Rivercove rallies after unprecedented flood

Muskoka Small Business offers youth entrepreneurs opportunity

BRACEBRIDGE - Starting a summer business could put local youths on the path to permanent self-employment. “Once you get your first client, you think yeah I can do this,” said Bracebridge and Muskoka...

Portage route unsafe: Ministry of Natural Resources

BALA - Muskoka Lakes council is pushing to protect a portage route the Ministry of Natural Resources says is unsafe for public use. “The right to portage is a protected right through the Public Lands...

Ministry looking to BMLSS to demonstrate mental health education

BRACEBRIDGE - Students of Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary are taking part in a provincial mental health awareness initiative. “The students are going to be sharing their view of various...

Trillium Lakelands names rooms at new Muskoka board offices

BRACEBRIDGE - The progress of the new Trillium Lakelands District School Board office caused concern for a local trustee last week. “When we go into these rooms our feet aren’t going to get wet are...

Local youth is a professional golfer in the making

BRACEBRIDGE - Jeffrey Gardner is bidding farewell to Canada. The 18-year-old Team Ontario golfer has been offered a scholarship to University of Indianapolis this fall. “It’s a powerhouse school...

Nelson’s star rising with third straight MMA pro win

HUNTSVILLE - When ex-UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was plying his trade in the rings of the WWE, he was known as “The Next Big Thing,” a moniker that followed him as he moved from...

Hawks reflect on good year after crushing defeat at provincials

HUNTSVILLE - Muskoka field lacrosse players are reminiscing on a fun year while limping back after being eliminated in the Eastern finals in the Ontario Minor Field Lacrosse League.
With one win...

Minor baseball groups announce merger

HUNTSVILLE - This past weekend, the boards of the Muskoka Hornets and the Huntsville Minor Baseball Association voted unanimously to merge.
The merger allows the Hornets to gain closer ties...

Happiness is a powerful game changer

MUSKOKA LAKES - Discovering the key to happiness could be easier than you think. “I hope people will realize that happiness is a powerful game changer,” said Muskoka Lakes resident and author Peter...

Club focusing on controversial books

Delve into forbidden literature at the Bracebridge Public Library.
The library’s May book club meeting is centred on banned or challenged books.  
Prior to each meeting, a list...

A cautionary tale amid spring's rush

Spring is the time of year when we get out in our gardens to prune, plant and tend to all the chores that accumulate over the winter. We want our home to look beautiful, and one of the jobs we do is...

Take environmental warnings seriously

A notice of danger to all living things was tucked away on an inside page of the May 11 Globe.
Scientists at an observatory in Hawaii, the piece said, had reported measurements indicating that...