GRAVENHURST — Police and firefighters didn’t have far to go responding to single-vehicle crash early this morning. A car left the road shearing a tree in the process when it crashed into a fence next to their joint emergency services office downtown. The OPP say officers, along with Muskoka EMS, and Gravenhurst fire department were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two days after a fire tore through a boat rental business here, police and fire officials continue to probe and try to determine the cause. No official cause has yet been determined for Wednesday’s 4 a.m. blaze, which gutted the two-storey building on the shore of Lake Muskoka. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Police are sitting watch on a burned-out building at the west end of the Muskoka Wharf today, awaiting the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office after a “suspicious” early morning blaze gutted the summer boat rental business. Muskoka Boat Rentals, which has been renting pontoon boats the past few years on […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Re: ‘Unconscionable’ condo proposal for Muskoka Wharf There is never a time as I look out my condo window (at the Muskoka Wharf) when I do not see someone walking along the boardwalk, their regular daily exercise, or walking a dog or baby carriage. Or a visitor to Muskoka who was told […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Dear Gravehurst mayor and council: In Muskoka Bay next to the steamship docks there remains a small bit of natural habitat. The water there is shallow, the lake bottom is undisturbed and aquatic vegetation provides good fish habitat. The land near the shoreline is low, subject to flooding, has been partially cleared, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Two people were apparently taken to hospital here early this afternoon following a head-on collision on Hwy. 169 as winter made its return on local roads. Traffic was backed up more than a kilometre as emergency crews dealt with the aftermath of the accident between a white SUV and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mike Goudie hopes to double his workforce in the next couple years after the federal government gave his 24-year-old Gravenhurst company a $1,631,250 repayable loan to add 10,000 square feet of floor space for his aircraft refinishing plant at the Muskoka Airport. The president of Muskoka Aircraft Refinishing tells […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A team of former UConn hockey players held off the Feisty Beavers yesterday to walk away with the women’s division title at this weekend’s pond hockey tournament at the Muskoka Wharf. The Huskies alumni put the boots to their opponents, 14-9, on a soggy Sunday afternoon to end the […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are investigating a fraud that occurred at a bank in Bracebridge Sept. 29. A person entered the bank and was able to withdraw a very large sum of money from an account that was not his. Anyone with information is asked to please call Bracebridge OPP at (888)310-1122 or call Crime Stoppers […]
GRAVENHURST — The fun of Gravenhurst’s Winter Carnival had a damper put on it even before it began. Police are investigating the theft of tools from Gull Lake Rotary Park Tuesday Feb. 14 at 8:45 a.m. A volunteer was preparing an area for the Polar Bear Dip and while at his vehicle for a moment […]
HUNTSVILLE — What birthday prize. Frank Lamb won $600,000 when he spun the big wheel in Toronto at the Ontario Lotto Gaming Centre where he went to collect his BIGGER SPIN INSTANT game prize #3150. Lamb has been playing the lotteries for about 40 years. “I like to buy BIGGER SPIN tickets because I want to win big,” he said […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — By most accounts yesterday The Rosseau Group’s bid to build a “monster” condo/commercial development on “the last undeveloped waterfront lots” at the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst should be dead in the water. A planning council meeting overflowing with more than 100 mostly inquisitive residents weighed in with overwhelming opposition […]
GRAVENHURST — A fire here on Peninsula Road last night proved “difficult” for firefighters to battle in southwest Gravenhurst. “Difficult access to the property for fire apparatus and the topography of the property itself have made firefighting difficult for crews,” they tweeted. “Water supply has been established at Morrison Lake in addition to tanker shuttles […]
PORT SYDNEY — A stocking stuffer paid out big here for a happy couple whose “five-year plan can happen now.” Melanie and Curtis Healey have collected a $100,000 prize with INSTANT CROSSWORD TRIPLER in the INSTANT GIFT PACK (Game #1929). The couple aren’t regular lottery players, but the INSTANT GIFT PACK was a stocking stuffer from his mom, which they didn’t play for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A lot of people can be seen walking in winter — even when it’s cold lately. But not with the kind of smiles on their faces as they almost sprinted up Bay Street late yesterday afternoon on the first leg of GAP’s annual Coldest Night of the Year walk. […]
BAYSVILLE — A Burlington man is in a Toronto hospital with serious injuries after his snowmobile hit a tree yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Lake of Bays Township Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2:45 p.m., after calls about the single snowmobile collision on Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) Trail D102B near Muskoka Road […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A couple of controversial Lake Muskoka waterfront developments are before town council Tuesday at the town hall. One is an older resort application on Taylor Island and one a more recent seven-storey “Starboard” condo project on Cherokee Lane. Both are huge. Glen Echo Muskoka Developments Inc. wants to redevelop […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A 7-0 loss last night in Meaford has the South Muskoka Shield needing a win tomorrow night at home to keep alive their best of three playoff series. The Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League Jr. Tier II Northern Division contest between the third seed Knights and sixth seed […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man is dead and his passenger is in serious condition after an accident on Hwy. 11 south of Huntsville last night. Police say this morning that officers are still investigating the fatal collision. They say that on Feb. 22, at about 9 p.m., police, EMS and the firefighters responded to a serious […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION BRACEBRIDGE — An old acting adage is “don’t work with animals and children.” They always steal the show. “The Sound of Music,” opening here tomorrow night at the Rene Caisse Theatre, doesn’t have a pet yet, but it has several “enchanting” tiny talents who sing, dance and act their way […]