Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — If Lucy Maud Montgomery were still alive, she’d have written a touching love story about Anne (with an E) meeting the owners of Bala’s Museum. Jack Hutton and Linda Jackson would star as themselves in the TV and stage musical. They might even have appeared somewhere in Stephen Leacock’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Who in Muskoka hasn’t sat around the fireplace in to the wee early hours “solving all the problems of the world?” Doug Ford and Paul Carney did that last night at the premier’s Port Sydney “shack.” The fate of the country’s trade, tariffs and Trump conundrum may well have […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — In a town made famous by Tom Thomson’s views of Canada, a meeting room here bearing his name is where a new vision of the country will be drawn today and tomorrow with new Prime Minister Mark Carney sitting at the head of the talks table. It starts this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Canada’s premiers arrived in Muskoka today united and hungry for peace with Donald Trump. And tonight on the menu at Doug Ford’s Port Sydney cottage BBQ with first ministers — and possibly the prime minister — are tough talks on trade and tariffs by the end of July. Ontario’s […]
GRAVENHURST — A 46-year-old Gravenhurst man was transported to hospital and further flown to a Toronto area hospital with life-threatening injuries after a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian in Gravenhurst today. On July 21, at 7:10 a.m., police and Muskoka EMS responded to the Gravenhurst Parkway at the north end of the Muskoka Airport […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Georgia man was airlifted to Toronto yesterday with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a boater on Skeleton Lake late in the afternoon. And a Niagara Falls man, 39, was in bail court today charged Impaired Operation Causing Bodily Harm, Fail to Stop at an […]
LETTER to Editor: Re: Lois Cooper’s health care survey column here. Many thanks for the summary of the many short comings in the current local health care system. It is utterly confusing to deal with easily unless you have a day or two to stay on your telephone before you pass away. You also point […]
GRAVENHURST — A young driver who had OPP from three detachments in his pursuit was finally stopped on Southwood Road arrested and the 23-year-old faces multiple charges including stunt driving and impaired operation. Police say several traffic complaints were reported after an individual posted several videos of dangerous driving behaviour on their social media account, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com EXCLUSIVE GRAVENHURST — Kirill Soloviev is open to “maybe some adjustments” to his grand plans for the Muskoka Centre property. Reached this afternoon by phone, he told MuskokaTODAY.com that depending on what he hears tomorrow night on a second Zoom call “maybe we will make some adjustments to the plan.” As for […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — On behalf of the Gravenhurst Health Hub, the Cottage Country Family Health Team (CCFHT) is asking south Muskoka community members about their primary care experiences. They would appreciate you to take a few moments to share your experiences with primary care in South Muskoka. They say “your honest feedback will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A divided community comes together online Wednesday over a multi-billion-dollar development that would alter the shape, course and future of Gravenhurst. The Muskoka Centre property was for half a century symbolic of what this waterside town has been all about. Fresh air and a lake the envy of the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you’re without a doctor or primary care — or know someone who is — you should attend a public meeting Wednesday 6-8 p.m. at the Opera House auditorium to learn more about plans for a Health Hub next to the town hall. The two-hour presentation — with a […]
GRAVENHURST — A Canadian Tire bike theft yesterday and a week of passing counterfeit money has led to arrests and charges against two Gravenhurst residents in separate police investigations. On Sunday July 13, just before 1 p.m., officers responded to a report of a theft from a retail location on Talisman Drive. A man entered […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are looking for help after a thief broke into a vehicle Tuesday at Wilson’s Falls. They say that on Tuesday, July 8, at 8:15 p.m. officers responded to Bass Rock Park on Wilson’s Falls Road in Bracebridge. The victim had parked and locked their vehicle at the parkette and when they returned, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hold the coal! For the Muskoka Steamships Fleet it’s two down and one to go. What was supposed to be a big week for the Wanda III to finally set sail with its first electric charter; and the steamship Segwun — pride of the Fleet — to finally toot […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Bob Waterhouse had the same problem many boaters have had this summer. He ran out of gas yesterday after running charity tours at the Antique and Classic Vintage Boat Show here. Luckily he came prepared with a spare can. The son of Bill Waterhouse, who ran Grandview Resort on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A fatal accident involving a motorcycle had Highway 11 NB closed mid-afternoon today for a major police investigation after the victim was thrown off. Cottage traffic was re-routed here through the downtown after a stretch of highway just past the town’s Bethune Drive south entrance overpass was sealed off […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — When Cameron Lambert spotted a bunch of nothing checking his Lotto numbers two months ago today “I thought there had to be something wrong with the app, so I scanned my ticket again to be sure. “That’s when I realized I’d won $1 million. “I was so shocked and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Who knows where the best public piano is in London’s Tube system? Or that video games have some “amazing music.” And that one of Britain’s best boogie woogie players was beating up the piano this afternoon at Trinity United Church — requiring a tuner next Monday. Kylan Haffie was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Authors are like stand-up comedians at readings and book signings. Light, lively and full of great humour — while plugging for their latest novel. Linwood Barclay over 60 minutes entertained an audience of Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) members and guests recently at the Opera House here. The […]
