Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Bears may be down 3-0 and facing elimination tomorrow night in Rama (8 p.m.). And if Kyle Downey gives way in net to back-up Joseph Degan it would understandable — if unlikely. His Muskoka Jr. C team is more than twice as good as last season largely thanks […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka’s got talent and the cream surfaces Saturday. Ten finalists have been winnowed down the past couple months from 25 applicants for top honour of Muskoka’s Got Talent. Formerly Huntsville’s Got Talent till 2023, Community Living Huntsville has successfully transitioned the popular music fest after dentist Drew Markham and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s never too cold to walk. So if you’re out walking Saturday — as I see many of you each morning, afternoon and evening — why not walk for a great cause. Not just your own health but for the food safety, transportation help and mental health of others […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — It wasn’t golden. But by last night’s standards, this afternoon’s Game 2 playoff was Orillia silver, Bears bronze. A bit as it was in Orillia in Game 1 with the same 6-2 score, but much better hustle and play by both teams — particularly from the goalies (save for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Penalties, power plays and a penalty shot cost the Muskoka Bears their first game of the playoffs here tonight. Oh … and three goals by Lleyton McClean — including a second period power play — that proved the end of the visiting team. Add preparation, pep and persistence that […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police charged three local people overnight today with drug offences after a vehicle caught their attention. They say that on Saturday February 21, at 3:15 a.m., officers conducting proactive patrols in the town of Bracebridge spotted the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. Upon further investigation, they arrested and charged the driver, 43-year-old […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Grab your kilt and travel to Scotland with the Orillia Silver Band for their spring ‘Highland Fling.’ The Orillia Silver Band is taking an exciting trip to Scotland and invites the public to come along with its ‘Highland Fling Multimedia Concert.’ The concert is Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m. at the Rene Caisse Theatre in Bracebridge. Tickets available […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — A Huntsville woman was in bail court here today facing early morning robbery charges. Police there say that on February 21, at 1:20 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call about an unwanted woman at a business on Atherley Road, in Orillia. When officers responded, the employee said a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Bob Jacob believes it’s better to give than receive. The generous Bracebridge philanthropist has done it again. Donating a second million dollars in shares to the “South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Foundation.” His latest contribution is for Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s southern site “only,” the retired computer worker, investor, developer, cottager, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — “How’s them apples?” Dorothy does it again. From the big screen to the little stage the Wizard of Oz is magic. And last night’s opening night presentation of the loveable classic at the Rene Caisse Theatre was both magical and imaginable. Click your heels and clap your hands for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A string of serious charges including armed robbery and home invasions have been added to another suspect who was in bail court yesterday after a Muskoka-wide incident that closed Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst last summer. Police have captured an eighth person who has been arrested and charged in connection […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION GRAVENHURST — There’s a spark of life yet in this old town after all. With a glimmer of hope for Gravenhurst’s beleaguered“main street.” Almost 40 hopeful community members and business persons turned out last night at the Opera House for a presentation and round-table discussion about the fate of five […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MILANO CORTINA — Walker’s Point is celebrating again. Hell, all of Muskoka is on its feet after the Muskoka Lakes Walker’s Point cottager’s picked up the puck at his own blue line, splitting all three Czechia defencemen for the Olympic men’s quarter game-winner. In a thriller that a new generation of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Police in Bracebridge gave up chase of a snowmobile for safety reasons early Sunday after suspecting it was one of a pair of sleds stolen in Gravenhurst just days before. On Monday, February 9, officers responded to a report of a theft of a snowmobile during the very early morning […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Big stars, big rink, big cause. Hockey fans across Muskoka are gearing up for another unforgettable night of hockey as the Kubota North Toronto Maple Leafs Alumni Game comes to the Muskoka Lumber Community Centre Arena Friday, Feb. 27, a fundraiser for the Children’s Foundation of Muskoka — formerly […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MILANO CORTINA — An Olympic gold medal for Parry Sound’s Megan Oldham today adds to her Italian haul. The 24-year-old picked up the top prize in the women’s freestyle big air competition Monday after more than an hour of heavy snow and wind delayed her event. Undeterred, Oldham was perfect her […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two men have been charged in separate theft investigations here recently with one in bail court this morning and the other bail court tomorrow. Today police said they’ve charged a Gravenhurst man after a theft at Muskoka Bay Clothing last Thursday, Feb. 12, in Gravenhurst. At 1:20 p.m. officers […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — It’ll be the Bears vs. Terriers, and Otters vs. Hornets. For two hours this afternoon Orillia was the prize up for grabs for both Muskoka and Huntsville in the last PJHL league game of the season for both teams. But with an exciting and convincing 6-3 win in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When Bo Horvat scored his second Olympic goal today in Canada’s win over France, he had lots of family cheering him on in Italy. Including his wife Holly and her dad Fraser Donaldson and mom Paisley, Gravenhurst’s former mayor, said town councillor Sandy Cairns on the weekend. They are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A hundred and 70 feet of open water. A dozen feet wide. Your skis on the edge. And don’t touch the sides. Or you’re disqualified. That was finals of the of “puddle jumpers” yesterday on Gull Lake as more than 30 sleds (snowmobiles) stock and modified skimmed across Gull […]