MUSKOKA — Impaired drivers kept police busy four of the last days. On Oct. 21, at 7:23 a.m., police were dispatched to attend the parking lot of a commercial building on Winhara Road, Gravenhurst, where employees noticed a Jeep parked in their lot with a person passed out at the steering wheel. Officers attended and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION MUSKOKA — A day after the election it’s like “déjà vu all over again” — merci beaucoup, Yogi Berra. A few new faces, too many familiar faces — and as Muskoka as a cavalcade of coloured leaves. Which is odd for all the brilliance and diversity of the past month, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A new political landscape took shape tonight with three new mayors and dozens of new councillors in Muskoka. In towns across the district, Gravenhurst, Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes Township will now be led, respectively, by Heidi Lorenz, Nancy Alcock and Peter Kelley. Voter turnout mostly reflected the lack lustre […]
CAROLYN MARGARET (TOMPSETT) HOLMES May 24, 1953 ~ Oct. 21, 2022 (age 69) Died peacefully at Hospice Simcoe, Barrie, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, at age 69. She was the beloved wife of Brian Holmes of Oro-Medonte. Loving mother of Jennifer (Chester) Romanek of Oro-Medonte and Nathan (Crystal) Holmes of Bracebridge. Cherished grandmother of Dexter and Louisa Romanek […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Opponents of the Muskoka Royale private school proposal are claiming “a major victory for environmentalists” after Bracebridge’s town planner reversed course at an Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) hearing this week. In a release Friday, the South Bracebridge Environmental Protection Group (SBEPG) (“Bracebridge Wetlands”) is calling the about face “a […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Fowler Construction’s application to increase the size of it’s quarry licence along Bonnie Lake Road, in Macaulay Township, from 580 acres to 983 acres; with an extraction license for 852.8 acres gained approval by the Bracebridge town council last week (Oct. 12, 2022). It was rezoned to “Extractive Industrial […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Spring forward or fall back? Monday’s election is a chance to hire councils with real vision and guts. So where are they? The local labour pool has long had a painfully thin bench for qualified workers in all fields at all levels. Witness the hospitality and trades sectors. For […]
GRAVENHURST — A traffic stop that led to drug charges also included a charge of possession of break and enter tools Tuesday. Police say that Oct. 18 officers were conducting general patrols when they stopped a motor vehicle on Veteran’s Way for a Highway Traffic Act violation. As a result of an investigation, Branden Reed, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Local police were stretched on Muskoka roads for today’s snowstorm as many were seconded for this morning’s funeral for slain constables Devon Northrup, left, and Morgan Russell. OPP officers from Muskoka marched and helped cover for the South Simcoe Police Service area in Innisfil and in Barrie where hundreds […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The wakeup call came in the middle of the night when electronics and lights signalled the first snowfall of fall. Residents and business owners were left scratching their heads as to how on Day 1 power outages could happen with the first downfall of snow this early into the […]
GEORGIAN BAY – Traffic throughout much of west and south Muskoka remains heavy into the afternoon after a an accident on Hwy. 400 south this morning. Police say that at 8:34 a.m. Tuesday they were called to a single vehicle collision around South Gibson Lake Rd in Georgian Bay Township in which it left the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — In 1997 women’s lib was a surging urban Western world movement. In small Canadian towns awareness and equality of female rights were but a dream for a small groups of women intent on changing that one girl, one day and one event at a time. Today parity is within […]
ORILLIA — The Orillia Silver Band celebrates folk music in the fall with an exciting Folk Festival Concert. It’s this Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m., at the Orillia Opera House. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students/children and are available from the Opera House Box Office. This is the band’s first concert of the 2022-2023 season. Folk […]
MUSKOKA — Three units across both Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) sites are now in COVID-19 outbreak. In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, South Wing at the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) Site and North Wing at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) Site have been deemed in outbreak with staff and patient cases of COVID-19, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Lube, oil and filter — with a pint to go? The latter, if not the former, is now being offered at the Sawdust micro brewery here. Eight years after brewing their first beers in Gravenhurst, Rob and Karla Engman who co-founded Sawdust City Brewing Company in 2014 along with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Despite protests outside, council here last night approved a mega quarry for the east side of town, which would see trucking 24/7. Demonstrators opposed to the Fowlers construction project on Bonnie Lake Road gathered at 6 p.m., waving signs under watch of police, at the Bracebridge municipal office as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Affordable housing is near and dear to Scott Aitchison’s heart. He talked about it a lot for months during the Conservatives’ leadership race that ended last month. As former mayor of Huntsville and member of Parliament for Parry Sound-Muskoka he has seen the need first-hand. Now he will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — ’Tis the season to enjoy all that is splendour at our doorsteps. Muskoka is at the heart of one of the greatest ‘Cavalcades of Colour’ in decades. Now that’s something to be thankful this Thanksgiving. Across central Ontario roads are filled with tour buses headed for Algonquin Park to […]
GRAVENHURST — Municipal Heritage Committee members are looking for a window of opportunity Wednesday. After taking a rain check on the unveiling of the Swedetown interpretive panel on Phillip Street, the new date this Wednesday is looking iffy. On Thanksgiving Monday the forecast was calling for a 40 per cent chance of showers. But, as […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com On Thanksgiving Saturday the Toronto Star printed a full page on the Bala Cranberry Festival next weekend. The Town of Gravenhurst did not get a mention. However, Bracebridge, a full “40 minutes” away from Bala, got a main street photo and a write-up about what to buy there and where. Why […]