Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com NEW YORK CITY — On the eve of the U.S. election a Canadian’s observations and reflections on a recent bite of the Big Apple. A working holiday last week in the epicentre of the American experience is like a walk-off grand slam in the World Series. Explosive! Watching from a packed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A third of the way through their rookie season, the Muskoka Bears have two wins, 11 losses and 1 shoot-out loss. Their latest loss last night was against the visiting 7-7 Penetang Kings, who were in another league in the Jr. C Provincial Junior Hockey League. A double-digit shutout […]
GRAVENHURST — War and peace are themes being marked at a combined Remembrance Day concert Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9, at the United Church in Gravenhurst. The annual Muskoka Concert Band musical honour that week will this year features the Elderberries Choir, directed by Louise Jardine. It starts at 2 p.m. “‘Echoes of Conflict’ focuses on music […]
GRAVENHURST — Christmas came early for Wendy Dwyer, who matched all seven Encore numbers in exact order in the June 14 Lotto Max draw to win $1 million. “I had accumulated a few tickets and decided to head to the store to check them. I was at the ticket checker when I scanned this ticket. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The whirling sounds of music, gaiety and laugher yesterday in the Opera House were testament to more than 70 years of the Muskoka Concert Association. The MCA is on hold now, taking a break to regroup over the winter, as it looks to regrow its core base of concert […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A coaching change hasn’t made a difference for the Bears. Muskoka’s other Jr. C team, the Otters, shut them out 5-0 tonight. It was their third win. The gulf between the two teams wasn’t just the wider ice that’s always disadvantage for occasional visitors like the Bear who were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hard to access mental health services just got a little closer — if not easier — to residents in south Muskoka. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) opened a new suite of offices here yesterday to serve Muskoka-Parry Sound. They say in a release today it “marks a significant […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — MAHC may be done with its hospital proposal. But at least one group concerned with the board’s plan to proceed to the next stage of construction with the province isn’t. The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee (SSMHC) released a lengthy statement Friday noting it is “writing to clarify its […]
GRAVENHURST — Grab your dabber and get out to the Gravenhurst legion tonight for a return of Rotary TV Bingo on Your TV. The popular charity cable game — the best hour of fun in town Wednesday nights — has resumed play after a few weeks away. It’s one of several sites in Gravenhurst, including […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You know it’s going to be a great concert when Kim and Neil Barlow recommend Bridge and Wolak. Muskoka’s pre-eminent musicians say the clarinet and accordion duo are a “not to be missed” at the Muskoka Concert Association’s ‘Scandalous Romantics’ performance Sunday afternoon — 2 p.m. at the Gravenhurst […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A wild teenage rampage downtown here Friday has three 15-year-olds facing multiple police charges. One of them was in bail court Monday morning. The OPP have started an ongoing criminal investigation after responding to several calls regarding mischief and destruction of property Oct. 11 in the area of Salmon […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION MUSKOKA — Leave it to Beaver. When Doug Ford dangled a billion bucks for hospital renewals here — following a bungled political battle over one or two sites — the premier told the locals to get their act together before coming back to him for the cash. Sort it out […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Hopes of their first win streak ended tonight when Muskoka’s Jr. C club came up short-handed in a 6-1 loss to Innisfil. Penalties, as often, left the Bears almost scoreless as the Spartans took advantage of the extra-man opportunities, scoring three of nine times. The Bears had hoped to […]
GRAVENHURST — A bizarre break and enter in the middle of the night today has police asking the public’s help. Around 3 a.m. two suspects were caught on surveillance cameras entering the rear of a downtown business with a large bin in hand. They appear to empty the contents of the bin on the ground […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An Utterson man faces an impaired driving charge after being stopped late this morning in a downtown school zone here. Police say they charged him Oct. 11, shortly after 11 a.m. An officer was conducting patrol in a school zone on Wellington Street and stopped a vehicle near Armstrong Street. As a result […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION HUNTSVILLE — What price 10 hospital beds? Sixty-million: $50 million for the province — $10 million for Muskokans. All tax dollars — unless private cash (and votes) factor in one day. That’s the story going ahead for Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare as it submits its “final” 1,800-page proposal next month for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “MAHC will convene an important board of directors meeting on (Thursday) Oct. 10, during which an essential vote will occur regarding the Stage 1.3 capital redevelopment plan submission to the Ministry of Health,” a release from them today said. “This decision is a pivotal step in MAHC’s ongoing efforts […]
HUNTSVILLE — The high school and Summit Centre here were placed under temporary lock down last Monday after reports of an individual behaving erratically in the downtown area. The person was also reported to have possessed a knife. On Sept. 30, just after 1 p.m., police responded and officers contained the area, as well as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A recommendation to the MAHC board Thursday for 10 more acute beds at SMMH (= 46) is encouraging to south Muskoka doctors and their supporters — and looks to be the end of a long fight. The hospitals’ Capital Redevelopment Committee recently passed that motion on to the board […]
HUNTSVILLE — It didn’t take police long to track down $60,000 in stolen construction material. Officers were called Monday after a report of a theft from a local business in Huntsville. On Sept. 30 they began an investigation. A local business identified an employee they accuse of stealing the lumber. Two days later, on Oct. […]