Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two people were taken to hospital late last night after reports of an assault in a wooded area at the south end of town. On May 27, just before midnight, police say the OPP along with Muskoka EMS responded to reports that two people were seriously assaulted west of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Technical problems tonight have delayed — possibly by a month — a Zoom call to shed more light on a “positive” proposal for the former Muskoka Centre. Which, judging by the tenor of a few comments by the 100 participants able to log in, may have been a blessing […]
MUSKOKA — A Holiday Frolic and Whitewater Festival this weekend includes a Ski Run, Fireflies and Fiddle Tunes. How’s that for an invite to hear the Muskoka Concert Band Saturday and Sunday? Dance and tap your toes inside away from black flies at their Spring Concerts. It starts Saturday with their On the Dock: Fireflies and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A 7 p.m. Zoom meeting tonight — open to the public with a Q&A — is certain to draw a lot of online interest from Muskoka residents on a massive and ambitious future condo development of the former Muskoka Centre property here. The Cliff Bay Master Plan includes two […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Forget stage fright, little Alfie Cockburn took big bows before he sat down at the piano to perform yesterday. He doffed his cowboy hat and sunglasses and was dancing and floating on air — his feet not even reaching the grand’s pedals. He’s a natural. It was much the […]
Darly Annetta Terelly, 1953 ~ 2025 Born in Gravenhurst, RN, Lieutenant Canadian Armed Forces It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Daryl Annetta Terelly (Tirelli) on March 31st, 2025. Daryl’s warmth, laughter and boundless energy touched everyone who knew her. And her absence leaves a void that can never […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Tonight’s Rock Singers of Muskoka performance at the Rene Caisse Theatre should be a rousing success. Their second show of their second season Friday night was “rock” solid. If last night at Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst was a dress rehearsal, Saturday’s night’s performance in Bracebridge can only be […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — This year’s sixth annual Alex Kerswell fundraiser to help youth in Muskoka struggling with mental health, addiction, and homelessness aims to raise $20,000 June 21. The Legacy for Alex Kerswell dinner and silent auction, at the Centennial Centre Terry Fox Room is an event dedicated to raising funds for […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com Pussy cat, pussy cat. Where have you been? I have been to Dundurn Castle, to visit the Queen. Or actually to visit Prince Charles and Camilla on September 28, 2009, in Hamilton. That was Charles’ 15th visit to Canada and Monday he arrives for the 20th time — his first visit as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — After guiding residents through the tumultuous pandemic, Dr. Charles Gardner is retiring and turning over the job of medical officer of health and CEO of the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit. Dr. Lisa Simon takes over Oct. 1 tackling the measles outbreak in Ontario with local cases reported, says a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Some gotta dance, some gotta sing. If you’re the latter, this is your weekend to sing it, sing it loud. Or at least sing to along to your heart’s content — non-stop because there’s no intermission. Because the Rock Singers of Muskoka will have you belting out all the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst woman was arrested today and charged with failing to provide necessaries of life in the death of a child in early January 2023. This after the arrest yesterday of Tyler Phillip Whale, 24, of Brampton, who was charged with second degree murder. Both accused were remanded into […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A change of time this Sunday night has a special combined concert with the Gravenhurst Bifocals Concert Band and the GHS Senior Band performing at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Church. That’s a band of more than 40 brass, woodwind and percussion players. A scheduling error moved the concert […]
PORT SYDNEY — Massive damage to a home here has police looking for the person or persons who went wild smashing a building, dock and pond. Officers from the Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently investigating a break and enter and are requesting the public’s assistance to identify suspect(s). On Monday […]
ORILLIA — Police seek suspect in fraud activity at Home Depot here. On March 6 the OPP began investigating after being called by an individual reporting fraudulent activity on a credit card. As part of the ongoing investigation, Home Depot surveillance footage was obtained, seen below. They ask if anyone has information in relation to […]
MUSKOKA — Police say impaired driving continues to be a significant factor impacting the safety of Muskoka roads following two more arrests and charges this past weekend. They follow a pair of local drivers charged also charged Friday and Saturday. See that story here. On Friday, May 17, just before midnight officers had Highway 11 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.comMUSKOKA — Don’t look for Justin Bieber at a Cup party in Walker’s Point this summer. Muskoka’s most famous summer pop star won’t be visiting his Mitch Marner’s Gravenhurst cottage to hoist Stanley for a taste of NHL victory. Not after last night’s home-iliation. Who knows which of the Panthers, Hurricanes, Oilers […]
MUSKOKA — Victoria Day weekend got off to a quick start with two local drivers charged with impaired driving. Friday night, May 16, at 8:40 p.m., officers along with officers from the Central Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (T.I.M.E.) team were conducting a RIDE program on Kanien’keha:ka lohatatie — formerly Muskoka Road 38 — near […]
WINDERMERE — Talk about hitting the links early, a driver left the road at the Windermere Golf & Country Club Saturday and their pickup truck landed on their tennis courts. Police are investigating the collision at the golf course in Muskoka Lakes Township that caused significant damage to the 106-year-old popular private Muskoka golf course […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “When I’m 92!” Jack Hutton knows that tune all too well. A decade older than Paul McCartney — one half of the Beatles still performing — the “cute” Liverpool lad made “When I’m 64” a goal to live for. Hutton has surpassed that milestone by 28 years ago and […]
