Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Dan Kean is the cop you hope you get when you call 911.” So says his boss, Insp. Jason Nickle. Pretty high praise for a constable who’s only been on the job a few months. Kean is no rookie, however, having joined the OPP from the Toronto police service […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When Louise Jardine walks onto the Opera House stage tonight to conduct the Elderberries Choir in their 30th anniversary performance, they will be accompanied by Carolyn Grant on their small electric Yamaha keyboard. The music director would like to have seen and heard their pianist playing the “Jardine piano,” […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Fans of the popular “Murdoch Mysteries” will want to tune in to the season premiere of the popular CBC detective show this fall for a glimpse of Gravenhurst. Producers, actors, crews, some 150, are at the Muskoka Wharf and Gull Lake Rotary Park this week filming segments for the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You’ve seen it — and heard its beautiful music. The 1911 Steinway nine-foot concert grand piano that some of the world’s great pianists including Diana Krall — and hundreds of aspiring local artists — have played and tinkled the ivories on will soon be gone from the Gravenhurst Opera […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are looking for a “suspicious” pickup driver who is said to have approached two girls walking along Wellington Street near Monck Public School early Saturday afternoon. They say a mom called them at 1:30 p.m. saying her two daughters were approached by a person driving a black truck attempting to talk to […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — Firefighters pulled a driver from his vehicle late yesterday afternoon after it flipped on Falkenburg Road. Taken to hospital with minor injuries, police later arrested and charged the lone occupant with impaired driving. Police say OPP, paramedics and firefighters were called to the single-vehicle collision just before 5:30 p.m., after the vehicle […]
MINETT — A late afternoon accident yesterday has claimed the life of a 29-year-old driver of a motorcycle. Police say the rider died shortly before police, fire and paramedic responders were called at 5:25 p.m., Saturday, June 10. The fatal accident happened on Peninsula Road, near Judhaven Road, in the Township of Muskoka Lakes, about […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — A letter today to MPP Graydon Smith chastised the MNRF minister for comments he made in the legislature this week defending the massive fires affecting eastern Canada and the U.S. Smith claimed the acrid smoke is “nothing unusual,” says Christine Lauffer, a member of Climate Action Muskoka and […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Two young girls reported missing here today are being sought by police after a 15-year-old male was safely located the same day. Police had reported at noon Friday that they were notified today that the three children were missing. At 1:30 p.m. the OPP said in an updted statement that all three children […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — A prohibited driver has been charged with impaired operation of a vehicle that had unauthorized plates and that did not have an ignition interlock device as required. An open container of alcohol was also found. Police say Edward McKenzie, 31, of Gravenhurst was charged after a complaint from a member of the public […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MACTIER — It was a simple salute that could have gone unnoticed amid the pomp and circumstance of another legion remembrance. But a symbolic salutation that stood for all that is good about Canada and the service day to come. After taking the official salute in a parade march-past on MacTier’s […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Sale of the summer! Everything must go — to help the Gravenhurst Bifocals Band continue the sweet sounds of music this summer. Clarinetist Marjorie Hall is throwing open her whole front yard, at 3 Curling Rd., Saturday from to entertain shoppers with a wealth of goodies donated by band members. Downbeat is 8:30 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WINDERMERE — The new Leafs GM is a “good guy.” Take it from a player he traded this spring from Calgary to Arizona. Brett and Nick Ritchie were swapped in the first brother trade in the NHL. Sunday Brett and his long-time girlfriend Jamie Andries were enjoying a late afternoon bite […]
MUSKOKA — Two drivers — including one found in “medical distress” in a “live” lane — and another who landed in a swamp were charged with impaired driving on the weekend. Police report the two separate charges were on Saturday, June 3. In the morning, OPP in Huntsville charged the first driver after responding to […]
HUNTSVILLE – A parking lot “altercation” has led to three charges against a local man. Police laid the charges Friday, June 2, after officers responded to a dispute in a parking lot on John Street. The OPP did not say what events transpired and led to the incident. That led to three counts against Miltiadis […]
GRAVENHURST — Caught on camera, a thief who stole cash and jewelry early Friday was being sought by police. The wanted man is being sought after the break and enter downtown June 2. Police were called by a worker reporting that the Arts at the Albion business on Muskoka Road North at Bay Street had been […]
BRACEBRIDGE — St. Dom’s students, staff, friends and supporters of former business teacher Art Forester were up early today to raise funds for dementia. Forester, who has Alzheimer’s, was out leading the way on a walk along Cedar Lane from the Catholic school to the nearby Pines retirement home around and back this morning at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Good Samaritans come from both sides of the street. When Bill Smith was knocked off his scooter, staff at Wayne’s Tire and at Dentistry in Gravenhurst called 911 and “came running out” their front doors to assist. The fatal morning accident put all business on hold for customers who […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — It’s a year today since the last provincial election when Matt Richter had a shot at the job MPP Graydon Smith won. Sunday he will be in Gravenhurst to reflect on the past 12 months and all that has gone on with the government and his Greens. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MACTIER — A military battlefield tradition dating back to the 1700s takes place Sunday noon here in west Muskoka. A “Drumhead Service” — adopted by Canadian forces a century later — is a solemn celebration to “pay homage to comrades who offered their lives in defence of our country,” says Bruce […]