Story, photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SUDBURY — You can thank Sudbury for your stainless steel sink and the gleaming baby boom. But for decades in to the ’70s and ’80s, Ontario’s mining capital was a dirty word in Muskoka as acid rain blew down on cottage country forcing Inco, Falconbridge and other mines to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Down by the Bay ….” It was music of the ’60s and ’70s for a 60s and 70s crowd last night. Cockburn Square was “hummin’” along with an oldies set as the Timberbeast Productions wrapped up a two-week run of musical highlights at the Muskoka Wharf. From the dusk […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A nice moment after Brett Sontag’s concert Wednesday evening at the United Church was a photo-op with his grandfather Adam and dad Dale. The three generations of guitar players shaking hands was a fun way to end a brilliant evening of piano music. The fourth and final concert in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The omnipresent corona virus has struck again at a local hospital site. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is reporting COVID among four staff and one patient as of Thursday. The virus that struck global fears and tens of thousands of deaths just a couple years ago is back at South […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — For Kyung-A Lee’s legion of fan — of which there are hundreds, if not thousands throughout Muskoka — it’s hard to believe she be any better. Those who’ve marvelled at the pianist’s pounding beauty, precision, deft and delicate touches she could never sound better. Not to speak of her […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The word on the street is that Bay Street won’t be fully open until at least November. Trisan Construction was going door-to-door this afternoon informing residents and businesses located in the second phase area of the redevelopment of the Bay & Beyond road construction that it will be the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An annual spike in summer ER visits at MAHC will have patients seeing five new emergency doctors in south Muskoka and Huntsville. They are among a staggering 134 new hospitals hires since the beginning of the year. In a release today, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says it has hired […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 14-year-old dirt bike rider involved in a serious collision last month has been charged with careless driving and their parent was charged with allowing it to happen. On July 25, shortly after 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a single motor-vehicle collision on Domtar Road, north of Old Muskoka Road. […]
ORILLIA — More drivers, more charges. An increase in residents and visitors this summer enjoying the scenic roads, lakes, and cottage areas has unfortunately led to an increasing number of impaired drivers endangering lives of those on our roads and waterways, say police. As of Aug. 6 the OPP’s Central Region has laid 1,496 impaired-related […]
GRAVENHURST — Reports about glass and sharp objects creating hazards at town beaches this summer have prompted precautionary measures. Muskoka Bay Park and Muskoka Beach Park were closed temporarily for maintenance while hazards were removed. Both have since reopened. However, the Lorne Street Beach is temporarily closed for maintenance while staff work diligently to address […]
HUNTSVILLE — Soaring Muskoka summer temperatures that have hit 30 degrees have seen firefighters here rescue children locked inside vehicles. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says it has been “actively responding to incidents this summer where children have been accidentally locked inside vehicles.” Firefighters have been called out several times this summer to free […]
MUSKOKA — It may be the summer of Summer McIntosh in Paris. But in Muskoka it’s the summer of impaired driving charges as police charged four more people over Civic Holiday Long weekend with impaired operation the past five days — including a boater on the Severn River who was to appear in court this […]
GRAVENHURST — What’s a pride of Lions? Proud Gravenhurst Lion’s Club members who each year run up the Canadian flag on dozens of polls in the downtown to adorn their main street. Muskoka Road has been festooned with more maple leafs than cottagers Mitch Marner and Justin Bieber could have imagined. The club’s annual signature […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s going to be a long Long Weekend for drivers motoring west around the Muskoka Wharf toward Bala and Port Carling. Residents and cottagers will be happy to find the North Muldrew Lake Road intersection re-paved and contractors laying down asphalt today for the Bay & Beyond redevelopment around […]
MUSKOKA — Police are keeping a closer eye on the roads this Civic Holiday Weekend as they contend with a spate of impairments, arrests, charges and an accident. Three more incidents have led to arrests and charges against area drivers. Altercation in Huntsville leads to arrest in Gravenhurst On Monday, July 29th, at 1 a.m. […]
GRAVENHURST — Encore! Encore! This summer’s triumphant return of its noon concert series has Trinity United Church adding a fourth performance Aug. 14. “An unexpected and very welcome outcome,” says organizer Diane Harrop. It’s an evening with Gravenhurst pianist Brett Sontag, who attended the last one a week ago. And afterward asked if he could […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An attempted theft turned dangerous when a suspected shoplifter pulled an “edged weapon” Tuesday. Police are investigating after a disturbance was reported a retail store in Bracebridge July 30, at 3:50 p.m. on Depot Drive. Police responded after staff members spotted three suspected shoplifters. Witnesses reported three males and when confronted the situation […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Pavers are on standby tonight waiting to hit the road Wednesday morning at the Muskoka Wharf as the first phase of Bay & Beyond inches closer to completion. However, frustrated drivers detoured east and west on/off James Street will still have months more of wait times on the back […]
HUNTSVILLE — You can shake off police, but not security cameras. A Huntsville man accused of break and enter avoided police attempts to capture him in the building when they received a second alarm call at the same location last Tuesday. But with the assistance of the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), officers eventually […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Don Ho wasn’t there, but he was present in sound and spirit Friday during a Hawaiian Luhau at Gravenhurst Manor. Residents dressed in bright shirts shouting with hues and shades of red, green, blue and orange. Women with grass skirts. Everyone draped in leis wrapped round necks. It was […]
