigger health picture continues to emerge at Barrie’s growing health campus. Five years after Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) opened a $450 million expansion that doubled its size, the health centre has begun planning for a new future; a future which includes a south […]