A designer for the new community park and pump track in Bracebridge has been approved.  Landscape Planning Limited, based in Richmond Hill, Ont., has been chosen to design the park and pump track. They were the lowest of the two submitted bids with it estimated to cost the town $79,320...

The District of Muskoka’s two long-term care homes will get a staffing bump. The Pines in Bracebridge will hire 10 new personal support workers, (PSW) one registered nurse (RN), and a social worker, while Huntsville’s Fairvern Nursing Home is getting two PSWs and an RN. It’s thanks to a $957,290...

Joanne Twist, a long-time Gravenhurst volunteer and formally named the town's Senior of the Year in 2021, has passed away. She was 77. A celebration of life will be held at the Gravenhurst Opera House from 1 to 3 PM on Feb. 10. Twist is known for having served as chair...

The District of Muskoka will chip in to reinforce a retaining wall in downtown Bracebridge. According to a staff report, the wall is on district property but needs to be shored up to support the construction at the corner of Manitoba St. and Taylor Rd.. The district will pay $19,605...

Terry Pilger, a long-time Gravenhurst politician, has passed away. "It is with great sadness that we have lost Terry Pilger," his wife Wendy Pilger wrote on Facebook just before noon Tuesday. "Our family is all together and coping in our own way. If everyone could please respect our privacy at...

Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison travelled to Kenya last week as a guest of Results Canada to see the progress the country has made thanks in part to assistance from Canada. According to the organization's website, Results was founded in 1980 in the United States "with the mission of mobilizing,...