Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Eco tourists are busy making the rounds watching flood waters rise ebb and fall around the Muskoka Lakes. And ironically this week they’ve been helped by new signage erected along what’s now called the Great Lakes Water Trail Muskoka Loop. Follow the beige and blue signs with the three […]
HUNTSVILLE — A multiple-vehicle collision that landed a driver in hospital with serious injuries at midnight Thursday also forced residents of a home also struck to be relocated to a local hotel.Police are looking for video after investigating the incident. On Friday, April 24, officers responded to the area of Main Street West at approximately […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A 20-year-old driver headed southbound on Hwy. 11 Tuesday afternoon was pulled over by police and faces eight charges included impaired operation. On April 22, at 4:10 p.m., officers, along with a member of the Central region OPP SAVE team, responded to multiple reports of an aggressive driver travelling north in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Get ready to dance, sing, and relive the golden era of soul when Motown Gold takes the stage at the Gravenhurst Opera House for a Friday May 22 show at 7:30 p.m. Motown Gold is a dazzling celebration of the timeless music that defined a generation with outstanding live […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Warm weather, lingering temperatures and up to another 10 mm of rain this coming week has the MNR holding fast to its flood warning alert. Their seven-day weather forecast calls for daytime highs of 12°C to 17°C and overnight lows between 1°C and 7°C. But then lake and river […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Students and staff at GHS were placed in a lockdown “for a few minutes today,” said the Trillium Lakelands District School board just after noon Tuesday. The public school board says it was quickly lifted by the police. Carolynne Bull, communications manager for TLDSB, told MuskokaTODAY.com “the whole school […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Flood waters continue to rise in parts of the district, while receding in some others. And that’s causing reverberations throughout the adjoining watersheds. In Gravenhurst, effective immediately, the town has posted signs closing public parks on Lake Muskoka and Sparrow Lake including: Muskoka Bay Park Lorne Street Beach Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A sunny day while some were out with rakes and leaf blowers, Faye Rashigzadeh was filling sand bags to protect her home feet from the rising Moon River in Bala. With Faryal, “a friend from the city,” on the shovel calling it “fun” and her holding the bright orange […]