NewsFlash

November 3, 2023

Fall 2023

Current Connection newsletter

is now available on-line

With a focus on LOBA's many volunteers including Water Quality Testers, Area Stewards, and retired and incoming Directors; along with articles from United Way Simcoe Muskoka and Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department there's lots of great reading in this issue!

Members who have requested a paper copy of the newsletter can expect it in their mailboxes in the coming weeks.

SEND US YOUR BEST SHOTS FROM 2023

The photo contest deadline is just two months away

Open to all Lake of Bays Association members and families. Photos must be previously unpublished and taken in the current year--limit of 5 per category. They must be in high-resolution, digital format and sent to info@loba.ca, subject line Lake of Bays Association photo contest. Deadline December 30, 2023.

LIFE at the LAKE: people, pets and dwellings

NATURE: wild plants and animals

LANDSCAPE: land, water and sky



Photo by Paul Madder

2022 Photo Contest submission

Local Share Financing Plan Achieved for Hospital Redevelopment

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare is pleased to announce that together with the hospital foundations and municipal partners in Muskoka and the Almaguin Highlands, a plan to finance the community’s share of the future redevelopment of our local hospitals has been reached following several months of collaborative and positive discussion.

Read the Full Story>



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Reading, Interesting Links and Events

Events

• DWIGHT PUBLIC LIBRARY ONLINE AUCTION: Support the Library Evolution in Dwight>

• FALL COTTAGE LIFE SHOW: November 10-12>

• FOOD4KIDS ANNOUNCES BREAKFAST GALA AT DEERRHURST RESORT: November 7>

• ENGAGE MUSKOKA CLIMATE CHANGE FILM FEST: November 29>

• ONTARIO NATURE TO RELEASE ONTARIO REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN ATLAS: November 29>

Newsletters and Updates

• FEDERATION OF ONTARIO COTTAGERS' ASSOCIATIONS: Late October Elert>

• FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED: October 2023

• SOUTH MUSKOKA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: 2023 Annual Report>

In the News

• HUNTSVILLE/LAKE OF BAYS FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS TO CONTINUE USING BARRIE FOR DISPATCH SERVICES: Read more at Doppler Online>

• NEW MUSKOKA WATERSHED REPORT SAYS REGION IS AT 'A CRUCIAL TURNING POINT': Read more at Cottage Life>

• MUSKOKA ASKS PROVINCE TO CONTINUE FUNDING WATERSHED RESEARCH PAST NOVEMBER: Read more at MuskokaRegion>

• LONGEST-STANDING MUNICIPAL COUNCILLOR IN LAKE OF BAYS HONOURED FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE: Read more MuskokaRegion>



photo by David Fulford

2022 photo contest submission