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 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — There’s a lot to be thankful for this holiday weekend with one of the best Cavalcades of Colour in Muskoka in decades. But if you’re a thespian or wannabe who loves the Sound of Music, you’ve already checked your email and have spread the joy with family and friends […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — “5, 6, 7, 8 … step, step, pirouette, and you’re done. Take a bow.” You think America’s Got Talent — try Muskoka. Standing in front of Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell would’ve seemed easier last weekend for a bunch singers and dancers who faced the music of auditioning for […]
Photos and story by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you thought the Leafs were exciting to watch, the Muskoka Shield put on as entertaining a show this afternoon in their home season opener. And payback was sweet for the Jr. A club with Braeden Mitchell potting a hat trick and rookie Isaac Locker […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Leafs packed up their golf bags and are off to Detroit tonight for their final home-and-home preseason game (again tomorrow) with the Wings. Both the team an the town were happy with the three-day stay, as hundreds of giddy fans, elementary and high school students (who got to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An afternoon matinee — today at 1 p.m. — may not be the ideal time to kick off your home season. But for the Muskoka Shield who are anxious to redeem their last game’s loss to Bancroft, another shot at the Rock Hounds is a good way to welcome […]
Story and photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says: “It’s obvious and fair to say there needs to be some answers” about Hockey Canada. Addressing the media after practice this afternoon, he said: “First of all I’m not involved in any of the decision-making and I know […]
HUNTSVILLE — A gun call here last month on South Lancelot Road, which led to a man being charged, has resulted in a second person being arrested and charged in the “dispute” yesterday. And a charge of attempted murder against a Hamilton man who was in bail court this morning. Police say that on Sept. […]
Story and photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Fans came for ‘M&M’, the coaches came to see third and fourth-line prospects. With Monday’s roster deadline, Toronto Maple Leafs on the bubble chopped up the ice here at training camp. With a full house of wildly cheering public schoolers at the Graeme Murray Arena Wednesday, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — After good win over the Habs last night, the Leafs continue their fall pre-season camp with a return visit here today. Toronto’s 5-1 win over Montreal is being rewarded by coach Sheldon Keefe with an annual boat cruise, some golf and the usual bonding exercise. The rural rink, where […]
GRAVENHURST — Police here arrested a local man again last night charging him with drug possession and trafficking for the second time in three months. On Oct. 2, at 9 p.m., police say officers were conducting a general patrol on First Street when they stopped 46-year-old Kyle Buker, of Gravenhurst. After an investigation, Buker was […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a call for service on Muskoka Road 169 in Muskoka Lakes Township north of Glen Orchard on Tuesday Sept. 27, at 3:22 p.m. after a school bus operator witnessed a motor vehicle collision after which the vehicle fled. The school bus was stopped with […]
MUSKOKA — In 2010 Morris Conte was murdered and his remains spread throughout Muskoka and an Oro-Medonte. Monday, a second person was arrested in relation to this ongoing investigation. On Sept. 26, a dozen years after he was reported missing in Bolton, Orillia OPP arrested and charged Antonino Lucia, 62, of Woodbridge, with first degree […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Toronto’s deputy mayor has stepped down charged with sexual assaults in Muskoka this summer. OPP in Bracebridge said in a media release today that city councillor Michael Thompson faces two charges of sexual assault. Members of the Muskoka Crime Unit of the OPP charged the Toronto resident. They said […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Gotta dance! Gotta sing! Gotta sing and dance — and act. If that’s you — and you love music — the hills are alive this weekend with auditions for the Rotary Club of Bracebridge’s annual musical. And this year they are going solo with von Trapp family and their production of The Sound […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Today’s United Nations World Tourism Day sees FedNor announcing investments of $9,654,641 to grow northern Ontario’s tourism sector including several in Parry Sound and Muskoka. Funding has been made available through both the Tourism Relief Fund and FedNor’s Northern Ontario Development Program. These investments will support 74 tourism projects in municipalities and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A two-year hiatus was worth the wait here yesterday as baritone Brett Polegato returned to the Muskoka Concert Association stage. His richly-pitched voice filling Trinity United Church Sunday afternoon with a mixed program of classically-inspired songs from Schonberg and Boublil’s Les Miz to Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Pre-empted by COVID, […]