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 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Before Kyung-A Lee sits down at the piano, her inner light shines. From the moment she steps on stage she exudes warmth and personality. For years now local audiences have basked in the glow of not only her immense talent and musicality at the keyboard, but by her masterful […]
HUNTSVILLE — Four men who walked in and out of the Home Depot here with $8,000 in merchandise have police asking for help finding them. On September 2, at about 5:15p.m., officers responded to a report that the suspects filled carts with items including power tools and left without paying. The estimated loss is $8,000. The suspects […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What the Maple Leafs need is more “grit” and “a lot (less) goals against” them in the “big games.” And “a goalie that’s 4-feet high and six feet wide.” Other than that “in general they’re a pretty good team,” said former captain Rick Vaive. “But they’re going to miss […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SEVERN BRIDGE — She did it again. Four of the past eight years Bailey McIntee has been crowned the “Best Baker” at the Severn Bridge Fall Fair. Including today at the 150th annual farmers’ festival where she accumulated the most total red ribbon points in the Sr. Hall competition. Maureen Clipsham […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Pistol Pete” drove for show and his supporters put up the dough. A two-day golf tournament mid-week at Taboo netted $110,000 in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation. Golfers and donors exceeded their goal by $10,000 with two rounds and an evening dinner and auctions Wednesday and Thursday. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When Ken Shanks’ brakes failed as he approached the James Street on Muskoka Road South this afternoon he had three choices. Hit the police car in front of him waiting for a red light; turn right and hit a big maple tree or veer further and slam into an […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Police have charged a Brampton man in connection with unsafe firearms incidents near MacTier. After an investigation into what they says was the careless and unsafe use of firearms, as depicted in videos shared online, officers charged Gurkanwal Singh, 24. He was arrested Wednesday, September 3, and faces two […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — He was a poet and they didn’t know it. Dr. James Hogg Hunter was an accomplished writer, author and editor of the Evangelical Christian Magazine, who lived in Gravenhurst from 1951-’63 and took the train to work in Toronto during the week returning home weekends. Including 12 to 15 […]