Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Another blow to this west Muskoka village today. The Beer Store said today it is closing its Bala retail store Sept. 28. The iconic log landmark and cottage stop is one of 11 announced by the independent operator and is among 80 closures since May 2024. Word sent shock […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another attempted break-in at the corner of Muskoka Road and James Street last night has resulted in the arrest of a Gravenhurst man suspected of break-ins and thefts at another business at the intersection in recent months. Police charged Connor McQuain, 34, with Break and Enter, Mischief and Fail […]
GRAVENHURST — An ATV driver who was pinned under his vehicle Saturday morning had it lifted off him when he rolled into a ditch. Police charged Evan Beausoleil, 27, of Gravenhurst, with Impaired Operation and Over 80 after responding July 26 at 10:30 a.m., along with Muskoka EMS and the Gravenhurst Fire Department. The collision […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A woman’s idea of a mate is not the same as a man’s ideal woman. Or is it? Norman Foster’s second go at The Love List is the XY version of his first XX rated comedy that made fun of the shallow male obsession. A Woman’s Love List is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s game on with some the biggest and best NHL players in Muskoka for a pair of charitable sports events in a couple weeks. While he won’t be packing the Stanley Cup in his golf bag the Edmonton Oilers’ super star will be back at the Muskoka Bay Golf […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A two-day celebration of life and hockey last weekend began with a few tears and ended with a few more beers. The Bracebrige Bears Jr. C Alumni group (1970-’83) got together Friday and Saturday at the South Muskoka Curling and Golf Club to mark the end of “Coach” Danny […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was a bit like an old home week for Greg and Colleen Knapp Saturday as they held an end of business social and sale. After 76 years Knapp’s Furniture and Appliances is closing at the end of the month. And the store was busy all day with “a […]
MUSKOKA — Police have made a couple more charges after an accident in Bracebridge and traffic infraction in Gravenhurst. They charged a man with impaired operation early Sunday this week. On July 20, at 2 a.m., an officer conducting patrols on Muskoka Road South near Phillip Street in Gravenhurst observed a traffic infraction. The officer conducted […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — International anxieties aside today — if ever — premiers tackled other pressing national domestic issues on Day 3 of Council of Federation talks with immigration top of political minds. While Doug Ford’s bail reforms fizzled beyond the provincial and territorial table . A day after Prime Minister Mark Carney […]
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 Mark 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 […]