HUNTSVILLE — A 32-year-old Huntsville man with no licence, insurance or permit faces multiple charges after being stopped Thursday. He was one of two drivers charged with impaired-related offences— alcohol and drugs — last week, say police. They say that on September 17, at 6:20 p.m., officers responded to a report of a vehicle being […]
STUART MORLEY — OPED Special to MuskokaTODAY Ask anyone trying to build homes or expand a business in Gravenhurst about municipal approvals and you will probably hear the same frustration: it is not just always one unreasonable rule that causes the problem. It is navigating two governments and numerous departments. The town controls matters such […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BARKWAY — If you go out in the woods today … you’ll hear more than just the call of the wild. Last night the Band Together Fest kicked off in northeast Gravenhurst, at the Barkway Farm, with an impressive start and line-up starting just after 7 p.m. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — Another four young people faces charges after police responded to a break and enter in progress here late yesterday afternoon. On Thursday, September 17, at 5:15 p.m., officers were dispatched to the B&E underway at a building on McMurray Street near Quebec Street in Bracebridge. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — Diane Barr is modest. While her club was hosting their annual the rowing event at Gull Lake Rotary Park, she was in Bled, Slovenia, at the World Masters regatta where she won five gold medals in age 65-69 singles, doubles (twice), mixed quad and women’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — A police investigation has police looking for a suspected fraudster. On August 13 officers responded to a report of a theft at that took place Saturday, July 11. The victim reported their credit card had been stolen while they were shopping at a Bracebridge grocery […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — Two of three youth suspects wanted in night-time acts of vandalism were charged yesterday in acts of mischief and vandalism late in August in which signs were torn down and tossed in the water at the new Lions Club Rainbow Bridge pet memorial site. On […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — After receiving surveillance footage and information from members of the public, police have arrested and charged three Port Sydney youths — aged 14, 16 and 17 years old — each with 10 counts of mischief in Gravenhurst early yesterday. They say that on Wednesday, September […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — A two-hour overnight spree of vandalism acts just past midnight this morning left multiple auto owners with broken vehicle windows along five core streets north and south here. Police began investigating after receiving complaints this morning about the acts they are only describing as “mischief.” […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — If ever there was a poster boy for Canada’s toughness, imagine George Chuvalo on a $100 bill. Mark Carney could use the stand-up guy in his tariff fight. “He was one tough son of a bitch,” remembers Howie Ungerman, whose dad Irv managed the Canadian […]
MUSKOKA — Nothing really new on the roads the first two weeks of September, say police. They detachment out of Bracebridge reports another half dozen people charged with impaired operation. On Tuesday, September 1, at 11:45 a.m., an officer conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 11 North near Alpine Ranch Road in Bracebridge noticed a vehicle […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com HUNTSVILLE — Listen to any rap or hip hop song and you’ll hear a sample or influence of Motown. “A, B, C. Easy as 1, 2, 3.” Last night’s Motown Gold concert here at the Algonquin Theatre had both. The original Jackson Five song and snippets of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA — Simu Liu, David Beckham, Mark Wahlberg, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Marky Mark, Cindy Crawford, Shaquille O’Neill, Jimmy Fallon, Ella Rubin, Harry Styles, Tom Hanks, Stephen Spielberg, Goldie, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson, Justin Beiber … and the hit list goes on. And that doesn’t include NHLers […]
MUSKOKA — Two free films this week hit home in Muskoka. Housing and seniors life. The first is Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Rene Caisse Theatre in Bracebridge, exploring housing followed by an in-person Q&A with the film’s director Dr. Brian Doucet. YWCA Muskoka executive director, Hannah Lin says “this is especially timely with municipal […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — A late August fire at its headquarters that forced the OPP’s Underwater Search and Rescue out of its provincial dispatch centre has led the demolition of the metal-clad garage facility attached at the back. By early next week the final girders will be down on […]
HUNTSVILLE — A woman driving an e-scooter — which is illegal in Huntsville — was charged with impaired operation following an accident late yesterday afternoon. On Friday, September 11, at 5:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a single e-scooter collision on Earls Road in Huntsville. Responding officers began an impaired driving investigation. As […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVNHURST — Not to be confused with the TV show “Still Standing” with Johnny Harris, a play on tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at the Opera House still has many similarities. The former is about struggling towns — the latter is about people with Alzheimer’s who are also still […]
GRAVENHURST — After another successful fundraising dinner and auction, Legacy for Alex Kerswell is donating $16,000 in Alex’s memory. The local charity, named after the son of Leanna and Shawn Kerswell, who died by suicide, in 2019, at the age of 17 is an annual event dedicated to raising funds for grassroots charities committed to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com ALGONQUIN PARK — A joint weekend safety inspection in Algonquin Park had the OPP and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry checking drivers and laying charges. The traffic enforcement initiative Friday, September 4, mostly along Hwy. 60 included 417 vehicles in a focus on traffic safety, vehicle […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — Look … up in the sky! Is it a bird, is it a plane … ? It was both … the Snowbirds just after noon today. The famed flyers were spotted by several people in town who did all of a sudden look up — […]