TORONTO — Ice fishing may be coming to the end of the season this month, but the province is already angling for the next season. On Saturday, Natural Resources and Forestry Minister John Yakabuski said in a release at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show that the PCs are making life easier for anglers and hunters. “Our […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Anglers open a best of three final series Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in Angus, for the championship of the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League riding an impressive four-game playoff winning streak. Game 2 of the best-of-three showdown is Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. back in Gravenhurst, at the the Graeme […]
HUNTSVILLE — Expect a call from police if you “pocket dial” 911. Provincial police at Huntsville say they have been frustrated this March break by the number of mistaken emergency calls — or so they suspect. This week the OPP and their call centre experienced 25 hang-up calls in relation to the pocket dials — […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Anglers are off to a hot playoff start with a 4-0 record in the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League. With two wins against the Grey Highlands Hawks, the Gravenhurst-based junior hockey team hosts the Essa Stallions Saturday night, March 16, in Angus and Sunday night in Gravenhurst. The Hawks and Stallions […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — In 1970, when John Robarts was rounding out his 10-year term as Ontario premier, he began amalgamating small towns with their surrounding townships. Bracebridge grew with the addition of Oakley, McCauley and Draper townships, among others. Similar towns grew into great metropolisis across Muskoka. The next year, when Bill […]
MUSKOKA — In the wake a fatal snowmobile accidents that claimed two boys 11 and 15 recently, provincial police are increasing their snowmobile patrols during the March break. Officers from the OPP’s Bracebridge detachment Motorized Snow Vehicle (MSV) patrol have been actively patrolling the trails, lakes and roadways in our area this week. They say […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — With a successful campaign to help save Muskoka hospitals behind him — and Tony Clement possibly out of the running — does Huntsville Mayor Scott Aichison have his eye set on Ottawa Oct. 20? A weekend phone survey seems to hint that way. Or it could be a floater by some other […]
GRAVENHURST — The senior boys’ basketball team returned yesterday after competing at the OFSAA provincial championships in London. Ranked 14th in the province, the Gryphons gave #8 Villanova College a scare in their first game. GHS was up 7 at half time but ultimately couldn’t keep up with the speed and stamina of Villanova and […]
LONDON — That fast start the GHS Gryphons were gaining momentum with, slowed Tuesday at noon in the Game 3 at the OFSSA provincial basketball championships. They hit double digits in the first quarter, but their opponent Almonte District High School doubled them, for a 20-10 lead. A better second quarter by GHS gave them […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Cyril Fry admits he’s frugal. Yet you won’t find any cash tucked under his mattress. What you may find is something of far more value tucked under the bed he’s shared with his wife Marion the past 70 years. Remnants of a lifetime of history on Gravenhurst, which they’ve […]
LONDON — It was another fast start for GHS in their second game at the OFSSA finals Monday. After a tough loss to Villanova in the morning, they rebounded to beat Lamonthe-Cadillac by double digits, 62-52. The afternoon matchup (at 5:30 p.m.) saw them again take the lead in the first quarter, 23-14. But they […]
LONDON — Coach Gillian Humphries wanted her Gravenhurst Gryphons to get off to a good start and an early lead in their first time on the floor here at the 2019 OFSSA high school hoops championships Monday morning. That would be key to beating Villanova College. And her players responded, led by veteran Logan Fick […]
LONDON, Ont. — The Gryphs are on the ground here and ready to spring in to action Monday morning. They’ll tip off at 10:30 a.m. against Villanova College. The defending GBSSA (Georgian Bay Secondary School Association) senior boys champ hasn’t played any of the 20 teams they could face as they begin round-robin play. But […]
GRAVENHURST — Lookout London, the Gryphons are back. The defending GBSSA boys senior basketball champions is headed to southwestern Ontario Sunday for the OFSSA provincial championships, after beating Barrie’s Unity Christian School 48-37 last Friday. And the best team in Georgian Bay two years running, with a 12-3 record, is ready for the challenge says […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Apparently Tony Schell is a “celebrity” in Gravenhurst. The painter sitting in the front row of Jeff Leeson’s comedy show at the Opera House last night was painted as some kind of hometown hero. A shout out from the back of the auditorium ensured that. “That’s why I love […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The temperature was above zero tonight. That was probably because of all the love and warmth in town. So much that it would melt your heart And while it may not have been the coldest night of the year — officially it was. More than 200 people — maybe […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Anyone who thought it would be cheaper keeping two existing hospitals in Muskoka than one new one are in for a big surprise. Community members are being invited to six open houses March 4-8 to examine changes that could see two new hospitals some day. The cost could easily […]
GRAVENHURST — What would you do with a block of ice that would perfectly fill the back of a pickup? If you’re creative — and you like cold and snow — you stick with what you know. And here in the land of the Muskoka Lakes, it’s water creatures. Not exactly the kind you find […]
BRACEBRIDGE — If you like amateur theatre at its best, you’ll love the latest new creation of the Bracebridge and Huntsville Rotary Clubs in co-operation with the Huntsville Festival of the Arts. After running musical theatre shows separately for decades, the clubs have partnered with the arts festival for something they expect will be more […]
MUSKOKA — It takes a community to build a business. That’s the theme of the 13th annual Bridges to Better Business Conference on March 5 at the Algonquin Theatre in Huntsville. The all-day event (8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) is celebrating Muskoka’s hundreds of successful small business owners working and building the district one customer […]