GRAVENHURST — A $50,000 fire could have been worse this morning in south Gravenhurst after a smoke detector alerted the home owner just before 8 a.m. today. Gravenhurst Fire was called to a basement blaze at a residence Saturday morning. They say that crews from stations 1 and 2 responded to a reported structure fire at […]
GRAVENHURST — Air, Fire, Water, Earth — those were the four elements and chapters the Elderberries Choir sang praise to tonight. The second of the two concerts is Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., also at the legion. New music director Louise Jardine, and pianist Carolyn Grant, ran the 40-member choir through some challenging pieces that […]
GRAVENHURST — There’s a ton of stuff to do all-day Saturday June 16 at the popular tree-lined Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce Car Show at Gull Lake Rotary Park. The 25th annual event is going to be a CAR-azy day. So get revved up and in gear. For the early birders arriving at 5:30 a.m. to […]
GRAVENHURST — The Elderberries truly are – individually and collectively – a force of nature. And this is the weekend the talented choir members have been waiting for, since their first Monday rehearsal at their new practice home at the Presbyterian Church, under new director Louise Jardine. All the weekly singing and re-singing of difficult harmonizing […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The first thing you notice about the dudes taking part in this year’s annual ‘Walk A Mile in Her Shoes,’ isn’t the hairy legs — but the socks. Most men wore socks (many wore athletic ones, one presumes to avoid any lasting stigma or sores). And what socks many wore. They were as […]
ONTARIO — Gardeners and growers won’t like it much, but the weather forecast for the next two weeks calls for seasonal temperatures — but in terms of precipitation, somewhat drier-than-normal conditions are expected. No clear temperature and precipitation trends are present for the second half of the month. That’s the early prediction from Gerald Cheng, […]
BRACEBRIDGE — “Suck it up” used to be more closely associated with the anti-climate change crowd. Now it’s taken on a new life with a move to ban plastic straws, which many claim are adding to global pollution. Even McDonald’s is looking at changing — and oddly they could just revert to the paper packaging […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A year after the loss of Nipissing University here last June there’s good and bad news. It’s good that an independent replacement educator has been found, but the economic impact of that well-recognized post secondary institution has been quantified. And it’s not good news if you look at it in terms of the […]