After nearly 50 years of flying Canadian flags through the summer, the Gravenhurst Lions Club has ended the tradition over safety and liability concerns. Now the service club is looking to new community projects — including a Rainbow Pet Bridge memorial — as it searches for volunteers and replacement fundraising. Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A young driver was stopped last night speeding at nearly double the Hwy. 11 traffic limit. On Thursday, July 9, at 9:50 pm, an officer conducting traffic enforcement near Greer Road in Huntsville stopped a northbound vehicle after it clocked by radar travelling at 197 km/h in a posted […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A tow truck driver is lucky to be alive after an accident with a Northlander train undergoing testing. The early mid-afternoon collision today plowed the white Galaxy flatbed vehicle 35 metres into the left hand ditch, at 1:45 p.m. Thursday, at the High Falls Road intersection. It ended up […]
MUSKOKA — The OPP have charged a Bracebridge man after he fled from police in Muskoka Lakes Township last Friday. On July 3, at 5:45 p.m., a south Muskoka officer was conducting general patrols in the area of Muskoka Road 118 near Pine Glen road in Muskoka Lakes Township and noticed some very concerning driving […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you live on the edge of a forest a little wildlife is but one of nature’s attractions. So seeing a silver fox kit out during the day is completely normal. And nothing to get alarmed about, says an unstartled Pine Ridge resident who’s caught sight the past month. […]
Historian Judy Humphrey to spotlight 24 memorial windows, prominent pioneer families and First World War soldier Cyril Power Palmer during three guided tours, talks Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Every stained glass window at St. James Anglican Church tells a story, and local historian Judy Humphrey is ready to share them. As part of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHHURST — Summer camps are in full swing in Muskoka. But before they became the home away from home for kids, there was an infamous one during the late Second World War. Camp 20 in Gravenhurst was a German POW (prisoner of war) facility run by the Canadian government on behalf […]
MUSKOKA — Grab a lawn chair and dip your feet in the water at the Dwight Beach Wednesday night for the first of four concerts by the Muskoka Concert Band. The community orchestra plays popular district parks evenings in July for free — with a goodwill collection. After a Canada Day kick off at the […]