Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Last weekend’s Fire & Ice Festival was more about ice than fire, but it didn’t deter thousands who flocked onto Manitoba Street for lots of fun if not sun. Saturday was more about slipin’ and slidin’. Or more prec-ice-ly You-Tubing as hundreds of them lined up down Taylor Road […]
GRAVENHURST (Jan. 31) — A driver who police say appeared to avoid a RIDE cheque has been charged with impaired operation. Last night, Thursday Jan. 30, police were on Muskoka Road South at 11 p.m. checking vehicles, when a vehicle veered off the road within site of them. Officers followed the driver and stopped her […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA (January 21) — A man police charged with arson for allegedly starting a devastating downtown fire here last week has been arrested again and now faces further related charges as a result of bail conditions. On Tuesday, January 28, at 5:30 p.m. OPP were dispatched to an unwanted person at […]
Third traffic light midway Hwy. 118 would help Re: Hwy. 118 barriers, Bracebridge HWY. 118 BARRIER WILL DRIVE McD BUSINESS TO HORTONS, ARGUES BRACEBRIDGE OWNER https://muskokatoday.com/2025/01/hwy-118-barrier-will-drive-mcd-business-to-hortons-argues-owner/ Seems to me they could install a light where McDonalds and CTC meet on 118. This would provide an entrance/exit from both sides and slow down the traffic as […]
MUSKOKA — Police here responded to an average of one impaired driving charge per day the past six days. In south Muskoka it was four in four days and two last night in separate accidents in north Muskoka. Yesterday, at 7:10 p.m., January 29, OPP were dispatched to a local restaurant off Howland Drive after […]
HUNTSVILLE (Jan. 29) — Highway 11 northbound is temporarily closed today and traffic rerouted onto into town to Hwy. 60 for a collision investigation between a car and transport. Police responded closing Muskoka Rd. 2 (Ravenscliffe Road) and traffic is being re-routed through town towards Highway 60. The northbound ramp onto Hwy. 11 was closed. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA (Jan. 29) — A provincial election call today has local Liberals running late, but still looking for a candidate to challenge MPP Graydon Smith in four weeks. “The greatest concern right now is finding candidates for the upcoming elections,” says Bill Condy, the Parry Sound-Muskoka federal party chair. “The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Miles Hammond would have celebrated his fifth birthday next month with family and friends. “We can’t believe he would be in kindergarten this year” his mother Kate said ahead of a Feb. 22 fundraiser for OSMH in his memory. The fourth one. Miles lost his life to cancer in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A growing condo/retail development at near or around the Muskoka Wharf appears headed for the stars. Gravenhurst town council planning meeting members approved official plan and zoning changes that will all the Rosseau Group to proceed with plans for a second phase before shovels dig in on its first […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Opponents of a Muskoka hospitals plan won’t be deterred. Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee (SSMHC) members have gone over the heads of local hospital board members in hopes of a review with a more favourable south Muskoka outcome than the one Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare has sent to the province […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The countdown is on for young kids who have missed vaccinations. And there’s one last chance this Monday to Wednesday. On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says in accordance with the Immunization of Schools Pupils Act (ISPA) it will enforce suspension orders for students in Grades 4, 5 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The YWCA says it’s “excited” to announce the 31 nominees for the 2025 Women of Distinction Awards. “To echo our executive director Hannah Lin, “it’s hard to overstate the importance of recognizing the accomplishments, contributions and leadership of women in public and community spaces,” says Laura Sundy in a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — Though no date has been set it, the province promised today to fund four new palliative care beds here at Andy’s Place. Once opened, these new adult hospice beds will bring the total number of Ministry-funded beds at Hospice Muskoka to seven for end-of-life palliative care. It’s money […]
ORO-MEDONTE — A GPS tracking app helped a pair of hikers out of the woods Saturday. Police in Orillia were able to track the pair in Copeland Forest, just south of Orillia in Hillsdale, after they called 911 January 25. Just after 6 p.m. officers were dispatched when the two people lost. They say numerous […]
LAKE OF BAYS — An accidental fire originating in a bunkie caused $200,000 damage and little damage to garage siding yesterday. Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Fighters responded at 5:20 a.m., on January 26, 2025, to a structure fire on Menominee Lake Road in Lake of Bays. Crews from Station 4 Baysville and Station 1 Huntsville, […]
MUSKOKA — Two Muskoka Rotary Clubs have provided vital funding to help youth in South Muskoka develop confidence, understand healthy relationships, foster critical thinking skills and build positive peer support. Local charity, YWCA Muskoka, runs the popular Girlz Unplugged and Quest for boys programs in Muskoka public schools during recess and lunch hours, says a release. The Rotary […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — A man who was allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and found bound up in a plastic box has led to charges against four other Orillia men. Police say four Orillia men face a variety of charges. On January 12, 2025, just before 8:30 p.m., officers of the Orillia OPP were dispatched […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — In a flurry of funding announcements today in the lead up to this week’s election call, the province says it will pay for four more beds at Muskoka Hospice-Andy’s Place in Port Carling. The details are forthcoming for the end of life health care provider that has struggled to meet […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are looking for graffiti suspect after a pair of related incidents on Hwy. 60 earlier this month on Hwy. 60. The investigation began two weeks ago when reported and are requesting the public’s assistance to identify the individual involved. On January 11 and 12 police were called of a person spray painted graffiti […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — And the snow fell …. While the Elderberries were performing their postponed Christmas concert due to “Snowmageddon,” an afternoon that began with a full house audience walking inside under sunshine ended an hour later with a dusty flurry of snow in the air. At least the snow waited until […]