Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was a quiet morning today at Gull Lake Rotary Park. There were no bands or crowds. Sun shone over the lake again — finally. But there was plenty of excitement shoreline as Rotarians readied to officially ‘Rock the Barge.’ The hoopla and fanfare — a tad muted — […]
MUSKOKA — Muskoka is providing more than $22,000 to help combat hate, violence and discrimination against Indigenous women and girls. It’s part of funding from the district’s IDEA Advisory Group (IAG) to support nine projects through its IDEA community grant program. IDEA promotes inclusion, diversity, equity and anti-racism or anti-hate. “We’re grateful for the dedication […]
GRAVENHURST — A traffic stop early Sunday has led to two people facing drug charges. Police say that just before 3 a.m., April 24, an officer on general patrol in Gravenhurst conducted a traffic stop on Muskoka Road South to investigate a traffic infraction. As a result, 50-year-old Mark Cloutier, of Gravenhurst, and 27-year-old Karley […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are looking for a man who broke into a business Saturday and was caught stealing items before fleeing an employee. The OPP say that on April 22, at 5:50 a.m., police responded to the report of a break and enter in the downtown. A security alarm alerted an employee who confronted a male […]
MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst woman faces a drug charge after a vehicle was stolen in Bracebridge Sunday. Police say that on April 23 at 5:30 p.m. officers began investigating a complaint of a vehicle that had been “taken without consent.” Shortly after 11:30 p.m. offiers located the vehicle on Muskoka Road South in Gravenhurst. As […]
Three youth aged 12-13 face charges after what police call “heartbreaking” damage at St. Thomas Cemetery Friday. The OPP say they are grateful for the tips and information they received that’s led to the identities of the people allegedly responsible for the damage. They say in a release Monday afternoon they charged the three with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s 17 years since Cameron Wilson, Allen Stiles and Charles Inkman last played for the Muskoka Concert Association. While the Joe Trio hasn’t lost any of its delightful, whimsical air, nor have they lightened up on their progressive presentation of classical music. “The mix and mash of all genres […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While snow runoff to local lakes and rivers has in some areas north declined to more normal rates for this time of year, a wet weekend with 15-35mm of rain by Sunday has the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry issuing a Flood Watch for the North Branch Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It looks like a site for the new South Muskoka Memorial Hospital is almost certain. After narrowing down the search to five and then three finalists, the Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare board and relocation committee have a “preferred” location in Bracebridge. And tonight in Dwight — at the first of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com RAMA — Gamblers were surprised to find Casino Rama suddenly closed this afternoon. The gaming room was shut down as of 1 p.m., a sign read Sunday. A call to down to them said the cause was “computer related,” and that it had affected all Gateway managed properties including Innisfil. But […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — A special weather statement warning about freezing rain starting Wednesday shows winter’s grip is cruelling hanging on. And April showers will bring more bad weather before flowers in May, prompting more warning to be very cautious around rivers, lakes, ponds and anywhere where water gathers. The Ministry of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The long-awaited decision on the “preferred property in Bracebridge” for the site of the new South Muskoka Memorial Hospital will be announced April 17 at 7 p.m. in Dwight. That’s the first of eight public meetings to update residents of the location after months — if not years — […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Give peace a chance. That’s what optimistic art students at GHS are painting. The Rotary Club has embarked on yet another installation at Gull Lake Rotary Park and the Grade 9 class — brushed up on their paint skills — and is all over it. When Rotarian Kay Godden […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An Orillia man stopped for driving the wrong direction on Hwy. 11 Friday night also faces dangerous driving and two charges of impaired operation of a vehicle. Officers arrested and charged 52-year-old Garret Allison after he failed to stop for police after March 24 at 7:30 p.m. Police received numerous calls reporting a […]
GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst man charged with stealing a work vehicle March 19 was arrested and charged three days later with new theft and firearms violations. Police say that on March 22 officers with the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance of the Barrie Police Service, and the Orillia, Southern Georgian Bay […]
GRAVENHURST — A man charged with stealing a work vehicle also faces impaired driving and several other charges. Police say that last Sunday morning, March 19, at 7:15 a.m., a worker called police to say that while out on foot conducting maintenance work on Muskoka Road South in Gravenhurst their vehicle was stolen. A short […]
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 […]
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 […]