Events

BRAECBRIDGE — Thank god for Fridays. Climate Action Muskoka (CAM) is rallying the troops here at noon tomorrow for one of its weekly Fridays for Future Climate Strikes. In response to the obvious effects of climate change in Muskoka and beyond, the local chapter of the retired teachers of Ontario (RTO/ERO) says they are joining […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It wasn’t exactly Music on the Barge. Even if was how the famed — yet pandemic-postponed — concert series began at Gull Lake Rotary Park seven decades ago. On a floating dock. But still it was “amazing” all the same. An impromptu mini concert — for a couple of […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — For a second straight day Muskoka has surpassed Simcoe in COVID cases — 6 to 5. Yesterday it was 4 to 2. This as Delta cases continue on the rise with 73 today, 70 yesterday, 59 Tuesday and 57 Monday. Five young people in Bracebridge — 2 girls and […]

SEVERN TOWNSHIP — A Toronto man is the latest drowning victim in the region. Roland Jonker, 76, of Toronto died Tuesday afternoon after a swimming accident in Deep Bay in Sparrow Lake. Provincial police say that just after 3 p.m. July 6 emergency services responded to an urgent call reporting a male who had failed […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two thirds of today’s COVID cases are in Muskoka. After months of being behind in the counting — and amid renewed talk of separation from Simcoe — “we the north” top the south half of the health unit with four of six cases Wednesday. It’s a first in pandemic […]

LETTER TO EDITOR: I have taken the time today to write to the University of Windsor after hearing/seeing a professor there on CTV speaking about the appointment of a new governor general for Canada. I am very distressed to hear or read the words “mass grave” or “mass graves” used in reference to unmarked graves […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — It’s OK for grandparents to give their grandkids a hug, say federal health officials. But just be careful says the local medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner says even with most adults and teens vaccinated it’s still possible to spread COVID-19. But federal health guidelines supersede provincial regulations, […]

MUSKOKA — Two boaters face court dates after being charged with impaired operation on local lakes. Police say that on July 3 officers with the OPP marine unit based in Bracebridge were doing routine checks by stopping boats and doing safety inspections to protect the waterways. While on patrol on Kahshe Lake, in south Gravenhurst, […]

BRACEBRIDGE — A Mississauga man who drowned Saturday night on the north branch of the Muskoka River near Santa’s Village has been identified. Police say Noel Caoile, 18, died while swimming off Golden Beach Road. He was the fourth person to die that week after two other young men aged 20 and 23 drowned while […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka cases reported over the Canada Day weekend shows COVID stubbornly hanging on. With two of three locals vaccinated and one in three double vaxxed the corona risk is close to third base — if not headed home like maybe the Jays at the end of the month. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While the return of the Northlander train may be years away, starting today Ontario Northland is making stops at the Union Station Bus Terminal and King City Go Station for travellers to Toronto. That’s in addition to several stops at top hospitals in province’s capital city and heath hub. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The body of a swimmer who drowned last night was found this morning in the Muskoka River. He is the fourth drowning victim this week in Muskoka waters. Provincial police divers recovered the 18-year-old man who went into the water shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday night and didn’t surface, […]

BRACEBRIDGE — Police divers are searching for a swimmer who may have drowned here on the Muskoka River tonight. Emergency services were called Saturday, July 3, shortly after 7 p.m. The OPP and Bracebridge Fire responded to a swimmer in distress on the south branch of the river off Golden Beach Road. Police say the […]

HUNTSVILLE — A man here faces four charges of “historical” sexual assault following a complaint and joint local police investigation. Provincial police say today that officers from the Huntsville OPP detachment and Muskoka Crime Unit conducted an investigation into a complaint that a series of sexual assaults occurred in the years between 2001-2003 involving a […]

GEORGIAN BAY  — A search for a swimmer who went missing early this afternoon has ended tragically with his death. Police from Bracebridge were dispatched at 1:10 p.m. Friday July 2 after a call about a possible drowning in Arnolds Bay near Moon Basin Marina. They say members of the public saw a man having […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While Canada Day celebrations were reserved, some Muskoka musicians still managed to “make a little (respectful) noise.” Albeit muted. In an annual tradition at the home of Muskoka Concert Association president Diane Harrop in Gravenhurst, “O Canada” was heard loud, proud clear across town. Members of the Gravenhurst Bifocals […]

CENTRAL ONTARIO — Tourism is taking off again. With Stage 2 of Ontario’s re-opening plan underway this week Explorers’ Edge is again offering permanent and seasonal residents in the region a “Cottage Country Spirit Package” to explore your own backyard — and to shop local. “There’s no catch,” says James Murphy, executive director of Explorers’ Edge (RTO12), […]

GEORGIAN BAY — Police divers this afternoon are searching Arnolds Bay near Moose Deer Point after a report of a possible drowning. OPP at Bracebridge say they were called at 1:10 p.m. today, July 2, after members of the public saw a man having difficulty in the water. They say he slipped under the surface […]