Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Last month in Dublin at the world-famous Guinness brewery I asked the young bartender how he got such a great job pulling pints in the penthouse bar overlooking the ancient Irish capital. “I thought you’d have to start at the bottom and work your way up.” “Just applied,” he […]
MUSKOKA — Police charged three drivers with impaired driving related charges over the weekend across parts of south Muskoka. On Friday October 13, 2023, at 7:30 p.m., officers received a call for service about a single motor vehicle collision on Muskoka Road 118 near Muskoka Road 169 in Muskoka Lakes Township. When they arrived – […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — There’s much cause for celebration. Muskoka and its hospitals have come together to let the province know they have the community’s financial support to build two new hospitals. To the tune of $225 million — or a quarter the predicted price of the $1 billion builds. Public donations will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Months — if not years — after waiting for an answer on where the health and physical state of Muskoka’s hospitals will soon be up to 50 years from now, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare says the picture is becoming clearer. The delay in selecting south Muskoka’s site may just be […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Doris Higgins has used the local food bank here “a few times.” So the Bethune Co-op resident decided last year to host the town’s first “Witches Walk.” The fun-draiser is a growing phenom that’s sweeping the world as covens gather to pitch in for good causes in the weeks […]
GRAVENHURST — Rotarians here are the latest group rallying behind the Salvation Army Food Bank. Their community services committee donated $4,000 on Thursday for the Sally Ann to purchase food items after a busy Thanksgiving giveaway last week. Last weekend Lions Club members collected a truckload of food at Sobeys. And last night a couple […]
MUSKOKA — Thanksgiving and this weekend’s Cranberry Festival are just the beginning of the food and fun in Muskoka this month. Wednesday Oktoberfest Muskoka adds music, entertainment and kegs of beer. So dust off your dirndl and hike up your lederhosen for a kick-off bash at Sawdust City Brewing in Gravenhurst. While most festival events […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Long before Nabob (1896) and Canada Dry (1904) became iconic Canadian drinks, Dugald Brown was quenching thirsts in Gravenhurst for soda pop. His Muskoka Dry Ginger-Ale was the taste of Muskoka and beyond beginning in 1873. Only Molson (1786) has been in the brewing business longer. This afternoon the […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are looking for surveillance video from yesterday after a charity donation box was stolen from a downtown business. OPP are investigating the theft, which took place Tuesday, October 10. They say they received a call from the owner of a business on Muskoka Road South after the merchant realized that the container […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “Rising rates of respiratory illness” have led Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) to return to mandatory masking requirements in most areas of the hospitals in response. Muskoka’s hospitals president and CEO Cheryl Harrison says in a release today that: “It is with carefulness and caution that we reinstate masking requirements […]
GRAVENHURST — Two men here face assault charges after a complaint at a local rooming house. Provincial police charged the Gravenhurst men with an assault on a local woman. OPP say officers responded to a call from a concerned member of the public reporting that a woman had been assaulted at a the residence at […]
GRAVENHURST — A cab company owner here faces a charge of sexual assault after an alleged incident in one of his taxis in late July. Police say Mark Sethi, 57, who operates Gravenhurst Taxi, was arrested on Aug. 10, 2023. Officers along with members of the Muskoka Crime Unit have charged the Gravenhurst resident with […]
BRACEBRIDGE — It’s showtime again. At least auditions for the annual Rotary musical extravaganza. Following this past winter’s Sound of Music sell-outs, the Bracebridge Rotary Club has teamed up with HUB productions to bring to the stage a fitting performance of “Billy Elliott — The Musical.” The delightful and inspiring tale of a fictional British […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s been too long since the Orillia Silver Band played the Opera House. In the intervening years the band and their audience have grown to appreciate each other more as their average ages merge. Sunday, Oct. 15, the OSB brings their inspiring, enthusiastic music north for truly an event […]
GRAVENHURST — A lot of local families will be enjoying a happier Thanksgiving this weekend thanks to the Lions Club, Salvation Army and hundreds of food bank donors. The two charitable organizations teamed up Thursday, Friday and Saturday to collect and distribute holiday dinner items as food prices continue to soar. Thanks in part to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Cool weather’s return also sees signs of COVID on the rise again. Visiting to the North Wing inpatient unit at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) site has been suspended after a unit-specific COVID-19 outbreak was declared in collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. A release Friday from Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Patrick Boyer is a sprightly 78-year-old with bright blue eyes, a warm smile, inquisitive mind and gift for telling stories about Muskoka few if any can match. Tomorrow morning at the Bracebridge Public Library, at 10:30 a.m., he will regale readers of his many Muskoka history books and columns […]
GRAVENHURST — Family and friends of Susan Halliday, a Gravenhurst artist and teacher, will be celebrating her life and many well-lived life accomplishments Saturday, Sept. 9, at her home in Gravenhurst. She passed away June 8, 2023, near Seattle, en route north while driving from her winter home in Cabo, Mexico, with husband Paul Clairmont. […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people were taken to hospital — one with life-threatening injuries — after a pair of SUVs collided early last evening on Hwy. 60 in west Huntsville. Emergency services responded to what police call a serious motor vehicle accident at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, near Fairyview Drive. Police say a 40-year-old male […]
MUSKOKA – Water either in it or drinking it are among the best ways to beat the heat. And don’t forget to check on friends, kids, pets, seniors and shut-ins. Whether it’s a cold drink or a dip in the lake/pool – even sitting under a tree – we want your best advice on how […]