By Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com SPARROW LAKE — For a hundred years, the shores of Sparrow Lake have been a backdrop for summer memories, lasting friendships, and the quintessential cottage life. This weekend, the water babies of generations past and present, along with their families, will gather to mark a full […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Like father, like son; like me and my dad. Hugh heard Frank Sinatra at Maple Leaf Gardens; I heard his son at Casino Rama. My dad loved to play Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots are Made for Walkin’ in his Sandsmen gigs.” Our Muskoka Concert Band played “Crooner’s Serenade” Wednesday […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Unattached residents with health care anxiety can rest assured “hope” isn’t far off. And coming here closer to home. The Gravenhurst Health Hub (GHH) is well on its way to building space for three new nurse practioners, two nurses and comprehensive family wellness services from birth to death. And […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Three people police suspect of break and enter the night before last has the OPP seeking the public’s help in identifying them. They say that on yesterday at 8 a.m., officers responded to the complaint about the incident that occurred in the old Foundary building on Entrance Drive near […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Apologies first, to my GAP customers. If I was a few minutes late today with my food deliveries. I have a good excuse — I was at the noon Brown Bag reunion. And you know how everyone likes to talk at these things. For a reporter who’s stock and […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST  — Hockey, hockey, hockey. School, school, school. Kids keen on improving their skills — in the ever-ending all-year quest for improvement — are back in school for what to some players and families seems like an ever-ending cycle now as they seek the cutting edge for next season whatever town […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — The Huntsville Fire Department has concluded a lengthy enforcement process involving a multi‑unit residential rental property where a landlord failed to comply with an order issued under the Ontario Fire Code. Over a period of 10 months, Fire Prevention Officers worked with the property owner to address unsafe combustible […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Summer means fun times for most and always more emergencies for paramedics who often have to call in air support. Last evening was such a case. The skies around Muskoka Airport are routinely filled with float planes landing on the lake and even helicopters. But when the distinctive whirring […]