Mark Clairmont

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 […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another LCBO theft here cost the provincial supplier at least $5,000 in bottles of booze. The walk-away Wednesday involved a huge amount of expensive scotch. At least an estimated $5,000 and maybe up to $6,000 worth. This week’s take out is the most recent incident at the Muskoka store […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Gordon Sloan would have loved Miranda Yang. She’s a chip off the old centre block. The chipper, glad-handing new owner (last year) of The Old Mill — town’s legendary Sloan’s Restaurant — is undergoing a facelift of the family’s iconic business building. “It’s still open” and she’s intent on […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.comMUSKOKA — Another long weekend … after a long, long winter.Don’t don those trunks just yet if you plan to be first into the lake for your annual spring ritual plunge as the weekend looks a little cool and damp with much the same the rest of the week. While a few […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Momentum is building fast with a third major partner joining a community fundraiser to create a new community “Health Hub” here. The Town of Gravenhurst unanimously committed $200,000 this week at council to the project to top up the vacant second floor of the Cottage Family Health Team’s offices […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Call it Karaoke on steroids or shower power — times 80 voices. Rock on! Canada strong. Canada first. They are Canadians! A mighty new 80-voice choir that looms as large on stage as the audience their singing for hits the local boards next weekend for a really rockin’ good […]

HUNTSVILLE — A driver and passenger ran in to memorable police in the middle of the night last Monday. On May 5 at 3:26 a.m., officers were conducting a R.I.D.E. checkpoint on Main Street West in Huntsville. A vehicle drove up and he was recognized as being a suspended driver and a male passenger who […]

HUNTSVILLE — A mysterious blaze that lit up downtown Huntsville Friday night Hunter’s Bay and Avery Beach was not a grass fire as originally reported but railway ties on fire. Huntsville/Lake of Bays firefighters received the 911 call at 9 p.m., May 9, next to the tracks in the area of Avery Beach on Yonge […]

MUSKOKA — Summer is shaping up to be another busy season for police taking impaired drivers off the road that could total more than 100 charges this year alone by Labour Day. With six charges the first 11 days in May in south Muskoka they bring the number to 42 since January. If the trend […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You know it’s a great hotel when the owner sits on the bed and declares it “very comfy, very nice.” Muhammad Akram — who wouldn’t dare put his feet up on the new pristine white duvet cover to not spoil it for a guest last night — gave the […]

GRAVENHURST — The Rotary Club of Gravenhurst is thrilled to invite you to an exclusive ‘Spirit of Scotch’ event on Saturday, May 24 at 5 p.m. This promises to be an unforgettable evening of exquisite whiskies, food and exciting auctions, held at the Terry Fox Auditorium at Gravenhurst Centennial Centre. The event proceeds will go […]

GREAVENHURST — The renowned Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir is coming to Trinity United, Gravenhurst, on May 31 for a 4 p.m. concert. In 1996 Gwyn Roberts, founder of the choir, brought together men of Welsh heritage to adapt the spirit of Welsh choral singing to Canada. Under the brilliant direction of William Woloschuk, the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — As Apeldoorn today warmly welcomed Canadian veterans who liberated the Netherlands 80 years ago, Norwegian officials were equally greeted at the Muskoka Airport where “Little Norway” fighter pilots trained to help end the Second World War. Deputy Ambassador Jon-Age Oyslebo led a deputation in which Air Attaché and Assistant […]

GRAVENHURST — A new initiative to help volunteers find the right fit for their talents has started up. Unite Gravenhurst is organized by the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Trinity United Church — and other local groups, organizations and businesses — interested in working together in efforts to recognize and encourage volunteerism in the […]