BRACEBRIDGE — Learn how Trillium Lakelands District School Board is supporting Indigenous education through a special presentation May 17. Parents, students and the public are invited hear Jesse Wente speak at the Rene M. Caisse Theatre in Bracebridge at the 11th annual Parent and Community Evening for First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education. Wente is Ojibwe, […]
Rotarian Barb McCabe | Special to TODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Our Rotary Club has proudly selected topnotch students from our High School to send out of the country for a one-year exchange. This wonderful opportunity has been offered for over 44 years in our town. In those 44+ years students have had the chance to experience […]
ORILLIA — Criminals prey on your trust and lack of computer literacy to scam you, says the OPP. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says protect yourself from these service fraud scams. They are ploys to extort money and personal information from unwitting, trusting victims. In 2017, service scams […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OTTAWA — Remember the old “Let Your Fingers Do the Walking …” jingle for the YellowPages telephone directory? Well, in the world of digital privacy, no secret is far from your fingertips on Facebook. As the world has learned lately. A new game is coming to Canadian classrooms and homes, designed […]
GRAVENHURST — Terence Haight was a giving man. And it’s his legacy of more than $1 million to the Town of Gravenhurst and its citizens that lives on through community grants. And recently another round of donations was handed out to local groups. Mayor Paisley Donaldson and councillors delivered news to nine applicants who were […]
HUNTSVILLE — Another great concert to watch for this spring is the one by the Muskoka Concert Band. Swing and Dance Your Way Into Spring at the Trinity United Church on May 12 at 2 p.m. It’s a free-will collection concert. Conductor Neil Barlow always has an enjoyable and challenging show for the musicians and […]
GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Elderberries Choir presents their spring concert weekend June 2 and 3 at the legion hall. Saturday night’s show is at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoon it’s at 2 p.m. This year’s show is entitled ‘Elemental Elderberries: Forces of Nature.’ The well-respected community choral group has several new songs in it’s library […]
MINETT — Theatre lovers can mark June 2 on their calendars. Dot T. Productions, in association with Muskoka Chautauqa, presents Norm Foster’s “On A First Name Baisis” at The Marriott in Minett. William Colgate and Teal Cochrane star in this delightful play that tells the story of a very successful, but cantankerous, novelist who suddenly discovers […]