Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Support local businesses, help your community and get great bargains from the comfort of your home starting this weekend. That’s when the Gravenhurst Rotary TV/Internet Auction kicks off pre-bidding for the Nov. 28 Sunday main afternoon live TV event. After more than three decades of delivering deals on Cable […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Yesterday three young men in Bracebridge, 18-34, were reported to have tested for positive for COVID-19. They are all under investigation by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) after having first episodes the day before. The trio are among 42 SMDHU cases Tuesday and 70 so far this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — An average of more than 50 cases a day over the weekend makes the region one of the province’s top hot spots today. The 155 cases Friday, Saturday and Sunday includes a dozen in Muskoka — and 143 in Simcoe. And while 3 of them were among children under […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST-BRACEBRIDGE-MUSKOKA LAKES — Just say “Yes you can!” That’s the marketing message from south Muskoka chambers of commerce as they excitedly launched a new campaign to remind residents that when it comes to goods and services, “It’s all right here” in your home town. The Bracebridge, Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes chambers […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist A few years ago I joined a crowd of 15,000 people in Toronto to participate in a climate strike. Al Gore first helped put “global warming” on the world’s radar with his early 2000s documentary An Inconvenient Truth, and the cause is now championed famously by a teenager from Sweden, […]
HUNTSVILLE — A large fire early this morning, off Hwy. 11 south of town, that caused $600,000 is under investigation. Huntsville/Lake of Bays firefighters from stations 1, 4 and 5 battled the structure fire on Allensville Road Saturday at 1 a.m. Allensville is just north of Port Sydney and Utterson on the west side of […]
MUSKOKA — “Who owns the black truck parked out front?” That wasn’t the question trivia game players expected to hear at Sawdust City Tuesday night. “It’s mine,” answered the vehicle owner when an OPP officer went in to inquire. Police say they responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision on Muskoka Road north in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Add 5 male cases to the rising COVID toll in Muskoka as kids vaccines could be a week to two away. The past two days 99 cases were reported by the health unit. They bring to 206 this week’s number. Last week it was 249 and 127 the last […]
Photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another look at a day to remember. Yesterday’s Remembrance Day service was a rare public gathering after last year’s more restricted indoor ceremony due to COVID. More than 100 community members gathered for the first time in two years to join legionnaires mark the solemn occasion on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Photos by Lois Cooper GRAVENHURST — They gathered. They remembered. As the winds of change blew forth, Remembrance Day was muted, memorable, mindful and respectful. More than 100 members of the community huddled on the small hilltop overlooking the Royal Canadian Legion this morning at 11 a.m. They joined a handful […]
GRAVENHURST — Remembrance Day services here will be muted, but still public tomorrow. The Royal Canadian Legion will commemorate its war dead with another scaled-down service outdoors. And all are welcome — but urged to take appropriate COVID measures including distancing and wearing masks. With the weather to be seasonal and without often rain or […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka cases ranging in age from under 17 to 80+ are among a growing number of 63 residents with positive coronavirus tests today. No wonder Ontario is putting a halt to lifting of capacity limits in higher-risk settings like night clubs and wedding receptions, strip clubs, sex clubs […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Yesterday’s First Street fire that burned a home with two apartments is under investigation. But it is not considered suspicious at this time, says Fire Chief Jared Cayley. He says in a release almost 24 hours later, that damage to the property, which is insured by owner Dave Cruise, is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When the “Great War” ended 103 years ago tomorrow, word spread around the world thanks to two Gravenhurst soldiers. Sam Scott and his “sidekick” Billy Waite strung the telegraph wire from the rail car in northern France where the German surrender and Armistice signing took place on Nov. 11, […]
GRAVENHURST — A woman attacked by a dog yesterday was taken to hospital for treatment of her injuries. Provincial police were called to a home on Bethune Drive South Monday at 4 p.m. They say the woman was visiting when she was “attacked by a dog.” And that she was in the company of children outside […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another fire at a First Street apartment building late this afternoon has left three more people homeless a block from where a fatal fire in late August claimed a woman’s life. Firefighters were once again called to the corner of Phillip Street — a few blocks from their Station […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — War is a mystery to most. Not so much for Judy Humphries. The Gravenhurst archivist is deeply entrenched in war stories. Never more so than annually this week of November. Her research and history of local veterans and their stories is unparalleled. She has not only laboured long and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — While there are no new cases today in Muskoka, 34 residents of Simcoe County tested positive yesterday. They bring the region’s total number of cases this week to 50. Last week on this day there were 42 cases for the first two days of the week. That led to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Seventy of the 103 COVID local cases this weekend were unvaccinated. Two dozen were fully vaccinated and 8 partially vaccinated. And of the more than 100 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka since Friday, 3 of them were Muskokans: Huntsville boy, under 18, is under investigation after reporting Saturday, with a first […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Kids running wild in the streets? Not exactly, but police say they have received “multiple calls” from the public reporting “ongoing issues with youth in the town of Bracebridge.” Including, report the OPP, incidents of mischief, interfering with traffic whilst on bicycles or ATVs — and intimidation of property owners. Police say this […]