Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — “5, 6, 7, 8 … step, step, pirouette, and you’re done. Take a bow.” You think America’s Got Talent — try Muskoka. Standing in front of Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell would’ve seemed easier last weekend for a bunch singers and dancers who faced the music of auditioning for […]
Photos and story by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you thought the Leafs were exciting to watch, the Muskoka Shield put on as entertaining a show this afternoon in their home season opener. And payback was sweet for the Jr. A club with Braeden Mitchell potting a hat trick and rookie Isaac Locker […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Leafs packed up their golf bags and are off to Detroit tonight for their final home-and-home preseason game (again tomorrow) with the Wings. Both the team an the town were happy with the three-day stay, as hundreds of giddy fans, elementary and high school students (who got to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An afternoon matinee — today at 1 p.m. — may not be the ideal time to kick off your home season. But for the Muskoka Shield who are anxious to redeem their last game’s loss to Bancroft, another shot at the Rock Hounds is a good way to welcome […]
Story and photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says: “It’s obvious and fair to say there needs to be some answers” about Hockey Canada. Addressing the media after practice this afternoon, he said: “First of all I’m not involved in any of the decision-making and I know […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst man is in bail court this morning, one of three Muskoka drivers charged yesterday with impaired driving following three accidents. Police were busy morning, noon and night Sept. 19 investigating motor vehicle collisions ultimately charging three drivers with impaired driving. At 9:50 a.m. a member of the public reported that a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com After a morning of mourning — it’s E-II-R.I.P. Canadians who got up five hours early today shared a memorable TV spectacle. Queen Elizabeth’s funeral was a fitting celebration of life full of pomp and pageantry as only the British can muster with centuries of empiricism. Including a 96-gun salute. For six […]