MUSKOKA — An Easter weekend traffic safety blitz sees three drivers charged in Port Carling, Bracebridge and Gravenhurst Saturday. On April 19, at 5:45 p.m. the Central Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (T.I.M.E.) team and Bracebridge OPP officers were conducting a RIDE program on Maple Street in Port Carling in Muskoka Lakes Township. A vehicle entered […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Gardens, wetlands and a bit optimism will help Dave Phillips get through climate change and his admittedly “scary” forecast for 40 years. The popular — and proud to say — Canadian “climatologist and environmental scientist” said after a bleak winter and spring, he remains “optimistic” with a healthy dose […]
GRAVENHURST — Road work on the Bay & Project is expected to soon resume its second summer of construction next month. Meanwhile, locates are now being done for the resumption of an unfinished moving of Bell lines, some curb work and light changes along the upper section of Bay Street in a follow-up to last […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Could another political upset be in the possible making? In 2015 when Justin Trudeau paid his first campaign visit to Muskoka, it seemed there were as many Tories and New Democrats out to see and hear about the second coming of a Trudeau as there were Liberals. Last […]
GRAVENHURST — A slightly damaged police cruiser is one of the results of an OPP impaired driving arrest and charges laid here early Saturday. After receiving complaints from other motorists April 12, police say that at 5:37 a.m. officers responded to a vehicle travelling south on Bethune Drive in Gravenhurst. They quickly located the vehicle […]
GRAVENHURST — Nine groups are recipients of the latest Terence Haight community grants. The town awarded $30,000 year, funding available since a 2014 family donation of $1 million and applications between September and December 2024. A grants committee and made funding recommendations to council, approved in February. Funding is going to the following groups: Gravenhurst High School […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Job Fair here this afternoon showed the extent of the labour shortage in Muskoka. Between two and three dozen companies and businesses were on hand at the Active Living Centre for a one-stop, one-shop opportunity for employees and employers to connect, drop off CVs and see who’s offering […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police and firefighters are investigating a suspicious vehicle fire yesterday morning. Shortly after 9 a.m., April 10, emergency services were called to Old North Road, west of Hwy. 11. There were no occupants in the vehicle. The investigation is ongoing with the assistance from the Huntsville Fire department and the O.P.P. Forensic Identification […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A private luxury rehab centre here is being sued by three former patients who claim “Muskoka Recovery deliberately and systemically misled, lured, financially exploited, abused and endangered vulnerable people seeking treatment at the facility,” according to a statement of claim filed in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice. A story […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Ontario is poised to take further control of local town councils. All six local mayors could be in for controversial new “strong powers” next month if a new provincial proposal goes ahead. That includes Gravenhurst Mayor Heidi Lorenz, Bracebridge Mayor Rick Maloney, Huntsville Mayor Nancy Alcock, Muskoka Lakes Mayor […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — After we first reported yesterday that the District of Muskoka was going to leave devastated home and businesses owners to dispose of ice storm damaged tree parts, they have reversed course and will now do your pick-ups. However, you may have to re-pile your stacks of branches and limbs […]
HUNTSVILLE — A woman who “flat out refused” to give a roadside breath sample has been charged after police pulled over a darkened car Friday night. On April 4, 2025 at 10:30 p.m. officers of the Huntsville O.P.P. were on patrol on Centre Street when they observed a vehicle travelling without any headlights or taillights […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police arrested a man within hours of gas bar robbery here this morning with the public’s assistance. They say the suspect in the reported robbery was identified and arrested thanks to community assistance after reading a media release early this morning. The investigation is continuing. But as a result Donald Carpenter, 52, of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The District of Muskoka has decided not to pick up thousands of tons of your downed tree limbs or branches at your doorstep. Instead, they are telling tired home and business owners devastated by last week’s ice storm to take chip-able wood to their own landfill — and they […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst man was in bail court this morning after being arrested and charged following a series of business break-ins here last week. Police charged a Gravenhurst man after an investigation involving local OPP with the assistance of the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU). The investigation involves break, […]
GRAVENHURST — A missing woman who was last seen Thursday morning at 8 a.m. has been found. Police said at 5:15 p.m. Saturday that Leanne was located and can confirm that she was in “good health.” The 44-year-old Gravenhurst woman was reported missing April 4. Police would like to thank members of the public for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two people who can’t wait for summer are Greg and Colleen Knapp. They’re done with winter, tariffs — and sadly — their business. Knapp’s Gravenhurst Furniture and Appliances is closing and going out of business after 76 years. “We don’t have a definite date,” Greg said Thursday. “We’re not […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you haven’t got a job cleaning up trees, head to the Gravenhurst Seniors’ Active Living Centre Friday afternoon for the opportunity of a lifetime. More than 30 employers — and one cool robot — are setting up shop to meet job seekers at the Muskoka Job Fair. The […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A driver who landed his car on its roof after hitting a tree has been charged with dangerous and impaired operation after an accident here Thursday night. Police called the accident on Manitoba Street a “dangerous situation.” On April 3, just before 11 p.m, emergency service responded to 911 calls about a single-vehicle-collision. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A week after what the District of Muskoka is calling the “most devastating and widespread damage since the ice storm of 1998,” clean-up and recovery work is still underway with areas still without power and some rural roads blocked. Luckily no serious injuries were reported. The weekend weather looks […]