Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Town of Bracebridge is slowly putting together its dream team to replace its decades old arena with a combined new ice pad, library and community events hub. Much like the Sportsplex at the north end of town — only this time between to the Monck elementary school and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Michael Duncan’s head is still spinning after winning the biggest prize of his life. The Gravenhurst resident picked up $150,000 in a recent Bigger Spin Instant lotto game (#2125). “I am still shaking,” he said while picking up his winning cheque at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto. The 58-year old […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The family of a missing Bracebridge man believe he may be in the Toronto area. Provincial police are trying to help the family locate him and are asking the public’s assistance. They say 31-year-old Alex Courtemanche was last seen at his temporary residence in Bracebridge Aug. 9, 2019. His family say he had […]
GRAVENHURST — The popular annual Blessing of the Animals is happening at St. James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street, Gravenhurst on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. This short, informal service is an opportunity to bless our animal friends who bless us with their unconditional love all year. It is a community event and all animals […]
Sally Brooks | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — They drove for show and putted for a lot of dough. The 22nd annual Sands Red Tee Ladies League Invitational Tournament raised $8,200 for the Gravenhurst Women’s Centre. Despite black skies and the threat of rain the golfers were up early to start off with a continental […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST/BRACEBRIDGE — The great federal debates — if you can call speeches and a Q & A that — continue this week in a desperate bid to find a decent rep to send up the Ottawa River. The first is in Gravenhurst Tuesday night, at the Opera House, and is sponsored […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Following last week’s grant to the Muskoka Lawn Bowling Club, the province has handed out more money to “help seniors stay healthy, safe and socially connected within their own communities.” It’s part of an investment of $3 million in more than 260 projects that will benefit seniors across Ontario […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Every time Rusty Draper drives south from Orillia, heading down the hill on Hwy. 11 under the old Barrie Road bypass, he “rubs his wrist.” And thinks about his “Uncle Stan.” “Just to keep his memory alive.” Stan Simpson, 27, died Oct. 3, 1958 after his southbound car hit […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT SYDNEY — With summer camps season over now, most are looking back on fun learning experiences for young campers. Muskoka’s many camps, many of which are decades old, boast a history of amazing times filled with swimming an running races. But few have had one like Camp Mini-Yo-We, on Mary […]
MUSKOKA — It’s their future — and they want a say. And loud, too. Hundred of elementary and high school students in Bracebridge and Huntsville walked away from school Friday for their future. They held their own demonstration in small towns away from the massive crowds urban protests in Toronto and Montreal. Social media was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Conservatives criticized for not jumping on the climate strike marches today will see local CPC candidate Scott Aitchison front and centre at today’s main Muskoka protest in Huntsville. The town’s on-leave mayor will be on the front steps of town hall, this time joining an expected crowd of more […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com As Canadians in Bracebridge and Huntsville today join the global climate strike marches to fight climate change, a startling, sad story on Canada’s waste recycling is set to air tonight on the CBC. It seems a lot of our plastic is not being recycled as promised. It’s a similar story to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Days after a frail, elderly Gravenhurst woman who wandered away from her home was found dead, Ontario’s minister for seniors and accessibility dropped into the riding today to announce funding for elder care. MPP Norm Miller welcomed Raymond Cho, Minister of Seniors and Accessibility, who announced funding for Alzheimer’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Years of planning, protesting and broken political promises have come to fruition for Swift River Energy Limited (SREL), the builder, owner and operator of the controversial new Bala hydro generating station on the Moon River in Muskoka Lakes Township. Testing is underway as of Sept. 18, 2019, and is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MINETT — Years of raw sewage spills into Lake Rosseau at the JW Marriott Muskoka resort and spa continue to be monitored weekly after provincial order in August. The matter came to a head Canada Day weekend with the latest spill. This week, the District of Muskoka and the Township of […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The growing Fridays4Future movement is gaining momentum in Muskoka. Following last week’s demonstration at the Huntsville Town Hall, and another one this Friday, students at Bracebridge Muskoka Lakes Secondary are planning a protest. BMLFridays4Future is organizing a student walkout at 1:30 p.m. BMLSS organizers now say their Climate Action Bracebridge Strike is in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Rural mail boxes in two separate locations were reportedly broken into here over the weekend. Provincial police say that on Monday September 23, officers were notified by Canada Post that a rural mailbox was broken into. They say that sometime over the weekend, unknown culprit’s pried open six out […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Gord Miller says the purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline is a “sucker play” by the Liberals for a country that won’t soon need it as the world goes green. He wants Canada to shift gears away from dirty, non-sustainable energy. No new fracking, no more oil wells or […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SEGUIN TOWNSHIP — The driver of a boat in which two people died last month in a collision with another boat on Lake Joe has been fined for not having navigation light. The other driver involved has been charged with careless careless operation and faces a jail term of 18 months […]
. Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Two people have been charged in a fatal boating accident near here this summer on Lake Joe. Provincial police said on Tuesday, Sept. 24, that they have charged boat driver Linda O’Leary, 56, with careless operation of a vessel. She is to appear in Parry Sound court […]