Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Picture this …. A packed arena, some of the top players in hockey today and a great new sports facility. The game crowd yesterday morning loved ex-NHLer Sam Gagner’s “pro camp” at the MLCC as part of an opening day family event. And they all loved it — including […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A few came to tour the MLCC opening day — but most were there to watch the NHLers. But the smart hockey fans yesterday morning had their eyes on the Maple Leafs’ new captain — and his “assistant.” Auston Matthews and John Tavares were chipping away […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The ice is in, the Field House is on track and the library now has shelves awaiting the return of thousands of books. Custodial staff were busy today dusting doors and mopping up after construction workers for tomorrow’s unofficial soft opening of the Muskoka Lumber Community […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you missed the boat the other night, you missed one of the best concerts on Lake Muskoka. Peter Swanek wrapped up his final Peter’s Players cruise of the summer on the Wenonah II with a two-for-one rock’n’roll ride up to Beaumaris and back with a great cover band. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — It’s game on … and the doors aren’t even officially open on the new Muskoka Lumber Community Centre. The pros are already scrimmaging — and rumour is the Maple Leafs will make it their annual pre-season Muskoka cottage camp here next month. Meanwhile finishing touches are underway in the […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Sunday night someone brought their digging tools to may garden and stole the plants of their desire. I would like to thank the person who drove the thief (thieves) away. Whoever did it was so startled they dropped their garden fork and some of the plants that they had dug […]
HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) has placed the South Wing at the HMDH Site under a unit-specific COVID-19 confirmed outbreak status in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). This follows the confirmation of six cases. And five last week at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, where these same protective measures were put […]
Photos, story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SUDBURY — Science North is to northern Ontario what the Ontario Science Centre was to Toronto. Petri dishes — here shaped like snowflakes — that foster mindful growth in cultivating ageless grey cells to become aware of natural surroundings in a wondrously lightning-fast paced planetary world. The applications and […]
Story, photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SUDBURY — You can thank Sudbury for your stainless steel sink and the gleaming baby boom. But for decades in to the ’70s and ’80s, Ontario’s mining capital was a dirty word in Muskoka as acid rain blew down on cottage country forcing Inco, Falconbridge and other mines to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Down by the Bay ….” It was music of the ’60s and ’70s for a 60s and 70s crowd last night. Cockburn Square was “hummin’” along with an oldies set as the Timberbeast Productions wrapped up a two-week run of musical highlights at the Muskoka Wharf. From the dusk […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A nice moment after Brett Sontag’s concert Wednesday evening at the United Church was a photo-op with his grandfather Adam and dad Dale. The three generations of guitar players shaking hands was a fun way to end a brilliant evening of piano music. The fourth and final concert in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The omnipresent corona virus has struck again at a local hospital site. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is reporting COVID among four staff and one patient as of Thursday. The virus that struck global fears and tens of thousands of deaths just a couple years ago is back at South […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — For Kyung-A Lee’s legion of fan — of which there are hundreds, if not thousands throughout Muskoka — it’s hard to believe she be any better. Those who’ve marvelled at the pianist’s pounding beauty, precision, deft and delicate touches she could never sound better. Not to speak of her […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The word on the street is that Bay Street won’t be fully open until at least November. Trisan Construction was going door-to-door this afternoon informing residents and businesses located in the second phase area of the redevelopment of the Bay & Beyond road construction that it will be the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An annual spike in summer ER visits at MAHC will have patients seeing five new emergency doctors in south Muskoka and Huntsville. They are among a staggering 134 new hospitals hires since the beginning of the year. In a release today, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says it has hired […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 14-year-old dirt bike rider involved in a serious collision last month has been charged with careless driving and their parent was charged with allowing it to happen. On July 25, shortly after 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a single motor-vehicle collision on Domtar Road, north of Old Muskoka Road. […]
ORILLIA — More drivers, more charges. An increase in residents and visitors this summer enjoying the scenic roads, lakes, and cottage areas has unfortunately led to an increasing number of impaired drivers endangering lives of those on our roads and waterways, say police. As of Aug. 6 the OPP’s Central Region has laid 1,496 impaired-related […]
GRAVENHURST — Reports about glass and sharp objects creating hazards at town beaches this summer have prompted precautionary measures. Muskoka Bay Park and Muskoka Beach Park were closed temporarily for maintenance while hazards were removed. Both have since reopened. However, the Lorne Street Beach is temporarily closed for maintenance while staff work diligently to address […]
HUNTSVILLE — Soaring Muskoka summer temperatures that have hit 30 degrees have seen firefighters here rescue children locked inside vehicles. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says it has been “actively responding to incidents this summer where children have been accidentally locked inside vehicles.” Firefighters have been called out several times this summer to free […]
MUSKOKA — It may be the summer of Summer McIntosh in Paris. But in Muskoka it’s the summer of impaired driving charges as police charged four more people over Civic Holiday Long weekend with impaired operation the past five days — including a boater on the Severn River who was to appear in court this […]