Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Penalties, power plays and a penalty shot cost the Muskoka Bears their first game of the playoffs here tonight. Oh … and three goals by Lleyton McClean — including a second period power play — that proved the end of the visiting team. Add preparation, pep and persistence that […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police charged three local people overnight today with drug offences after a vehicle caught their attention. They say that on Saturday February 21, at 3:15 a.m., officers conducting proactive patrols in the town of Bracebridge spotted the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. Upon further investigation, they arrested and charged the driver, 43-year-old […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Grab your kilt and travel to Scotland with the Orillia Silver Band for their spring ‘Highland Fling.’ The Orillia Silver Band is taking an exciting trip to Scotland and invites the public to come along with its ‘Highland Fling Multimedia Concert.’ The concert is Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m. at the Rene Caisse Theatre in Bracebridge. Tickets available […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — A Huntsville woman was in bail court here today facing early morning robbery charges. Police there say that on February 21, at 1:20 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call about an unwanted woman at a business on Atherley Road, in Orillia. When officers responded, the employee said a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Bob Jacob believes it’s better to give than receive. The generous Bracebridge philanthropist has done it again. Donating a second million dollars in shares to the “South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Foundation.” His latest contribution is for Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s southern site “only,” the retired computer worker, investor, developer, cottager, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — “How’s them apples?” Dorothy does it again. From the big screen to the little stage the Wizard of Oz is magic. And last night’s opening night presentation of the loveable classic at the Rene Caisse Theatre was both magical and imaginable. Click your heels and clap your hands for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A string of serious charges including armed robbery and home invasions have been added to another suspect who was in bail court yesterday after a Muskoka-wide incident that closed Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst last summer. Police have captured an eighth person who has been arrested and charged in connection […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION GRAVENHURST — There’s a spark of life yet in this old town after all. With a glimmer of hope for Gravenhurst’s beleaguered“main street.” Almost 40 hopeful community members and business persons turned out last night at the Opera House for a presentation and round-table discussion about the fate of five […]