Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — I remember a phone call I got from Huntsville maor Scott Aitchison late in my political career when I was on the Muskoka District council. He wanted to know if I’d support him if he ran for district chair. And could we sit […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — Eat your heart out Bracebridge! After the Leafs opted out of Muskoka this year for a weekend BBQ at Austin Matthews’ Arizona home ….. The Islanders moved into the Graeme Murray rink here Tuesday morning for a practice and scrimmage before boarding a bus and […]
HUNTSVILLE — The fire department is preparing for its 38th annual food drive with a new format. Each December, firefighters hold collect home donations in support of the Salvation Army. The HFD says it is pleased to announce the tradition will continue, but with some changes to how non-perishable food donations will be collected. For […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Scott Aitchison offered little more this afternoon about his sudden “difficult decision” to step down as MP. The fall sitting of the Parliament is scheduled to end on Friday, December 11, according to the House of Commons sitting calendar. That’s when the Parry Sound-Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com PARRY SOUUND-MUSKOKA — The stunning word that today local MP Scott Aitchison is expected to publicly announce his fall resignation is shocking to this riding and another major blow to his party he once sought to lead. The long-time Conservative, and third term member of Parliament, is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — As the seasons come and go like tourists travelling to and from Muskoka in search of coloured leaves, AI offers a few of its recommendations on distinctive, unique and “quirky” sites about where to go and what to see them. Jack Cline shares a half […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com HALIBURTON — A 29-year-old water cross snowmobile racer died yesterday afternoon after colliding with another competitor at a Haliburton lake resort, east of Huntsville. Police say that on Sunday, September 27, shortly before 1:30 p.m., they were called to reports of a competition collision in which drivers […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS — A hiker had to be airlifted to hospital yesterday afternoon after being injured while descending Bear Mountain, a popular hiking and climbing trail located on Bear Lake just west of Algonquin Park. Police are looking for possible witnesses to the accident just northeast of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com FOOT’S BAY — What do you do when your daughter says she wants to invite a few friends up to the cottage for the weekend. “Sure!” says mom. And when two dozen university students show up with a machete, an axe, a small film and sound crew […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — A main street smash and grab yesterday netted a thief “several hundred dollars” when they stole a “tray full of money.” Call it a smash and grab — or theft(s) are us. On Wednesday, September 23, police responded to the break and enter the night […]
GRAVENHURST — A traffic complaint led to charge of impaired driving here against a Muskoka Lakes Township man last Friday. On September 18, at 11:40 p.m., officers conducting proactive patrols in Gravenhurst located a vehicle that had been the subject of an earlier traffic complaint. Police stopped the vehicle arresting and charging 29-year-old Mitchell Casserly, […]
GRAVENHURST — A brazened bag lady believed to have stolen about $450 worth of goods yesterday at a pair of shopping mall locations at the south entrance to Gravenhurst has police asking the public’s help in identifying CCTV footage of the suspect in their investigation. They say that on Tuesday, September 22, at 1:40 p.m., […]
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 […]