Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVNHURST — Not to be confused with the TV show “Still Standing” with Johnny Harris, a play on tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at the Opera House still has many similarities. The former is about struggling towns — the latter is about people with Alzheimer’s who are also still […]

GRAVENHURST — After another successful fundraising dinner and auction, Legacy for Alex Kerswell is donating $16,000 in Alex’s memory. The local charity, named after the son of Leanna and Shawn Kerswell, who died by suicide, in 2019, at the age of 17 is an annual event dedicated to raising funds for grassroots charities committed to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com ALGONQUIN PARK — A joint weekend safety inspection in Algonquin Park had the OPP and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry checking drivers and laying charges. The traffic enforcement initiative Friday, September 4, mostly along Hwy. 60 included 417 vehicles in a focus on traffic safety, vehicle […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — Look … up in the sky! Is it a bird, is it a plane … ? It was both … the Snowbirds just after noon today. The famed flyers were spotted by several people in town who did all of a sudden look up — […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — What started as a simple group chat between local bands who wanted to create something together and help build a stronger independent music scene in the area, has grown into a new three-day “DIY” festival Sept. 18-20 featuring 23 bands and artists from across the alternative music […]

Susan P. Kelly — Special to MuskokaTODAY.com The stories connected to Canadians and 9/11 are deeply personal. There are stories of loss, final phone calls, survival and extraordinary kindnesses that occurred during the days that followed the 9/11 attacks. Windows on the World is one of those stories. It is Maureen Basnicki’s story as written […]

GRAVENHURST — Southbound traffic on Hwy. 11 was re-routed through Gravenhurst late yesterday afternoon after a serious motorcycle accident. Police were investigating the crash that fully shut down all southbound lanes at Bethune Drive North to Bethune Drive South. The highway section between the southbound entrance to Gravenhurst and southbound exit out of the town […]

MUSKOKA — Emergency service responded late Friday afternoon to a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. On Friday, September 4, at 5:30 p.m., OPP, EMS and Huntsville Fire were called out to reports of a serious collision on Brunel Road, near Hillcrest Drive. As a result, a 57-year-old male from Waterloo sustained life-threatening injuries. He was transported […]