Story and photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Fans came for ‘M&M’, the coaches came to see third and fourth-line prospects. With Monday’s roster deadline, Toronto Maple Leafs on the bubble chopped up the ice here at training camp. With a full house of wildly cheering public schoolers at the Graeme Murray Arena Wednesday, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — After good win over the Habs last night, the Leafs continue their fall pre-season camp with a return visit here today. Toronto’s 5-1 win over Montreal is being rewarded by coach Sheldon Keefe with an annual boat cruise, some golf and the usual bonding exercise. The rural rink, where […]
GRAVENHURST — Police here arrested a local man again last night charging him with drug possession and trafficking for the second time in three months. On Oct. 2, at 9 p.m., police say officers were conducting a general patrol on First Street when they stopped 46-year-old Kyle Buker, of Gravenhurst. After an investigation, Buker was […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a call for service on Muskoka Road 169 in Muskoka Lakes Township north of Glen Orchard on Tuesday Sept. 27, at 3:22 p.m. after a school bus operator witnessed a motor vehicle collision after which the vehicle fled. The school bus was stopped with […]
MUSKOKA — In 2010 Morris Conte was murdered and his remains spread throughout Muskoka and an Oro-Medonte. Monday, a second person was arrested in relation to this ongoing investigation. On Sept. 26, a dozen years after he was reported missing in Bolton, Orillia OPP arrested and charged Antonino Lucia, 62, of Woodbridge, with first degree […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Toronto’s deputy mayor has stepped down charged with sexual assaults in Muskoka this summer. OPP in Bracebridge said in a media release today that city councillor Michael Thompson faces two charges of sexual assault. Members of the Muskoka Crime Unit of the OPP charged the Toronto resident. They said […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Gotta dance! Gotta sing! Gotta sing and dance — and act. If that’s you — and you love music — the hills are alive this weekend with auditions for the Rotary Club of Bracebridge’s annual musical. And this year they are going solo with von Trapp family and their production of The Sound […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Today’s United Nations World Tourism Day sees FedNor announcing investments of $9,654,641 to grow northern Ontario’s tourism sector including several in Parry Sound and Muskoka. Funding has been made available through both the Tourism Relief Fund and FedNor’s Northern Ontario Development Program. These investments will support 74 tourism projects in municipalities and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A two-year hiatus was worth the wait here yesterday as baritone Brett Polegato returned to the Muskoka Concert Association stage. His richly-pitched voice filling Trinity United Church Sunday afternoon with a mixed program of classically-inspired songs from Schonberg and Boublil’s Les Miz to Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Pre-empted by COVID, […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man arrested just after midnight today has been charged with assault and is being held for a court appearance Wednesday. Police say they responded to an aggravated assault call following at dispute early Monday, Sept. 26. Officers were called out to Ravenscliffe Road at 12:06 a.m. Following the police investigation, George Butcher, […]
GRAVENHURST — Fire crews from all three stations were called to a cottage bunkie fire this morning that proved “stubborn” to respond to. Firefighters from stations 1, 2 and 3 rushed out just before 10:30 a.m. to Muriel Crescent on Pine Lake. A tweet said: “Terrain is making this cottage bunkie difficult to reach. Crews […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If opera scares you don’t be afraid of Brett Polegato. The great Canadian baritone is more than Tosca. Sunday afternoon at Trinity United Church in a day of Broadway you’ll hear the difference in 20 different pieces. Speaking on the phone today from Calgary, following his performance last night […]
MUSKOKA — The latest round of Pay It Forward community grants from the District of Muskoka were announced today. On Friday, Sept. 23, 17 community groups who applied were awarded through the Community Enhancement Fund. Organization Area Funding Received Project Description Pay It Forward Muskoka Indigenous Friendship Centre Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, & Huntsville $2,500 Expanding culturally […]
HUNTSVILLE — The director of a hotel here and its corporate owner pleaded guilty to fire code violations and were fined $32,500 in court this week. Charges were filed by the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department following an inspection of the Main Street property at the south entrance to Huntsville in February 2022 after a […]
MOOSE DEER POINT — A week after three dogs here were stolen, police are seeking help finding the person or persons responsible. The OPP are investigating the theft dogs from a residence in the Moose Deer Point First Nation. They say that last Friday, Sept. 16, the dogs were removed from a residence without permission and […]
HUNTSVILLE — A missing person report has police asking the public if they have seen a woman last seen in Huntsville in the spring. This as the OPP is continuing its search for 61-year-old Skye Summers. She was last in contact with her family on April 25 and was last known to be in Huntsville […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Fall has officially befallen us. The autumn equinox arrived today. But the Bracebridge Agricultural Society didn’t wait for the change of season to put on its annual Fall Fair and Horse Show on the weekend. The four-day festival was a rural celebration with its 155-year roots deeply planted in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Brett Polegato is all over the map when it comes to singing and entertaining — equally comfortable on the concert or the opera stage. The world-renowned Canadian baritone is out west tomorrow night for Calgary Opera’s 50th Anniversary Concert, hosted by Ben Heppner of CBC’s Saturday Afternoon At The […]
PORT CARLING — A butterfly garden next Andy’s House is emerging thanks to another generous donation by the Gravenhurst Horticulture Society. President Mark Clairmont, treasurer Kathryn Joselin and member Lois Cooper dropped by the Hospice Muskoka residence to drop off a cheque on behalf of the society for $1,000. The money is partial proceeds from […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people in dispute here yesterday has led to one of them being charged with drug possession, after police say they received a call about a gun shot and one person landing in hospital with minor injuries During the mid afternoon and into the evening a heavy police presence was in the South […]
