GRAVENHURST — Another swim advisory has been issued for a second beach in Gravenhurst. And it is the third one this week in Muskoka. Based on beach water samples collected by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit on Tuesday July 2, it has been recommended by the SMDHU that Muskoka Bay Park Beach, in West Gravenhurst, be posted with swim advisory […]
GRAVENHURST — Antique boats and cars will fill the Muskoka Wharf this weekend. It’s a tradition the first Saturday in July. And it’s free. See how the rich ride the waves of the Muskoka Lakes past and present, in their mahogany masterpieces. And check out the field of dreams and nautical vendors. Here’s what to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Who says you can’t always get what you want? Not the Stones. And not music lovers here in “Mariposa.” If you caught the ‘No Filter Tour’ down the road Saturday at Burl’s Creek, you’re still outta your heads, because it was a gas, gas, gas. But life’s a Hwy. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — With the clock ticking on an anticipated report on restructuring municipal governments, the Ford government has approved a new 20-year Official Plan for Muskoka. On Friday, June 28 the province approved the updated Muskoka Official Plan (MOP), a document that provides the roadmap for growth and physical change in Muskoka for […]
MUSKOKA — The Gravenhurst beach where a man drown Saturday has been placed on a swim watch due to poor water quality. The Muskoka Beach becomes the second beach this week closed for same reason. In Port Sydney, it’s the same case, says the Town of Huntsville. Based on beach water samples collected by the Simcoe Muskoka […]
MUSKOKA – Summer sounds are everywhere now. And for the best, check out the Muskoka Concert Band’s summer series. The 35-piece band is playing weekly throughout July around Muskoka and Orillia for free public concerts. After opening the Canada Day celebrattions Monday morning at Heritage Park in Huntsville, the band moves up to the Dwight […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A mother’s frantic rescue of her drowning child may have led to the drowning death of a 37-year-old Brampton man at Muskoka Beach late Saturday afternoon. Panic ensued about 4:30 p.m. when the little girl, about three years old, was reportedly seen in the water outside the swimming buoy […]
ONTARIO — The simple pleasure of fishing is child’s play. Casting a line in the water with a plastic rod is a joy best begun as a tadpole. Grown-ups like to lay back and troll in aluminum boats, or sit in bow riders chasing bass. But the sheer joy of pulling up your first sun […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Conservatives are lining up behind their candidates for the federal nomination race Sunday July 7. The afternoon vote at the Bracebridge Sportplex starts with speeches at 1 p.m. The ranked voting will begin at 2 p.m. Results will be announced later in the afternoon. Leading candidate Scott Aitchison says […]
GRAVENHURST – Summer sounds are starting to sizzle. Music on the Barge returns to its original schedule of a July 1st weekend start. After too many years of mid-June misses with the audiences, the Barge series kicks off June 30 with Little Peter and the Elegants. And then it’s every Sunday to Aug. 18 when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — From Miami to Muskoka, at Gee Beauty and 6 By Gee it’s “all about the glow.” And the Gee family is bringing that unique brand of “lifestyle and flexibility” to Port Carling this summer, via their Toronto store. Stephanie Gee, one of four family partners, says they are […]
GRAVENHURST — A 37-year-old Brampton man is dead after a swimming accident here Saturday afternoon at the Muskoka Beach. Provincial police say that just after 4 June 29, emergency services from the OPP, Gravenhurst Fire Department and Muskoka Paramedic Service were called to a public beach in Gravenhurst, in response to a report of three […]
BRACEBRIDGE — It’s a sad fact that over the past nine months, police from the Bracebridge OPP detachment have investigated more than seven sudden death occurrences they believe are linked to opioid use the past nine months. That’s one every 38.5 days. Provincial police hope they can change that. It’s possible, they suspect, that some […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The iconic Muskoka chair is the centre of legal dispute between a local craft brewer and one of the world’s biggest brewers. Muskoka Brewery announced today (June 27) that it has issued a claim in the Federal Court of Canada against Molson Coors Canada and Molson Canada 2005. It’s […]
Photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A long shadow that has cast doubts on the Muskoka Airport’s future received a ray of sunshine Thursday, as Porter Airlines chair Robert Deluce landed his company in Muskoka for what he hopes will be more than just a one-year pilot. A small pilot himself, he brought […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was 30 minutes late, but the first regularly-scheduled Porter air flight landed at Muskoka Airport this afternoon to thunderous applause and a water cannon salute. It touched down from the north at 2:14 p.m., a little more than 20 minutes after leaving its Billy Bishop Airport hub on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — It was an ironic sight here in the parking lot beneath the Bracebridge Falls early this morning. Muskoka mayors and provincial MPPs gathered in a sunny idyllic summer setting on the shoreline of the Muskoka River that two months ago was several feet deep in flood water and a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s the end of June and the end of school. And the end of the latest plans for a Chinese school at the former Muskoka Centre. And an expected start of an open-market sale, with possibly less use restrictions. Gravenhurst’s planning council accepted a staff recommendation to end its […]
ORILLIA — Police want good Samaritans to call 911 when they see a person overdose. And to do it without fear of police involvement, if they want. To encourage people to seek life-saving assistance the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is launching the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) public awareness campaign. They say opioid overdoses are claiming the […]
PETERBOROUGH — Ottawa’s announcement Tuesday that the Liberal government will contribute $66.1 million in new funding to further study the Quebec-Ottawa-Peterborough-Toronto VIA Rail relief line doesn’t mean the line is “a done deal.” So says Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Conservative MP Jamie Schmale. He said in a release that “while I have been advocating for this project […]