Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When I was a young I was asked to keep company an immobile teen. He was reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica; I was a know-it-all high-schooler who would have preferred more pictures. His parents were out for dinner and in short time returned. The intervening hours were marked mostly by […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hells Angels gassed up here and were gone in minutes. This morning about 15-20 bikers roared in to the Petro-Can gas bar at the south end of the town’s main street here for a quick fill-up. Gas jockey Donna Wood said they came and went “no problem.” They were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The tragic shooting and death last month that left a community housing neighbourhood marred has been compounded by an “appalling” state of disrepair at the scene say neighbours. The messy aftermath at the entrance to the Lofty Pines District of Muskoka seniors and low-income housing units is a “sad” […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s a good thing paramedics aren’t tone deaf. Because when they get that 911 “tone” calling them out they gotta go — and fast. With emergency response requests up 25 per cent this summer — requiring almost two dozen seasonal hires — the need for speed can be life […]
GRAVENHURST — An observant cop who spotted a suspected impaired driver has led to charges against a Gravenhurst woman last night. Police say this morning that on Monday July 18, at 7:15 p.m., the officer who was not working at the time, was travelling on Housey’s Rapids Road in Gravenhurst and became concerned about the […]
Mark Clairmont Story and photos | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mamma Mia! What a crowd and what yet another incredible Music on the Barge show. Last night’s Abba concert was magical filling Gull Lake Rotary Park stem to stern. From the front row where kayaks and canoes had the best seats, up the grassy knoll, back […]
GRAVENHURST — A local man has been charged with three counts of assault after a “disagreement” at a convenience store. Police say officers responded Friday, July 15 at 10:10 p.m., after getting a call from a member of the public about a disturbance at the corner of Winewood Avenue and John Street. They say three […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — A gun call had police on the run this afternoon west of Utterson. They say officers responded to a call from a road crew on Muskoka Road 141 in Muskoka Lakes Twp Monday, July 18, at 12:45 p.m. It was reported that a man who had exited his home nearby and shot […]
MUSKOKA — The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is continuing to offer one-day pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics at locations throughout Simcoe Muskoka, with upcoming clinics taking place from July 18 to July 23. Walk-ins for first and second doses for individuals five years and older, first booster doses for individuals 12 and up, and second booster doses […]
TARA COLLUMN | Special to TODAY.com There are still “Freedom” convoys, even though for the most part COVID restrictions have generally been relaxed or eliminated. I don’t even pretend to know the issues at the centre of any current convoys, or the continued harassment of our elected prime minister. COVID is still a threat to public […]
NANCY THOMPSON | Bracebridge Horticultural Society Honeybee hives are under increasing destruction and stress from pests and diseases, pesticides and herbicides, genetically modified crops and lack of diversity, habitat loss and climate change. Native bees, of which there are more than 4,000 species in North America, are less susceptible to problems. Fortunately for us they […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You betcha Barb Weismiller will be at next month’s TGIF dinner at the legion. Not just for the pork cutlet — or because she loved last night’s chicken parmesan for which she and Wayne Colton had the first two tickets. And because she wants to help the Royal Canadian […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Linda McBurney and Rosemary Bolitho cherished life at their Lake of Bays cottage. So last year when McBurney was going through twice-weekly cancer treatments she wanted to still enjoy seasonal stays in Muskoka. She asked if the Huntsville Hospital had a chemo clinic where she could continue her treatment […]
GRAVENHURST — A young cyclist is lucky to have suffered only minor injuries after being “doored” by a driver parked in his car on the main street here Monday. Police say that on July 11, in the early afternoon, the cyclist was involved in the collision on Muskoka Road after a motorist, who was parked […]
GRAVENHURST — A swim advisory today for Gull Lake could affect this weekend’s Swim Ontario Open Water Championships. The town and the health unit say that based on water samples collected yesterday, July 13, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is recommending that Gull Lake Rotary Park (405 Brock St.) be posted a second time […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Terry Whelan and Gordon Lightfoot didn’t make the cut for the first Mariposa Folk Festival in 1961. “They said we sounded too much like the Everly Brothers,” Lightfoot joked on the weekend as he was added to Mariposa’s hall of fame. But “We played the Barge in Gravenhurst,” Lightfoot […]
GRAVENHURST — Concerns about traffic site lines on Muskoka Road south here have been alleviated. Contractors trimmed neglected tree growth on the main street at the intersection with Main Street that had hindered southbound access bringing it in line with other stretches of the road. Neighbour Lois Cooper, who first alerted the town — and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Improvements in health care come at a steep cost for local hospitals. Work began Monday to improve the parking payment systems this month at Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s Bracebridge and Huntsville sites. To install the two new systems “the cost is approximately $420,000. That is being funded through sources of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Marnie Smyth loved the Bracebridge Seniors Citizens’ Club. She and her late husband, Dick, were regulars working with friends and sharing good times always with a smile and a helping hand On July 2 the club received a $10,000 donation from the Marilyn Smyth estate. It was presented to […]
HUNTSVILLE — A “bomb threat” had emergency services surrounding a commercial building here this morning. Police say that at 11:23 a.m. officers responded to a bomb threat on Old North Road at Fanotech solid waste and enviromental services. OPP and Huntsville Lake of Bays Fire Department were on scene and had the road closed for […]
