Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Cody Herbert isn’t much for pomp and circumstance. He was reluctant to don cap and gown for his Grade 12 graduation photo Wednesday morning at the Marriott hotel. And he said he felt “uncomfortable” with the class photo before he received his diploma. “With the whole thing,” he said […]
GRAVENHURST — TGIB. TGIF that is. Thank God Thank God It’s Friday is back. Hungry heat-challenged barbecuers can get inside and enjoy a cold one and a hot meal — both at the same time — this Friday, June 29. The 302 Harry Wray legion returns tomorrow with its monthly end-of-week rib fest. As in […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Re: Muskoka Bay housing development. What does our vote mean in Gravenhurst next November? Not much. After 13 years, a West Gravenhurst subdivision with 32 homes is finally being forced by the town to complete its site plan, although we have paid taxes since Day 1. Oh, not so fast. The developer […]
OBITUARY: RYAN, Patricia Ann Ryan, June 13, 1939 ~ June 26, 2018 PATRICIA ANN RYAN died suddenly on Tuesday, June 26th, 2018, in her 80th year. She is survived by cousins Lois Cooper, Melissa Cooper and Alex Hogg. She was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Lawrence (Laurie or Paddy) Ryan (1965) and Pearl Ryan (nee […]
HUNTSVILLE — ‘The Sweet Sounds of Summer’ floated down the river here tonight., as the Huntsville Community Band and the King Fisher Cottage Band presented a combined concert in the Active Living Centre at the Summit Centre. Each band of adult musicians performed five pieces under the respective batons of Sarah Lovering-Stollard and Kim Barlow […]
HUNTSVILLE — A middle-of-the-night robbery Sunday at a downtown convenience store/gas station has police on the lookout for a suspect. Huntsville OPP along with Muskoka Crime Unit are seeking the public’s assistance in helping to locate this suspect. He is described as approximately 6 feet tall, and in his late 30s, and possibly bald. He […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police have identified the woman who died in single-vehicle crash last Wednesday. Laura Robinson, 44, of Huntsville died June 20 on Ravenscliffe Road. Police had to break the windows of her car to remove her, following the accident reported at 10:25 p.m. when emergency crews were called. Huntsville OPP along with the assistance […]
HUNTSVILLE — A St. Catharines woman who became trapped under water at popular swimming site in Arrowhead Park has died. Police said Tuesday, June 26, that the female camper succumbed to her injuries after being pulled out of the water at Stubbs Falls. Angel Lacourse, 26, had been camping at Arrowhead Provincial Park for the weekend […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE/BRACEBRIDGE — Hospital funding that solidified Tory support in Muskoka may be a moot point after all. That is if you believe the latest numbers from the Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC). They claim, rather erroneously alone, to having “achieved its sixth balanced budget in the last seven years.” In fact, they […]
HALIBURTON — The soaring popularity of pickup has police here on the hunt for a truck thief. On Sunday June 24, Haliburton Highlands OPP got a report of a stolen vehicle from a driveway on Duck Lake Road in the Township of Minden Hills. Overnight or the night before someone stole a dark grey 2015 […]
ORILLIA — There’s a new sign to watch for here on Hwy. 11. ( Thursday, the bridge at Burnside Line/West Street overpass was officially dedicated in honour of OPP Const. George Bennett, 38 years after he died while on duty. Bennett joined the Ontario Provincial Police in 1975. He was posted to the Brechin Detachment before […]
GRAVENHURST — Dennis Thain thinks the deaths of any firefighter are worth remembering. In 1988 the Fire Fighters’ Association of Ontario (FFAO) raised money to build a monument in their memory here at the Ontario Fire College (OFC). With then Ontario lieutenant governor general Lincoln Alexander on hand, 600 firefighters, families and friends from Muskoka […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Crime Unit is investigating an assault that landed a Mississauga man in hospital in a case of road rage. The 58-year-old suffered non-life-threatening injuries. On Tuesday June 19, between 6:30 and 8:00 a.m., there was an altercation between the operator of a grey Hummer and occupants of a second vehicle on […]
GRAVENHURST — June is an exciting time for high school grads. The exhilaration of ending one educational chapter and beginning another in two months can be tempered by the adult realization of paying for post-secondary studies. Especially now that government plans for free schooling have ended. Luckily, a six-year-old Rotary Club of Gravenhurst initiative is […]
WINDERMERE — Worshippers are in a for a treat this summer at the Christ Church here. Martin Luther Wayne Strongman, one of Canada’s most distinguished music directors, will bring his talent and vast musical experience to Muskoka throughout July and August. Strongman has held major church music director positions and is currently at Rosedale United […]
MUSKOKA — Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, police are warning beachgoers to be on the lookout for more glass in the waters of south Muskoka’s public beaches. Provincial police at Bracebridge say they have been working closely with local municipalities in surrounding the issue of area beaches. […]
ORILLIA — Hwy. 11 commuters familiar with the West Street entrance to Orillia, will see a new OPP memorial sign dedicating the bridge to a fallen officer. A bridge dedication ceremony in memory of Const. George Bennett takes place Thursday. He died while on patrol north of Orillia, after his snowmobile hit a rock in […]
ORILLIA — Two people appear to have been scammed by a tricky street person stealing their credit cards and PINs. Police call them distraction thefts. Victims may call it bait and switch. On Tuesday, June 19, Orillia OPP received two similar calls. An older male with a European accent approached victims in the parking lots […]
GRAVENHURST — Police hope a video grab of a smiling shoplifter brazenly walking away with an electric saw will help them find the thief. Provincial polce at Bracebridge are investigating the theft a Gravenhurst business at 11:30 a.m. June 2. The unidentified suspect made off with a tool worth over $500 and police are asking […]
ORILLIA — If you were born in 1968 and you saved $20 per year for every year older you got — this year you’d have $1,000 in your bank account. Then what would you do with it? Well, that’s kinda the predicament a “A Group of Former Orillia Teenagers” found themselves in recently. So, what […]