Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Shopping can seem like highway robbery some days. But for an off-duty cop it was the other way around yesterday. Police charged three people after a theft complaint at the Sobeys grocery store. On Wednesday, May 13, at 4:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of a theft that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.comGRAVENHURST — Bay Street used to be the nicest street in town a few years back. Recent restoration of the road should bring it back up to that standard. Evidence of major spring maintenance is appearing on boulevards alongside this week as year three of the Bay & Beyond water, sewer and […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people are facing impaired driving charges following separate incidents investigated by police in Huntsville over the past week, including the latest one early yesterday morning. Police say unrelated investigations led to alcohol-impaired driving charges against Bracebridge and Sundridge residents. Yesterday police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on Ceramic Mine […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Impaired driving charges know no boundaries. Four more people were arrested last Friday and Saturday charged with the similar offences in south Muskoka. Friday, May 8: At 6:40 a.m., OPP officers responded to reports of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 11 South near Southwood Road in Gravenhurst. Several […]
GRAVENHURST — Firefighters are investigating an early Tuesday morning fire they said had pretty much destroyed a Lake Muskoka cottage by the time they arrived. The Lawlands Heights Drive blaze was reported by a passerby at 5:40 a.m., on the road that runs between the Narrows Road and Lakeshore Drive in West Gravenhurst. That’s east […]
MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — Police charged another driver with impaired driving after conducting a traffic stop here last night. They say that on Thursday, May 7, at 10 p.m., an officer was conducting general patrols on Muskoka Road 118, near Scarcliffe Road, became concerned about the driving behaviour of a westbound vehicle. After conducting a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If it takes a village to raise a child, Gravenhurst is a one big happy family. Thanks to the Rotary Club’s Bursary Endowment Fund. An educational service that last year allowed 34 more Gravenhurst students to pursue post-secondary education at universities and colleges throughout Canada changing their lives forever. […]
MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — Police and firefighters were called out Saturday afternoon after a member of the public dialled 911 concerned about the well-being of another driver who was stopped at a stop sign on Rosseau Lake Road 2 at Highway 141 in Muskoka Lakes Township. OPP and members of the Muskoka Lakes Fire Department […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MARKHAM — What a way to go out! Undefeated at OFSAA in their final badminton games of their high school career. And don’t stop them there. After scoring gold medals yesterday afternoon in Markham, Om Patel and Cam Bird were up early today winning a pair of morning basketball games with […]
PORT CARLING — A man attempting to avoid a RIDE check last night has been charged. Police say that on Thursday, April 30, at 8 p.m., officers were conducting a RIDE program on Medora Street in Port Carling and noticed a vehicle attempting to avoid the checkpoint. They located the vehicle a short time later […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Damn! That’s what the old gang at Arts at the Albion said recently when the co-op ceased operations after 14 years. But not Barb Stofast. Like an eager beaver, as fast as the doors closed she was working on a plan to bring it back to life. In a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — A “challenging” fire Tuesday morning levelled a cottage on Franklin Island. Seventeen firefighters from the Port Carling, Bala, Walkers Point and Milford Bay stations had to be ferried from Mortimer’s Point Marina after the call came in a 6:30 a.m. And three of their marine units (boat and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Trespassers at the former Muskoka Centre health facility aren’t uncommon. But to be charged with possession of stolen property is unusual. Police didn’t say what was stolen. Police charged two people yesterday in relation to a break and enter in Gravenhurst. Last night, Tuesday, April 28, at 8:30 p.m., […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Water levels on several lakes have declined toward more normal operating ranges, however the MNR says in its weekly report that some lakes still remain well above normal levels. As such they continue to issue the same flood warning as the previous two weeks. Their seven-day weather forecast at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Public pressure is finally paying off. Complaints about a business section that looked to be rotting at its core have led to a new municipal vacant properties bylaw that has met with instant results. Ron Berlet, owner of a corner property at Muskoka Road South and Hotchkiss Street, was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Bob Barnes couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The Train Station rail advocate was stunned Monday about 1 p.m. Parked behind a couple of pickups, when the wigwags went down on the main street crossing, he caught a fleeting glimpse of the Northlander Train gliding southbound through town. Destined […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Four for four. That’s Cameron Bird and Om Patel. The Gravenhurst High School doubles seniors badminton players are back at OFSAA Thursday for their final crack at winning a provincial championship. For four years now the Grade 12 Gryphons students have won both the Parry-Sound Muskoka and Georgian Bay […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Eco tourists are busy making the rounds watching flood waters rise ebb and fall around the Muskoka Lakes. And ironically this week they’ve been helped by new signage erected along what’s now called the Great Lakes Water Trail Muskoka Loop. Follow the beige and blue signs with the three […]
HUNTSVILLE — A multiple-vehicle collision that landed a driver in hospital with serious injuries at midnight Thursday also forced residents of a home also struck to be relocated to a local hotel.Police are looking for video after investigating the incident. On Friday, April 24, officers responded to the area of Main Street West at approximately […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A 20-year-old driver headed southbound on Hwy. 11 Tuesday afternoon was pulled over by police and faces eight charges included impaired operation. On April 22, at 4:10 p.m., officers, along with a member of the Central region OPP SAVE team, responded to multiple reports of an aggressive driver travelling north in […]