GRAVENHURST — During the summer the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) investigators began an investigation in to suspected drug trafficking at an apartment complex here. July 10 they say they charged two people after conducting three search warrants at an apartment complex on Bethune Drive South in Gravenhurst. They were assisted by the OPP Tactics and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — You needn’t wonder what Eva Olsson thought of the recent rise in anti-Semitism. She spoke about it every day: “Her message of acceptance and tolerance, and the devastating impact that hate can have on the world if left unchallenged, touched every single person she met.” […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA — An overnight crime spree that led police on a seven-house hunt that went from Huntsville to Port Carling to Georgian Bay led to four teens being charged a week ago. OPP in Bracebridge made the final arrests after police calls began late Tuesday and lasted […]
MUSKOKA — A District of Muskoka plan to build its own robotic pre-fab public housing factory is drawing considerable debate and opposition as the upper tier local government ends a quick public survey this Friday Aug. 7. (See story link bottom for full details on it.) One longtime leading Muskoka business person who has given […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.comSubscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com HUNTSVILLE — Another vehicle theft here has police once again asking the public’s help in locating it. After a car-jacking here last week, in which a suspected was arrested and charged within 45 minutes down in Gravenhurst, police now say they are investigating a second unrelated theft. Some […]
MUSKOKA — A Halifax man who left the main road going through Port Carling, and struck a retaining wall, was arrested and charged just before dawn this morning. Police say that on Tuesday, August 4, at 4:40 a.m., officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision on Medora Street near Armstrong Point Road […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — Midway through a season’s half-full glass it’s time to check on your summer holiday bucket list. Swimming: CHECK; Walking: CHECK; Outdoor concert: CHECK. Bethune House visit: AUGUST. Well, Gravenhurst’s National Historic Site is a must for August when it’s free along with all of Canada’s […]
UPDATE: On Saturday August 1, the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) aided in the recovery of the bodies of the two missing persons. A 32-year-old male and a 30-year-old female, both from Toronto, were pronounced as deceased. The investigation into the collision is ongoing. Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com — OPINION MUSKOKA — Municipal government should not get into the construction industry. The district should make public requests to local experienced construction companies for ideas on how to produce inexpensive housing. If no private companies are interested in producing social housing, then the district would be financially ahead to buy […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com SOUTH MUSKOKA — Bob West knows the value of a great local hospital and how large generation donation can make a great difference. His $8 million legacy gift this week is inspired by a lifetime in the medical health care supply business and his absolute love of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — A collision here last night on North Muldrew Lake Road has led to another impaired driving charge. Police say that on Wednesday, July 30, at 10:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision near Peninsula Road in Gravenhurst. The caller expressed concerns […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA — Police ended a high-speed chase here this morning involving a stolen vehicle by using a spiked belt on Hwy. 11. They responded to a report of a robbery on Main Street East in Huntsville, July 30, at 9:30 a.m. after receiving a report that a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — “Always be prepared!” Rick Allen knows that as a Scout leader since 1967 — and Cub growing up before. And while he’s always ready, sometimes life doesn’t quite cooperate. This morning as he and his wife Diane were driving south on Muskoka Road North, he […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — After damaging a day care playground Canada Day weekend, police say vandals were back a little more than three weeks later targetting the year-round kids school for a second time just days ago. “It’s frustrating,” Bracebridge Children’s Place managing director Sarah McKay said this afternoon. […]
Police say recent arrests across Muskoka underscore dangers of impaired driving as enforcement continues in busy summer By Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA — Five suspected impaired drivers were charged across Muskoka in the past week, including three within a 24-hour period over the weekend, prompting the Ontario Provincial Police to […]
By Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com SPARROW LAKE — For a hundred years, the shores of Sparrow Lake have been a backdrop for summer memories, lasting friendships, and the quintessential cottage life. This weekend, the water babies of generations past and present, along with their families, will gather to mark a full […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Like father, like son; like me and my dad. Hugh heard Frank Sinatra at Maple Leaf Gardens; I heard his son at Casino Rama. My dad loved to play Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots are Made for Walkin’ in his Sandsmen gigs.” Our Muskoka Concert Band played “Crooner’s Serenade” Wednesday […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Unattached residents with health care anxiety can rest assured “hope” isn’t far off. And coming here closer to home. The Gravenhurst Health Hub (GHH) is well on its way to building space for three new nurse practioners, two nurses and comprehensive family wellness services from birth to death. And […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Three people police suspect of break and enter the night before last has the OPP seeking the public’s help in identifying them. They say that on yesterday at 8 a.m., officers responded to the complaint about the incident that occurred in the old Foundary building on Entrance Drive near […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Apologies first, to my GAP customers. If I was a few minutes late today with my food deliveries. I have a good excuse — I was at the noon Brown Bag reunion. And you know how everyone likes to talk at these things. For a reporter who’s stock and […]