Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Muskoka history books are often pleasantly predicated on old photographs. Patrick Boyer — “literary and historical legend:” to quote author Cheryl Cooper — knows the power of art and imagery. Many of the books he has written and published feature cover photos that mirror juxtaposed pictures on the back […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Police confirmed early Saturday morning that the undidentifed 21-year-old man who died in a Gravenhurst Parkway motorcycle accident at Reay Road yesterday afternoon was from Brampton. The two-vehicle mid-afternoon accident Friday that closed the road for four hours was reported at 3:40 p.m. Individuals in the second automobile sustained […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A 21-year-old man has died in a mid-afternoon collision today with another vehicle on the Gravenhurst Parkway near the Reay Road. Police say they are still investigating the Friday, June 19, accident reported at 3:40 p.m. not far from the Muskoka Airport and Beaver Creek federal prisons. Although emergency […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — At 11 p.m., March 28, 2024, Chance Kay was last seen leaving a Hwy. 11 motel between Gravenhurst and Bracebridge. The 35-year-old Muskoka Lakes Township man hasn’t been seen in more than two years that anyone knows of or will admit. Twelve hours later police responded after a family […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com “I tell you what I want “What I really, really want ….” Spice Girls, ‘Wannabe’ HUNTSVILLE — North Muskokans “really, really want” a new big new hospital here. While south Muskokans remain embroiled in debate over the location and uses of MAHC’s controversial other site — both yet but a decade […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An Emsdale woman was arrested and charged yesterday afternoon in Bracebridge with theft from the Gravenhurst LCBO by using “technology,“ which also led police to locate the suspect where they also charged him with impaired driving. They say that on Tuesday, June 16, at 1:20 p.m., officers responded to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A couple years ago, Muskoka author Cheryl Cooper had the idea that fellow writer, novelist, columnist and local historian Patrick Boyer should gather his many diverse feature articles, published in various Muskoka publications over the past 20 or more years between the covers of a book making them easily […]
GRAVENHURST — A public complaint has led to impaired driving charges against a Gravenhurst man Monday. Police say that on June 15, at 2:35 p.m., officers responded to a location on Lofty Pines Drive in Gravenhurst. Where they located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop, subsequently arresting and charging 49-year-old Darrell Matchett, of Gravenhurst, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A man arrested here on Gun Club Road yesterday morning was returned to hospital a second time for assessment after escaping an ambulance and then leading multiple police services on a chase into nearby woods before being caught injured. The Huntsville OPP detachment reported late Monday afternoon that the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Doug and Jen Taylor headed to Vancouver today for a World Cup Game June 26. The North Bay couple had no trouble going “online a couple weeks ago” and securing coveted seats for a game between New Zealand and Belgium. How much? “A lot,” he said. “$700 each,” she […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — So much for trying to help out. A 16-year-old Good Samaritan boy who was concerned about the wellbeing of an individual, offered to help and was instead met with a threat of violence last night, say police. They say that on Sunday, June 14, at 9 p.m., officers responded to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — While hydro crews continue Monday to pick up the pieces after a second successive torrential downpour that left many powerless, many concert goers here Saturday were divided with one group surviving the storm while the others were left disappointed. ABBA fans were rained out at the Opera House when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Driving in to Bracebridge this afternoon it’s impossible to miss the impact the Hammond family has had on the Heart of Muskoka. Passing a Hammond bus on the highway was further proof. A few years ago a Muskoka Transport would have drafted in behind it. The vehicles of Orvil […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A local auto parts maker is bringing back manufacturing from China. Ontario is investing $1,490,000 through the Ontario Together Trade Fund to help MBRP increase build capacity and reshore critical supply chains. With the money MBRP is investing $2,980,000 to launch a new line of truck accessories, insource flat-cut and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two people Gravenhurst residents face drug-related charges after a police raid on a notorious drug house on the community’s main street last week. Police say the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance of OPP from the Bracebridge detachment, has charged two Gravenhurst residents with multiple drug-related […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — From second hand to allegedly light-handed. A man located in Port Carling yesterday was in bail court here this morning accused of shoplifting items Wednesday morning from a second-hand retailer. Officers responded Thursday to a report of a theft the day before from a Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GEORGIAN BAY — A fiery middle of the night collision today on Hwy. 400 North has claimed two people. Police say that on Thursday, June 11, shortly after 3 a.m., officers responded to reports of a single-vehicle collision involving an SUV that subsequently caught fire on Highway 400 northbound near Crooked […]
GRAVENHURST — A late night single-vehicle collision Tuesday night has landed a Bracebridge woman with four drug and alcohol charges, says the Bracebridge detachment of the OPP. On June 9, at 10 p.m., officers responded to a report of a vehicle going off the road into a ditch on Muskoka Road 169 near Charles Road […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A top-three ranking is no longer enough of a Waze to welcome visitors to the Gateway to Muskoka. Self-guided tours once the preserve of timeless, wanderlust tourists are apparently behind the times for some adventurous travellers. So an ambitious — possibly prosperous — plan to provide all-inclusive holiday ventures […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com KILWORTHY — A 911 traffic complaint about suspected impaired driver led police to unusual call Friday. Bracebridge detachment officers responded June 5, just before 1 p.m., about a concern over the behaviour of man driving his lawn mower on Amelia Crescent off Hwy. 11 at the south end of Gravenhurst. Frank Doran, […]