Lois Cooper | Special to TODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Horticultural Society is looking forward to meeting April 17 with a timely speaker, Ann Bossart, from the Parry Sound master gardeners on Pruning and Maintenance of Trees & Shrubs. Bossart will spur us on to do our spring pruning (correctly) on the next warm day. […]
GRAVENHURST— Celebrate spring at the Gravenhurst Opera House Sat. April 14 as the Muskoka Concert Association presents the Metropolitan Silver Band and its Spirit of Brass Concert. The show starts at 7 p.m. and features a great brass band music with something for everyone’s taste. You’ll be able to hear Terra Nova, based in Ode to Newfoundland […]
GRAVENHURST — They called it a “giveaway.” But it was much more Saturday morning. It was a great big, warm, fuzzy, huggy “thank you” to the community for its continued support of a good cause. The St. James Anglican Church’s Hope Chest is a hidden treasure many consider a godsend for shoppers on a budget. […]
MINETT — A unique new home construction company aimed at building “adequate housing” for more modest needs, has won in the inaugural Founders Circle entrepreneur award. Startup business owner Kim Aitken, of Aitken Frame Homes in Bracebridge, picked up a cool $10,000 in seed money at a gala dinner here at the Minett Marriott. Founders […]
GRAVENHURST — Five Gravenhurst residents face a total of 15 drug and property-related charges following a police bust Thursday. Provincial police say that on April 5, 2018, the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act warrant at an address in the Town […]
MIDLAND – Another scam has come to light, this one involving high school students. Southern Georgian Bay OPP are warning area youth, and their families, of a recent scam making the rounds of local secondary schools. They say the scam scam consists of students being approached by other students inside the school and being told […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Brenda Rhodes knows she’s in tough to upset Norm Miller. Nonetheless, the Liberal candidate is undaunted. Last time she ran against Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP, in 2007, she had half his votes. Since then, Dan and Cindy Waters cut into that Conservative lead in 2011 and 2014. Rhodes hopes this […]
ONTARIO — The province marked Family Caregiver Day Tuesday, introducing a Seniors’ Healthy Home Program. Ontario is taking steps to ensure that people are betterable to look after their loved ones with new funding that supports caregiversand makes it easier for seniors to continue living at home, says a government release. Premier Wynne was […]