Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A “Friendship Canoe” launch Friday passed the ultimate stress test at Kelvin Grove Park — “lesson learned.” Surrounded by teachers and anxious students, a birch bark canoe built the past two weeks in a tent behind St. Dominic’s Catholic high school gently glided into the bay beneath the trickling […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — The Bears scored first and often in the first two periods here last night. In the big rink where it was elbows up Canadian hockey the visitors took it to home team for their first win of the PJHL season. A convincing 4-2 victory they set out early with […]
MUSKOKA — The past two weekends impaired driving charges have led to five arrests around south Muskoka. That’s just the first half of September, say police. On Friday September 5, at 11:20 p.m., an officer conducting general patrol in Bracebridge became concerned about the driving of a vehicle on Manitoba Street. And the vehicle was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When John Cooper thought he was “checking out” last year he consulted his family physician at the Cottage Country Family Health Team. And lucky he did. Yesterday he told how Dr. Chris Richardson got him through to this year. And how his associate Dr. Adam MacLennan is also keeping […]
TORONTO — A new lotto game piqued Robert Arnold’s interest and now the Huntsville player is $90,000 richer after winning one of 9 top prizes with THE 90s INSTANT lottery game (Game #2515). Arnold, a retiree from the automotive industry, has been an occasional lottery player with OLG for decades. He first began playing in a lottery group at work and now […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: MAHC presentation to council ‘insulting’ On September 4, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) representatives presented to the Town of Bracebridge Council with an update on the hospital redevelopments. The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee (SSMHC) is critical that the briefing left the public with more questions than answers. Significantly, the public remains without […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A wanted man who fled police yesterday afternoon was in bail court this morning after forcing his way into an apartment and barricading himself inside. He was apprehended without incident. Police spotted him around 1 p.m., September 17, on Front Street where he fled on foot. He was soon located in a nearby […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Changes can’t come fast enough for the Bears in Huntsville Friday night. The second half of an early season back-to-back faceoff resumes the Muskoka rivalry at 7:30 p.m. after a 3-2 Otters win Sunday afternoon at the Muskoka Lumber Centre. The south Muskoka team is looking for its first […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORRANCE — A body discovered here in a remote area near Hardy Lake Road, just past noon, yesterday has police looking for help identifying the victim. They say that on Monday, September 15, shortly after 12 p.m., the OPP responded to the report of a deceased person being found. The road […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Muskoka Bears are proving better their second season out after a pair of weekend starts. A 5-0 loss Friday in Alliston was far better than the 11-0 drought they suffered in their first season opener a year ago against the power-house Hornet. And a narrow 3-2 loss yesterday […]
WINDERMERE — The legacy lives on in Windermere where they are “thrilled to share the results of this year’s Windermere Terry Fox Run.” Randy Jackson says: “Thanks to the incredible generosity and dedication of our community, we raised $57,567 in support of cancer research.” And brings the village’s total fundraising over the years to almost $$725,000. This […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Marathon of Hope lives on and on and …. “Inspired” by the Canadian legend on every $5 bill. Terry Fox, who ran in the back door of the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre 45 years ago to a huge welcome for his final 22nd birthday July 29, 1981, was the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Cyril and Marion Fry were an adorable, memorable and very active couple in every way. So how do you celebrate almost 200 years of lives so well and richly lived? That’s the challenge for son Alastair and his sisters Jill and Gretta on Sunday Oct. 5, when they will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Can you make a birch bark canoe from a white paper tree in your yard? “Depends on the tree. Is it big enough, tall enough and straight enough?” So said master canoe builder Chuck Commanda Wednesday. He is at St. Dominic’s high school this week and next building his […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two of three teens in a major vehicle accident here overnight Wednesday were airlifted from hospital to a trauma centre. Police say they are in serious condition in hospital after the teens, aged 13-16, were involved in the single vehicle collision September 10 and reported at 4:40 a.m. on Aspdin Road in Huntsville. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WINDERMERE — Runners, walkers, families, friends and supporter of the Terry Fox Runs this Sunday across Muskoka are looking forward to good weather as they raise fund for cancer research and keep his goal of beating it alive. One of the best — if not the biggest is in Windermere, where […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIGE — It was a shootout and the season hasn’t officially begun for the U13 ‘D’ Bears team. The South Muskoka squad was putting the pucks squarely inside the Chevrolet Cruze windows Saturday morning. And just like in the games they’re hoping for it wasn’t glass they hit but all net. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com For moms back to school means opportunities for kids — and a break from the messy joys of motherhood. And for Madeline Sheppard and Rachel Durocher it’s “Pure Bliss” — a chance to reflect and promote their Canada Day book release about their early years of pregnancy and toddler tantrums. It’s […]
MUSKOKA — Tonight’s the night! A Rotary Bingo player will win $4,500. It’s guaranteed in Game 5 — along with another $1,000 in prize money in the other four games. That’s $5,500 on offer Wednesday night. Cards are $10 and available across Muskoka and Parry Sound. It’s all part of the return of Rotary TV […]
HUNTSVILLE — A thief who cased the Rental City made away with electronics, cash and gift cards overnight Aug. 30. Police are investigating the thefts from the Huntsville Rental City and are requesting the public’s assistance to identify suspect. On August 30, at about 4:20 a.m., an unidentified person smashed the exterior front door window […]