HUNTSVILLE — Unintended consequences, That’s the latest alarm from OPP here after police were forced to deal with almost 40 “pocket dials” and unintentional calls. Between Friday, Aug. 9 and Sunday July 11, officers from the Huntsville detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to them all. They say that for every unintentional call or […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man arrested on gun and related drug charges was in court Friday at Braicebridge for bail hearing. Provincial police at Huntsville say they stopped a vehicle on Main St. West in Huntsville Thursday, August 8, 2019. Their investigation into the driver of the car led to the arrest of a 49 year […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police say they are seeking witnesses after a 10-year-old boy cycling on the main street sidewalk here Thursday afternoon was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a collision with a marked provincial police cruiser. OPP at Bracebridge say they responded to a call about the collision on Muskoka Road North in Gravenhurst […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Sidewalk sales are full of surprises. You never know what you’re going to find — from the far out T-shirts to hand-made tea cosys. The annual end of summer weekend sale Friday and Saturday had a bit of both and more here this weekend. Vendors hawking two for $10 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Any pretence about community building, neighbhourhood improvement, accessibility and walkability went out the door this week on Phillip Street E. in Gravenhurst. A perfectly fine sidewalk of four blocks was ripped up and sodden over in one of the town’s oldest neighbourhoods for no good reason. Save for a […]
GRVENHURST – A hot weekend ahead and it’s safe to return to the water at Gull Lake Rotary Park. The two-day health advisory issued Wednesday has been lifted, as of Friday.
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — For a taste of Muskoka, Ontario, dining and dancing on the dock are staples of every summer menu anywhere near Algonquin Park. Thursday night on the new docks downtown Huntsville on the river between Lake Vernon and Fairy Lake, 114 people sat down under a ten that looked like […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Urban sprawl in Muskoka’s largest and fastest-growing municipality is forcing the Town of Huntsville to expand its bus transit service to increase ridership. And the province is helping them “get people moving” by investing in new transit projects, including new plans here. As part of the per litre gas […]
GRAVENHURST — The (n)ever-ending round of swim advisories for Gull Lake is rearing its ugly head again. The Town of Gravenhurst said Wednesday that based on beach water samples collected on Tuesday Aug. 6, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is recommending that Gull Lake Rotary Park Beach be posted with swim advisory signs due to elevated levels of E. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The flood gates are open — literally and figuratively. So says Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. He was at the Muskoka Wharf Wednesday afternoon to announce the province’s appointment of nine members to a new Muskoka Watershed Advisory Group. And in doing so, he said […]
GRAVENHURST — Muskoka dock experts (of which there are many) and spring flood victims must be scratching their heads at news that at least one of the docks at the Muskoka Wharf is shutting down Thursday for new pile repairs just 13 years after being installed. The town has hired a company to do work on […]
PORT CARLING — The ever-expanding tool box of knowledge and skills it takes to bridge the gap between poverty and sustainability is slowly filling. Recently, almost two dozen people from across Muskoka took part in a half-day YWCA-organized workshop here to share ideas and come up with strategies and workable solutions to try and overcome […]
GRAVENHURST — Week 2 of the fabulous free(will) noon August Organ Recital series at Trinity United Church continues with Ensemble Outcast a trio sonatas featuring organ, oboe, and viola. Join them for 30-minute concerts each Thursday in August 2019 from 12:15-12:45 p.m. Celebrate our 7th season as they introduce the new giant screens with live […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ALGONQUIN PARK — This summer’s fire season is markedly better than in 2018. As of late Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 6, there were no new wildland fires discovered, according to the latest bulletin update from Ontario’s Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services — for the Northeast Fire Region. As of 5:20 p.m., […]
ORILLIA — Walk — don’t run — to Scales Nature Park Aug. 23-24. It’s TurtleFest time at the popular education and conservation facility focused on Canadian reptiles and amphibians. The free pettng group you see at events is celebrating it’s 10th season by hosting the TurtleFest on Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m,; and again on Saturday, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — What was all that noise here at James Bartleman Island the other week? And who were those Red Coats crossing the bridge at the locks linking the Muskoka and Rosseau Lakes? It was a Biouvac — military encampment at the Muskoka Lakes Museum Saturday, July 27. And those […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com If you thought July was hotter than the start of August, you were right. But only slightly. However, when you factor in the humidex, ask the folks in Sarnia. On July 19 — remember that day — it was a whopping 47 Celsius with the humidity. And in Muskoka the end […]
ORILLIA — Police are still looking for a man who committed an indecent act in the middle of the night after exiting a washroom at an Atherly gas bar. Provincial police say that on Friday, July 26, the OPP received a call for an indecent act at an Atherley Road business. They say that shortly […]
GRAVENHURST — What a team — make that teams. Mutual aid came to the rescue again today, Aug. 2, when Gravenhurst firefighters called on their counterparts in Bracebridge to help out with a growing grass fire at the Muskoka Airport on their shared border. It was just like the recent blaze when Bracebridge called on […]
GRAVENHURST — Fire officials are crediting a North Muldrew Lake resident for “having a working portable fire extinguisher nearby and knowing how to use it.” A 911 call sent Gravenhurst Fire Department members out to the west end of town Tuesday evening, July 30, for a report of structure fire. “Crews responded and found a […]