Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Can you make a birch bark canoe from a white paper tree in your yard? “Depends on the tree. Is it big enough, tall enough and straight enough?” So said master canoe builder Chuck Commanda Wednesday. He is at St. Dominic’s high school this week and next building his […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two of three teens in a major vehicle accident here overnight Wednesday were airlifted from hospital to a trauma centre. Police say they are in serious condition in hospital after the teens, aged 13-16, were involved in the single vehicle collision September 10 and reported at 4:40 a.m. on Aspdin Road in Huntsville. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WINDERMERE — Runners, walkers, families, friends and supporter of the Terry Fox Runs this Sunday across Muskoka are looking forward to good weather as they raise fund for cancer research and keep his goal of beating it alive. One of the best — if not the biggest is in Windermere, where […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIGE — It was a shootout and the season hasn’t officially begun for the U13 ‘D’ Bears team. The South Muskoka squad was putting the pucks squarely inside the Chevrolet Cruze windows Saturday morning. And just like in the games they’re hoping for it wasn’t glass they hit but all net. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com For moms back to school means opportunities for kids — and a break from the messy joys of motherhood. And for Madeline Sheppard and Rachel Durocher it’s “Pure Bliss” — a chance to reflect and promote their Canada Day book release about their early years of pregnancy and toddler tantrums. It’s […]
MUSKOKA — Tonight’s the night! A Rotary Bingo player will win $4,500. It’s guaranteed in Game 5 — along with another $1,000 in prize money in the other four games. That’s $5,500 on offer Wednesday night. Cards are $10 and available across Muskoka and Parry Sound. It’s all part of the return of Rotary TV […]
HUNTSVILLE — A thief who cased the Rental City made away with electronics, cash and gift cards overnight Aug. 30. Police are investigating the thefts from the Huntsville Rental City and are requesting the public’s assistance to identify suspect. On August 30, at about 4:20 a.m., an unidentified person smashed the exterior front door window […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Before Kyung-A Lee sits down at the piano, her inner light shines. From the moment she steps on stage she exudes warmth and personality. For years now local audiences have basked in the glow of not only her immense talent and musicality at the keyboard, but by her masterful […]
HUNTSVILLE — Four men who walked in and out of the Home Depot here with $8,000 in merchandise have police asking for help finding them. On September 2, at about 5:15p.m., officers responded to a report that the suspects filled carts with items including power tools and left without paying. The estimated loss is $8,000. The suspects […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What the Maple Leafs need is more “grit” and “a lot (less) goals against” them in the “big games.” And “a goalie that’s 4-feet high and six feet wide.” Other than that “in general they’re a pretty good team,” said former captain Rick Vaive. “But they’re going to miss […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SEVERN BRIDGE — She did it again. Four of the past eight years Bailey McIntee has been crowned the “Best Baker” at the Severn Bridge Fall Fair. Including today at the 150th annual farmers’ festival where she accumulated the most total red ribbon points in the Sr. Hall competition. Maureen Clipsham […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Pistol Pete” drove for show and his supporters put up the dough. A two-day golf tournament mid-week at Taboo netted $110,000 in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation. Golfers and donors exceeded their goal by $10,000 with two rounds and an evening dinner and auctions Wednesday and Thursday. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When Ken Shanks’ brakes failed as he approached the James Street on Muskoka Road South this afternoon he had three choices. Hit the police car in front of him waiting for a red light; turn right and hit a big maple tree or veer further and slam into an […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Police have charged a Brampton man in connection with unsafe firearms incidents near MacTier. After an investigation into what they says was the careless and unsafe use of firearms, as depicted in videos shared online, officers charged Gurkanwal Singh, 24. He was arrested Wednesday, September 3, and faces two […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — He was a poet and they didn’t know it. Dr. James Hogg Hunter was an accomplished writer, author and editor of the Evangelical Christian Magazine, who lived in Gravenhurst from 1951-’63 and took the train to work in Toronto during the week returning home weekends. Including 12 to 15 […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Wanna practise your slap shot? Or wrist shot and help fundraise for the U13 South Muskoka Bears ‘D’ hockey team. The keen kids have set their sights on road games and travel costs by organizing a puck shot and BBQ this Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Supporters can donate […]
MUSKOKA — Just what you’ve been waiting for all summer. Tomorrow night – live from Huntsville – it’s the return of Rotary Bingo on YourTV Muskoka-Parry Sound wide. And with huge changes for the host Gravenhurst and Huntsville Rotary clubs in a new joint venture that will mean a ton more money available every week […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The end of summer didn’t mean an end to impaired driving in south Muskoka. Police laid five charges Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, including three drivers from Gravenhurst. Friday August 22 at 10:30 p.m., officers conducting a RIDE program on Beaumont Drive in Bracebridge stopped a 43-year-old Stefanus Castelijn, of Mattawa, charging him […]
TOWNSHIP OF MUSKOKA LAKES — One person is dead after a single-vehicle collision Sunday afternoon, northeast of Windermere in the Township of Muskoka Lakes. Police say shortly after 1 p.m., August 31, emergency services responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Windermere Road, just south of Dee Bank Road. A 45-year-old male from Brampton, […]
GRAVENHURST — The legend lived on. And the Gravenhurst Health Hub was the big beneficiary. Steve Rae and the Pony Band helped raised more money last night for the community’s new primary care planned facility. After the District of Muskoka just committed another $200,000 for the second floor renovation of the Cottage Family Health Team […]
