Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Terry Whelan and Gordon Lightfoot didn’t make the cut for the first Mariposa Folk Festival in 1961. “They said we sounded too much like the Everly Brothers,” Lightfoot joked on the weekend as he was added to Mariposa’s hall of fame. But “We played the Barge in Gravenhurst,” Lightfoot […]
GRAVENHURST — Concerns about traffic site lines on Muskoka Road south here have been alleviated. Contractors trimmed neglected tree growth on the main street at the intersection with Main Street that had hindered southbound access bringing it in line with other stretches of the road. Neighbour Lois Cooper, who first alerted the town — and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Improvements in health care come at a steep cost for local hospitals. Work began Monday to improve the parking payment systems this month at Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s Bracebridge and Huntsville sites. To install the two new systems “the cost is approximately $420,000. That is being funded through sources of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Marnie Smyth loved the Bracebridge Seniors Citizens’ Club. She and her late husband, Dick, were regulars working with friends and sharing good times always with a smile and a helping hand On July 2 the club received a $10,000 donation from the Marilyn Smyth estate. It was presented to […]
HUNTSVILLE — A “bomb threat” had emergency services surrounding a commercial building here this morning. Police say that at 11:23 a.m. officers responded to a bomb threat on Old North Road at Fanotech solid waste and enviromental services. OPP and Huntsville Lake of Bays Fire Department were on scene and had the road closed for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Peter Moore’s 1955 Shepherd was not the oldest boat in the water. But the big brute was the latest and one of the greatest at Saturday’s Antique and Classic Boat Society (ASBS) show at the Muskoka Wharf. Nomad’s Barrie boat owner said he’d had it out only once before, […]
GRAVENHURST — A break-in here the past two days netted thieves $15,000 in tools. Police are investigating a theft at a commercial business near the corner of Industrial Drive and Progress Drive sometime overnight July 10 and 11. They say thieves made off with approximately $15,000 worth of tools. The OPP are seeking assistance from […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Gordon Lightfoot has a host of awards — including more than a dozen Junos, the Order of Canada and a stamp. He was first recognized in 1951 at the Toronto Kiwanis Festival — a first place plaque in the under-13 category and third place in unchanged voices. Since then […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Sarah Nash and her family of four had just bought a new home and were suppose to move in later this month just a short distance away. But early yesterday they lost their residence in an early morning fire that also destroyed the other half of the duplex they […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Folk, rock and “down home blues” highlighted the 61st Mariposa Folk Festival here this weekend. The venerable music fest that began in Stephen Leacock’s fictional Mariposa in 1961 lived up to the city’s Sunshine City nickname with a lot of hot acts and cool names on bill around the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Want to float your boat? Muskoka Wharf is the place to do it — in style. As in the Antique and Classic Boat Show. For going on four decades the Toronto chapter has held a display and for most of it it’s been at the docks in Gravenhurst Bay. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Go fish isn’t just fun summer card game for kids. It’s a serious business, hobby and fun way to wile away hours of patient time. With more than a million lakes, rivers and streams plus three oceans, Canada boasts one of the most diverse natural environments. Reel in hand […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ralph Scales was the kind of guy whose glass was always half full. But when the Korean War veteran died recently his propane tank was half empty. Friend and neighbour Jason McIntyre says he recently sold what remained to the last customers of the popular James Street barbecue filling […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Cover bands and tributes to the ’60s got you singing the COVID blues? Want some original tunes to uplift you after two years down in the dumps? Well set yourself free in the Sunshine City for the 61st Mariposa Folk Festival this weekend. Pull up a chair and hear […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are looking for help identifying suspects they say were involved in a theft at a new store here last week. The OPP are investigating the theft on Manitoba Street in Bracebridge. They say that on June 29 four suspects entered a storefront at Daughters of Indie, a new store the for the […]
UPDATE: ADVISORY LIFTED JULY 12 GRAVENHURST — Summer’s start continues with the annual on and off swim advisories at local beaches. The Town of Gravenhurst reports Thursday that based on beach water samples collected on July 6, 2022, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is recommending that Gull Lake Park Beach (Third St, Gravenhurst) be posted with swim advisory […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Big changes in the political guard are coming to local government this fall at the district and town levels. Four of the seven top municipal leaders aren’t running again. District Chair John Klinck is the latest joining the growing list of politicians who won’t be back. He follows the […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Enbridge Gas Inc is preparing a major gas pipeline expansion in the Hidden Valley area of Huntsville and Burk’s Falls. As one of the ‘interested and potentially affected parties” and as a “stakeholder” in the future, Climate Action Muskoka (CAM) is compelled to respond to this expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure in […]
GRAVENHURST — The body of a man last seen Wednesday afternoon was recovered by police about noon today in the Kahshe River. Provincial police located him deceased in Gravenhurst, after he was reported missing earlier Friday. They say that on July 1, just after 10 a.m., the 67-year-old was reported missing in Gravenhurst. He was […]
MUSKOKA — Across Muskoka there are almost as man events marking Canada’s 155th birthday as there years of our amazing history. So get out your red and white and “take back the flag.” GRAVENHURST: In Gateway to Muskoka Gravenhurst the fun begins at 11 a.m. at Gull Lake Rotary Park with a barbecue and cupcakes. […]