Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Fire danger remains “high” as wildfires are still choking people locally — especially farther north where some community evacuations continue. However, a complete ban on fires was lifted today, Monday July 20 after rain in some parts of the district during the weekend and cooler temperatures forecast for Tuesday. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Who says there arn’t big fish in Muskoka’s big and small lakes? Not Jason Xu who is used to pulling bass out of the Gravenhurst bay and beyond. He says the fish are jumpin’ — if you know where to drop your line. He’s fished the the local waters […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Thieves went relatively cheap when they drove off with a newish boat valued at $100,000 the same weekend as the annual Antique and Classic Boat Show. But they didn’t get far with the watercraft after their comically clumsy attempt, say neighbours. Though the black 24-foot, 2023 Sea Ray was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Old friends, good time — and hopefully good weather. That’s the forecast for a Thursday, July 23, noon reunion of Gravenhurst and Bracebridge high school students at Gull Lake Rotary Park gazebo. In fact all students are welcome at 11:30 a.m. no matter what district school they attended. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — A Markham man who was boating near Walker’s Point late yesterday afternoon is the third drowning victim of the summer in Muskoka. Police investigating in incident in the Township of Muskoka Lakes — west of Gravenhurst and close to Bala They say that on Saturday, July 18, at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — On another oppressive day of heat — that a day earlier had a pall of yellow smog blanketing Muskoka — a “town hall” meeting left a further bitter taste in the mouths of some 200 opposing the Cliff Bay resort and housing proposal. As protests go it wasn’t that […]
MUSKOKA — Put out those fires — if you’ve got one. And if you don’t — don’t even think about starting one if you live anywhere in Muskoka. Fire chiefs this morning at 11 a.m. in the six municipalities issued a complete ban on any types of outdoor open fire burning in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, […]
MUSKOKA — The theft of a $70,000 skid steer over the weekend and a charge of stunt driving last Friday top today’s police calls in south Muskoka. Police say that July 10, at 3 p.m., an officer was doing speed enforcement on Muskoka Road 169 in Torrance and stopped a vehicle for travelling considerably higher […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GERMANIA — A 150th anniversary of the Lutheran Church here Sunday, July 19, will be as much a family reunion as a service of celebration. Each year, families in Germania gather twice in the summer to keep alive the original tiny Nazareth Lutheran Church — known in the small west Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Summer’s lazy days on the docks and beaches are heating up talks about: “What’s happening with the Muskoka Centre property in Gravenhurst?” An ambitious “mixed use” tourism, commercial and residential plan from a year ago — which appears as laid back as a Muskoka chair — continues to undergo […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Surgical services have fully resumed at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital and patients can once again access scheduled surgical care at the south Muskoka site in Bracebridge. The resumption follows an almost two-week down period after Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare had announced on Wednesday July 1 that those services and CT […]
Bob Pomerantz — Special to MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s fascinating to know Gravenhurst was home to a Prisoner of War camp during the Second World War. But the real delight is in the details and local archivist and historian Judy Humphries presented some juicy ones during her talk last Wednesday at Gravenhurst Library on the […]
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 […]