Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Labour Day is done and gone. But like workers, the hardest jobs are never done. In Canada Labour Day has its roots in an 1872 printers’ strike in Toronto. Fighting for a nine-hour work day, the strikers’ victory was a major milestone in the changing relations between […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Does Muskoka need Lake of Bays? It seems, at least on the issue of hospitals redevelopment, the district’s eastern flank is one in the same as parenting Huntsville. Mayor Terry Glover and council were parroting the northern half of Muskoka last week at their council meeting disparagingly claiming that […]
PORT CARLING — A Port Carling man who fled a fiery stolen vehicle, which crashed overnight today east of Port Carling, faces multiple charges after eventually being apprehended. Police said this morning they are investigating a small grey vehicle fire in Muskoka Lakes Township. On Sept. 16, at 2:30 a.m., officers, along with Muskoka Lakes […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A pair of highway robberies this week along Hwy. 11 north and south of Gravenhurst has police asking the public’s surveillance help. The latest incident, last night, occurred south of the business core at the One Stop gas bar. And according to the clerk they believed the man had […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 21-year police officer was charged last week with assault after an altercation involving a teen at Santa’s Village last June. The OPP say that officer Heather Claridge, 45, was arrested and charged Wednesday, Sept. 4 as a result of an altercation at the amusement park with another visitor last June 8. Members […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Is time really running out on a hospitals submission? Is there a “breach of the public’s trust” in MAHC’s board of directors? Why does MAHC have “confidence” in its proposal? Why was the Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee not included in hospital working groups studying all options — and […]
HUNTSVILLE — The students made it home safely yesterday afternoon — but the “bears” remained out of hibernation. And they were back in the schoolyard here at Spruce Glen Public School this morning. A hold and secure was put in place again Tuesday — a second day in a row — shortly after classes resumed. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Rhapsody in Blue: One more time. That’s Kyung-A Lee and Neil Barlow “Take Two.” The celebrated Huntsville musicians who played to a sold-out concert last month with their celebration of George Gershwin’s century old classic returns for an encore in Orillia at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Saturday Sept. 14 […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police were called to escort students onto buses and leave Spruce Glen Public School this afternoon after a hold and secure due to a bear in the schoolyard. All students and staff are safe and the OPP were called. Families have received communication. In a hold and secure, exterior doors are locked and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Troi bravos! Mary Jibb is “the talk of the town,” as Bracebridge celebrated her first Paralympics successes Friday after three finals along with top 10 finishes in all four of her races — including personal best in the 100 butterfly. “A huge congratulations to Mary Jibb for her outstanding […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Jung Won Lee has run the Gull Lake Variety store for 23 years. And he’s looking forward to retiring in a “few year.” But he never thought he’d be selling beer in his corner store across from the old Train Station. “I’ve sold a few (six) packs,” he said […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — White caps, one in the drink and a record number of boat entries were among the highlights today in the Muskoka Fall Classic rowing regatta. A raw wind and light rain made it tough rowing for hundreds of competitors in the Georgian Bay Rowing Club’s annual races at Gull […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 14-year-old girl who has been missing for almost two weeks has been found safe. Police here had requested public assistance after she was last seen Aug. 24 at 11:30 p.m. Three days later Amelia was reported missing to the OPP. She was last seen in the Huntsville area and was described as […]
GRAVENHURST — A suspected grocery store thief who slipped in an employee entrance after the YIG closed Wednesday night is accused of assaulting a worker who confronted him. The incident Sept. 4 at 10:20 p.m. took place across from the OPP satellite office at Harvie and First streets. Police were dispatched after the store closed […]
MUSKOKA — An outbreak at SMMH in which 18 patients and 5 staff were infected has come to an end. As of Friday, Sept. 6, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says in a release today that in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit thy have confirmed the COVID-19 outbreak on North Wing at South […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — What do you get for $78 million? A new library-arena rec facility in Bracebridge or the ‘Local Share’ of two new hospitals? Both it seems. As Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare begins dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s on its “final” proposal to the province this fall to rebuild HDMH […]
GRAVENHURST — The latest in a series of break and enters at the south end of town along Hwy. 11 has police asking neighbours for video footage that might help their investigation. They are investigating another break and enter early Sunday, Sept. 1. At 2:30 a.m. officers were dispatched by an alarm company to a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — New clothes and new supplies aren’t the only things parents and student are getting ready for next week when classes return early the morning after Labour Day. A new provincial government policy kicks in regarding use of cell phones for all grades. Starting September 3, Trillium Lakelands District School […]
MuskokaTODAY.com Staff HUNTSVILLE — A brief COVID outbreak at the hospital here the past week has been declared over. The South Wing of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s Huntsville District Memorial Hospital site was cleared as of yesterday, Wednesday, Aug. 28. In consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, MAHC has confirmed the COVID-19 outbreak has […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What’s the hurry? Where’s the fire? Tyler Sloan had to rush back to Vermilion, Alberta, this week for firefighting training. The great, great, great grandson of Archy Sloan would have been proud of him. The 22-year-old, who graduates in November, had a baptism of fire this past month when […]