Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — The race is on … three weeks to Halloween. And 21 days to the end of the month when the Bay and Beyond construction “will be done.” So says Nick Miandro, the community liaison for Trisan the contractor that has been working its way up […]

SEVERN TOWNSHIP — One person is dead and another driver ended up in hospital after a 4 a.m. northbound crash on Hwy. 11 yesterday morning. Police in Orillia are investigating after officers, paramedics and firefighters were called to a serious two-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck and SUV on Saturday, October 10. The accident involved […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com Seven historic whistles send the RMS Segwun into season sunset as Muskoka’s steamship season ends on a high note. A spectacular autumn farewell at Muskoka Wharf brings generations of steam heritage roaring back to life for once-in-a-lifetime celebration of steam, sound and local history. GRAVENHURST — With […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GEORGIAN BAY TWP. — Five young GTA men aged 22 to 27 face provincial offences charges involving illegal recreation shooting after being stopped Sept. 26 in west Muskoka. The OPP say given that they are not criminal charges, they are not releasing their names. But police say they […]

BRACEBRIDGE — Suspected impaired drivers are batting 1,000 this week after three were charged with serious traffic violations this week. All of the arrests were daytime — with two of them involving more serious charges including a two-vehicle accident and one driver who struck a tree in a school zone, said police in reports today. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — Housing being a hot election top, today’s ground-breaking at the former Memorial Arena site here was timely, coming just a little more than two weeks out from the municipal vote. A ceremonial dirt turning event marked the start of the Memorial Arena Site Redevelopment project to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — The Opera House was overflowing this evening with two dozen candidates tripping over each other on stage eager to say how much they loved their town. And more or less wouldn’t improve or change little between now and 2030. Making for a no nothing […]

MUSKOKA — Three recent police stops led to stunt driving, impaired and indecent exposure against local drivers. Saturday, Oct. 3, just after 9:30 a.m., an officer in Huntsville conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 60, near Ragged Falls Park Road in Algonquin Highlands Township, stopped a vehicle travelling 138 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. […]