Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A lot of ex-Leafs, former NHL captains, a couple Stanley Cup winners, an NHL v.p., retired stars, future prospects and Riley Sorkan — a 2025 U18 IIHF Women’sWorld Champion— are among those lacing up tomorrow night in a big celebrity charity game and pre-game ball “Ball Hockey Experience” in […]
BRACEBRIDGE — You saw it here and heard it there. Saturday the 24th Muskoka Escapades of Town Crying Competition was held in Bracebridge, the longest-running Town Crier competition in North America. The annual event drew 11 town criers and their escorts from across Ontario for a “two-cry” competition. The first stage was at Memorial Park […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A vehicle parked overnight last Friday during a ball tournament has been determined as stolen. Police are investigating the theft from the Peake Fields Ballpark reported yesterday. On August 12 officers were dispatched to the park for the theft that occurred sometime overnight between August 8-9. The owner parked his grey 2011 GMC […]
HUNTSVILLE — A novice driver faces multiple impaired driving charges after an accident here Sunday afternoon. Officers charged him with impaired operation following a report of a fail to remain motor vehicle collision in Huntsville. On August 10, at 3:22 p.m., police responded to reports of a motor vehicle that struck a fence at McCulley-Robertson […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Bob Jacob is goo-goo over Gaga. He’s seen her three times, but can’t name many of her songs beyond “Come to Mama.” But he’s as inspired by the siren songstress’s philanthropy as he by her pipes. That’s partly how he came to donate $1 million worth of shares to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An evening with Brett Sontag Thursday is a whirlwind of musical influences covering 17 countries since he performed last summer at Trinity United Church in their Wednesday concert series. This week they dim the lights for another candle light concert as the Gravenhurst native welcomes family and friends for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The judges have spoken — twice — and the “Best Burger” at yesterday’s Hale Muskoka opening is a local sear-ious smash-up success. Chef Melanie Robinson’s slider was a play on two dishes: a traditional Bahn Mi sandwich and a bowl of noodles. The Orillia Eclectic Cafe owner says she […]
Bob Pomerantz | Special to TODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You might know that Gravenhurst was home to a German prisoner-of-war camp between 1940 and 1946. But did you know that, ironically in 1949 the camp was repurposed as a Jewish summer resort with kosher-style food and stand-up comics like a young Dave Broadfoot? That’s just one […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A “Smash and Sear” burger competition today was as much about the searing heat as the beef. Hale Muskoka’s all-you-can-eat opening was the hottest ticket in town as hundreds lined up in the heat to sample and vote. Five chefs and five judges were on the hot seat as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — I went to a concert last night and a party broke out. A birthday party — for The BOMB Retro ’80s Live super band fan Cathy, who danced her way across the Opera House stage. She and a couple hundred of her close friends and fans of the Whitby […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A new ‘Marketplace Flavours Venue’ at the north entrance to Gravenhurst opens Sunday with a “Smash & Sear: Best Burger Competition.” After months of nice renovations to the old “Simpson Barn” property on Bethune Drive North at Hwy. 11, Hale Muskoka is hosting its first outdoor culinary event. A […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Family and friends are mourning the passing of a Gravenhurst man in Tuesday’s car accident at Pine Lake. Michael Sutcliffe died in an apparent head-on collision on Hwy. 169 at about 6:30 p.m. Aug. 5. He was the lone driver in a black Subaru. “Really great guy,” said Robert […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Less than a minute” before a fatal two-car crash claimed two Muskoka men in front of Pine Lake Cottages last evening, Yulia Syniavska and her family of five had just pulled off Hwy. 169 into the driveway of their holiday cabin. “It was just terrible, terrible.” Police say the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BEATRICE — A tragic end for family here last Friday has police confirming the deaths of a son and his parents. Mitchell Gray, 29, and Paul Gray, 60, and Anita Gray, 59, died in a shooting and fire on Beatrice Town Line shortly after 8 p.m. Aug. 1. All were from […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Police in Huntsville were busy before and during the Civic Holiday long weekend looking for impaired drivers. Four drivers were taken of the roadway since July 30. Including a Huntsville woman picking up a child at a day camp. On August 2, at 10:32 p.m., police were dispatched to a disturbance […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Accidents 24 hours apart yesterday and today led to one fatality this afternoon and a second person being flown to Toronto Saturday with life-altering injuries, police said tonight. They say that at 2:11 p.m. Aug. 3 officers were dispatched to a two-vehicle collision on southbound Highway 11 at Allensville […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BEATRICE — Bales of hay glisten in the Sunday afternoon sun along bucolic Beatrice Town Line road. Where generations of Grays have farmed they belie the upsetting and tearful tragedy of a tight knit community in mourning and reeling from the deaths of three people. About a half dozen farms are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Friday’s fatality, fire and “wanted man” has residents from Beatrice to Falkenburg, Raymond, Ufford and Windermere on edge tonight. “It’s scary” and “it’s creepy,” admitted a couple of them just 24 hours after police said Mitchell Gray, 29, of Bracebridge is wanted for “murder and arson” last night at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A day after a death and arson last night, police continue to comb the area in search of a man suspected of a killing and fire in Beatrice north of town. They are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Mitchell Gray, 29. On Friday, August 1 shortly after 8 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The OPP lifted a shelter-in-place order early today in the Beatrice Townline Road area of north Bracebridge after a call about an armed man “in distress” last night. Affected residents may resume their regular activities, but are encouraged to stay alert and report any suspicious activity to police, said […]