Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If there was a fly on the wall at yesterday’s celebration of life for Marion and Cyril it would have had giant ears. The kind that became synonymous in the 1970s when Cyril clowned in Gravenhurst parades — and at other times when he peddled down Muskoka Road towering […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Matt Hammersley got more than a heaping plate of great red spaghetti last night at a dinner at St. Paul’s Catholic Church. The 7-year-old Bradford boy got a big hug from his grandmother, Sonja, when he pulled her ticket on a winning door prize at the church fundraiser. She […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — They were crying in their beer here last Sunday when the last call finally came. After 75 years of it serving “the coldest beer in Bala,” it was cry-fives at the Beer Store for a “couple hundred people — at least,” who rallied around the historic west Muskoka log […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Fear not coffee lovers — another fast food restaurant is destined for Muskoka and James. When Oliver’s Coffee closes here at the end of the month — scary thought — property owner Bill Kalogripsas plans to return it to its 50-year-old Burg and Blizzard roots. But it won’t be […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — OK! Blue Jays, let’s play some big time fall ball. Will Vladimir Guerrero Jr. or Aaron Judge be Mr. October starting at 4:08 p.m today in Game 1 of the five-game American League Division Series (ALDS) Championship at the Rogers Centre? Vladdy has 23 HRs and the Yankees’ Judge […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.comBRACEBRIDGE — Yesterday’s meet and greet was as much for the Maples Leafs as their fans. “Auston Matthews … meet Nicolas Roy. “Matias Maccelli … this is John Tavares. “Michael Pezza … meet Max Domi.” And so it went during their now annual two-day Muskoka bonding experience. And club tournament at the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Leafs fans here today got a sneak peak at this year’s bigger line-up. Coach Craig Berube said the team Toronto ices next Wednesday in the season home opener against Montreal will likely be the one facing Detroit tomorrow night at the Scotiabank Arena in its second last pre-season game. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Huntsville man is to appear in bail court tomorrow morning after being arrested and charged twice today in separate incidents. Police say that on September 18 he was involved in a shoplifting incident at the Freshmart in Port Sydney Ontario where alcohol and other food items were stolen. He was identified Tuesday, […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police say they are always looking for criminal driving behaviour. Overnight today, September 30, at 12:24 a.m. officers patrolling Main Street West say they observed pick-up truck driving erratically and well below the posted speed limit. Once the vehicle was stopped as part of a sobriety traffic stop, the officer detected an odour of […]
Letter to Editor: Health unit regulations for pools are from 1990, 35 years old. We have an outdoor ‘Class B’ pool and a ‘Class C’ wading pool (O Reg. 494/17). It still states that we must have a landline for the emergency phone. I think this regulation is outdated. We had problems this year with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — On the road again, the Bears just can’t wait to get on the road again. The Muskoka Jr. C team should be glad to head out of town this coming weekend for three away games Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The only problem is they’re against Alliston, Orillia, Stayner — […]
HUNTSVILLE — A second-storey man is being sought after a break and enter here Friday. Police say officers are currently investigating a theft from a residence on Susan Street and are requesting the public’s assistance to identify the suspect. On September 26, at 11:47 a.m. police received a call about a break and enter where […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ah nuts! That could be the Vertex Vixens who played five games yesterday — including an extra inning semi-final — only to lose the inaugural Gravenhurst Women’s Softball championship to Kelsey Gliddon the regular season winning powerhouse. The champs only had to play a pair of games Saturday, the […]
GRAVENHURST — The annual Autumn Studio Tour this weekend here this weekend started on a high note at its first stop with the Highway 11 Corridor Ukulele Players (H11CUPS). The popular community band was at the Heritage Square outside the old library under the shade of a tree to entertain at the No. 1 stop. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The improved Bears chasing the PJHL championship got a taste of the top again last night when they realized how far off they are from that elusive goal. The Muskoka Jr. C team entered last night’s game with their southern rival and league champion from Orillia with a solid […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Georgian College’s president says “it’s the right decision” to close its Orillia and Muskoka Campuses. Bracebridge Mayor Rick Maloney says “this is the wrong course of action.” Today the college announced it will consolidate its Orillia and Muskoka campuses into the Barrie campus by fall 2026. With both properties […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A massive donation by some leading Huntsville residents is “the largest commitment ever in Muskoka history” for a Muskoka hospital. Inspired by and in celebration of local Huntsville resident Bob Hutcheson (founder of Hutcheson Sand and Mix), the gift covers both a matching challenge and the establishment of a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com INNISFIL — Two for two and .500 on the season. Not bad after two weekends of play for the Muskoka Bears to start off their second PJHL season. After a big 4-2 win Friday on the Huntsville Olympic ice surface, the visiting Muskoka team added another goal in a second road […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — After hearing Kung-A Lee play so sparkling it is tempting to rush to applause. But give her her moment’s do. Lest for a split second for Lee to bask in her own luminosity as the audience did each time she dropped her hands from the Bosendorfer keyboard, sighed, took […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORRANCE — A man’s body found near Hardy Lake last Monday has been identified, and his death ruled a homicide. Last Monday, Sept. 15, police were called shortly after noon for a report of a deceased person discovered in a remote area near Hardy Lake Road. Near the Hardy Lake Trails […]