HUNTSVILLE — People without a primary care provider may miss the opportunity to be screened for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer as recommended by Cancer Care Ontario. Join local health providers Wednesday to discuss why cancer screening matters and an opportunity to ensure you are up to date with the recommended Cancer Care Ontario guidelines. […]

LAKE OF BAYS — Police in Huntsville are investigating the theft of a snowmobile and two impaired driving charges. They say the theft north east of the town off Hwy. 60 occurred sometime between January 10-19, 2026 from and address on Fieldale Road in Lake of Bays Township in the Bella Lake area. The stolen Polaris snowmobile is […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Julie Alexander was born in Minneapolis and Marjorie Hall studied and worked in the tormented city for five years. “It’s a shame what’s going on there,” said Alexander who left after the Second World War before she and her late husband Bill eventually moved to Canada. She was one […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST  — Giving peace a chance. Inspired by protests in Minneapolis, a candle-light vigil will take place Sunday afternoon outside Trinity United Church Feb. 1. The peaceful gathering will bring together all like-minded people deeply concerned about events around the world — notably recently in the United States. The ‘Vigil of […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Education and good fun.” That sums up a $3.2 million reno and retro fit of the Segwun and Muskoka Discovery Centre this year. The oldest operating steamship in North America and the ever-evolving Muskoka Lakes learning centre are undergoing a stem to stern makeover and more interactive dockside entertainment […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A morning blaze that sent a huge black plume of smoke across frigid Muskoka Lake destroyed a waterfront cottage-home at the end of Parker’s Point Road. Nobody was home at the time and there no injuries were reported, the Gravenhurst Fire Department said. Friday’s fire that was first called […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST —  It was another big step today toward this summer’s new Gravenhurst Health Hub to serve south Muskoka. After fundraising $1 million, it’s now officially on to renovating the Cottage Family Health Team’s second floor into “purpose-built” medical offices “closer to home.” With a goal to provide some “half the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — A schools and health unit crackdown next week on kids aged eight and nine spells the end of classes for them if they don’t have their vaccination records in check. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says that in accordance with the Ontario’s Immunization […]