HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka’s newest resident came to town early Friday. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare says the first baby born in 2025 at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital is a baby girl. The yet to be named infant arrived at seven pounds even on January 3, 2025, at 8:53 a.m. Her parents Kris Little and Ashley Hall, of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Bears started their second year with their 23rd loss last night. The PHHL team continued to struggle in its first season while hosting the Huntsville Otters dropping a winnable game 3-1. After giving up the first goal 1:58 into the game (Sam Litt) they had time to get […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A thief who police say walked the line to burgle a business at the south end of town here is being sought with the public’s help. They say that on Thursday November 28th at 8:15 p.m., an unknown suspect broke into a commercial building located on Margaret Street in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With the Muskoka hospitals rebuild plan just over a year old, 2025 is the start of the third year of study and consideration. And Bruce Kruger, who has been following and has championed a fight for South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, is not giving up. He still has grave concerns […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An officer on patrol who spotted an ATV driver with missing safety equipment has been charged with impaired operation on Tuesday. Police say that on December 17, just after 4 p.m., they were conducting proactive patrols on Frederick Street in south east Bracebridge, and stopped the driver of an all terrain vehichle. As […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man suspected of sexually assaulting a young child in 2015 was charged here yesterday after the youngster came forward a year ago. On December 17 the Muskoka Crime Unit, with the assistance of the OPP’s forensic interview team and forensic sketch artist, made an arrest in this historic sexual assault investigation. Kelly Mahon, […]
GRAVENHURST — A report of a suspicious person and a possible rifle in a snowbank has police looking for the person involved here last Thursday. Police say that on December 12, at 10 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious person who had been standing in front of a residence on Pinegrove […]
GRAVENHURST – The snow remains heaped high, but the Gravenhurst lifted it emergency declaration as of 11 a.m. Monday. Regular winter maintenance operations will continue throughout the municipality, they said this morning. This includes snow removal along roads and sidewalks in addition to the placement of sand and salt as required. However, a significant weather […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — All this snow and nowhere to go? That’s the fear of snowmobilers today as Muskoka District Council is debating about possible trail restrictions this evening involving property rights, insurance and district roads liability. It’s gotten serious enough that MPP Graydon Smith has shown his support for keeping them fully […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Gravenhurst’s mayor is supporting a new volunteer provincial emergency group announced today to help in natural disasters like the one Gravenhurst is currently dealing with. Today Premier Doug Ford announced the creation of Ontario Corps, a group of skilled professionals and volunteers that the province can deploy to help communities respond […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com COLLINGWOOD — As Muskoka grapples with a hospitals divide, the province said today it is investing up to $95.5 million to build a new replacement Collingwood General and Marine Hospital to serve Collingwood and South Georgian Bay with “care close to home.” It will include up to 132 new beds with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Know a woman with a pair of work boots who’s not making a fashion statement? Has the rough hands of man and a rock grip to go with it? Or she knows which end of a gear stick to run a grader or back hoe? Perhaps she sits in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Bold, brazen and part naïve, Muskoka police are reporting a new trend where fraudsters show up in person to collect cash or bank cards in an apparent attempt to increase their believability. And it happened here last night. At 7:30 p.m., Dec. 11, police received a call from the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The morning commute was a whiteout today as snow squalls blew back in wiping out cars and delaying deliveries. You could hear groans from drivers stuck lamenting while nursing a latte after waking up to more white. “Not again!” their bodies shouted. Gravenhurst was again hit hardest from west […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While the weather played havoc with the start of the local festive concert season, the sounds of the season look promising this week. THURSDAY NIGHT: HUNTSVILLE ACTIVE LIVING But looking for something fun to do tomorrow night in Huntsville? Why not join the Huntsville Community Band at the Active […]
PORT CARLING — A stolen vehicle was spotted by police using an automated licence plate detector Monday in Muskoka Lakes Township. Police arrested them after recovering the stolen vehicle in Port Carling. They say that on December 9 at 3:45 p.m. an officer was conducting patrols on Muskoka Road 118 just west of Port Carling […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — As the town continues under a snow state of emergency that will certainly have major costs in 2024, Gravenhurst passed a budget today that will see a 2025 tax rate increase of 4.6 per cent. A collapsed sand dome Sunday will add to that. For property owners, it means […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND–MUSKOKA — A political rematch to watch is in the works. Graydon Smith will square off with Matt Richter sometime between now and June 2026 in a provincial election widely expected this spring. The MPP made it official today, when the Ontario PC Party announced that Graydon Smith has been […]
HUNTSVILLE — The goal of an Olympic water course got a little easier for Tyler Gevaert. The 16-year-old slalom kayaker from Huntsville has been awarded funding and an accelerated path to the Olympics after impressing scouts at the RBC Training Ground national final. He was one of more than 2,500 athletes (aged 14-25) to participate […]
LAKE OF BAYS — A small electrical fire inside a wall was quickly knocked down by construction workers using a portable extinguisher here yesterday — before 20 firefighters and five fire trucks responded. At 10:30 a.m. December 9 Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Fighters responded to a “structure fire” on South Portage Road in Huntsville. Crews […]
