BRACEBRIDGE — Graydon Smith has been described many ways since becoming mayor. But having a “distincly tart flavor, citrusy aroma, lively effervescence and light-bodied crispness” may be a first. Now he’s stuck with it after “Grayder’s Pink Grapefruit Radler” won over beer lovers with the people’s choice award at the 2017 Sessions Muskoka Beer Festival. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The Muskoka Lawn Bowling Club is rolling in money. Just weeks away from its first full season start, for the second straight year they’ve received $25,000 from the Government of Canada’s New Horizon for Seniors program, says a club release. The funding will allow the club to purchase a greens roller and to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Maggie Ringling was dearly loved and was renowned for her passion and commitment to the development of support services for women and children. The Maggie Ringling Award has been awarded annually since 2009 by the YWCA Muskoka board of directors to an individual, woman or man, or organization for breaking down barriers and […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Sunday’s Earth Day celebration is an opportunity not to be wasted. In the lead up to Earth Day, Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller moved a motion calling upon the government to make Ontario a leader in the emerging field of compostable packaging. He’s been big on the issue urging the government in […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Parry Sound-Muskoka residents are among the top organ donors in Ontario. That’s according to MPP Norm Miller who lauded his constituents. He made the following statement congratulating Parry Sound and other towns in the riding for their high organ donor registration rates and thanking Sandra Holdsworth for her efforts to raise awareness […]
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 […]