LONDON — That fast start the GHS Gryphons were gaining momentum with, slowed Tuesday at noon in the Game 3 at the OFSSA provincial basketball championships. They hit double digits in the first quarter, but their opponent Almonte District High School doubled them, for a 20-10 lead. A better second quarter by GHS gave them […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Cyril Fry admits he’s frugal. Yet you won’t find any cash tucked under his mattress. What you may find is something of far more value tucked under the bed he’s shared with his wife Marion the past 70 years. Remnants of a lifetime of history on Gravenhurst, which they’ve […]
LONDON — It was another fast start for GHS in their second game at the OFSSA finals Monday. After a tough loss to Villanova in the morning, they rebounded to beat Lamonthe-Cadillac by double digits, 62-52. The afternoon matchup (at 5:30 p.m.) saw them again take the lead in the first quarter, 23-14. But they […]
NOVAR — Three people face cocaine charges after a police raid here Friday. Provincial police at Huntsville, along with their Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the OPP Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEA) executed a warrant at an address in Novar with the assistance of the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit March 1, 2019. As […]
LONDON — Coach Gillian Humphries wanted her Gravenhurst Gryphons to get off to a good start and an early lead in their first time on the floor here at the 2019 OFSSA high school hoops championships Monday morning. That would be key to beating Villanova College. And her players responded, led by veteran Logan Fick […]
PORT SYDNEY — A Moosonee man was taken to hospital last Friday with serious injuries after an early morning assault. Provincial police say that on March 1, 2019, at about 1:50 a.m., officers from the Huntsville OPP detachment were called to Muskoka Road 10, in Port Sydney, to investigate a fight between to adult males. […]
GRAVENHURST — Two boys, 11 and 15, drowned early today in a snowmobile accident near the Narrows on Lake Muskoka. Provincial police, Gravenhurst Fire and Muskoka EMS responded to the accident just after midnight, March 4, in which three snowmobiles and the five people riding on them went through the ice and into the water. […]
LONDON, Ont. — The Gryphs are on the ground here and ready to spring in to action Monday morning. They’ll tip off at 10:30 a.m. against Villanova College. The defending GBSSA (Georgian Bay Secondary School Association) senior boys champ hasn’t played any of the 20 teams they could face as they begin round-robin play. But […]
GRAVENHURST — Lookout London, the Gryphons are back. The defending GBSSA boys senior basketball champions is headed to southwestern Ontario Sunday for the OFSSA provincial championships, after beating Barrie’s Unity Christian School 48-37 last Friday. And the best team in Georgian Bay two years running, with a 12-3 record, is ready for the challenge says […]
GRAVENHURST — Provincial police are defending their use of lethal force on a moose they claim was either “injured or sick.” Social media lit up Saturday with gruesome photos of the dead animal. Jennifer Morrison, who says she lives near the “injustice” has started a petition opposing the shooting. She says: “The community is deeply […]
GRAVENHURST — A wild and violent attack on the main street of Gravenhurst last Friday afternoon has resulted in the arrest of a Gravenhurst woman with charges against her in an assault on another female. Provincial police say that on Feb. 22, 2019, at 4:20 p.m. OPP officers responded to a report of an attack […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — It’s been a “hairy ride” for Tony Clement. Not just the four months since his personal life and political career blew up. But on Monday, when he was driving to Toronto and ran into “five whiteouts north of Barrie,” avoiding the 70-car pileup beyond via an EDR that […]
FRASERBURG — A Bracebridge man and woman were among four people charged Saturday in an investigation into a Toronto library shooting this month. Local OPP and Toronto police went to a Fraserburg home Feb. 23 with a warrant for a man wanted for charges relating to the Downsview shooting Feb. 7 after two men got […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Apparently Tony Schell is a “celebrity” in Gravenhurst. The painter sitting in the front row of Jeff Leeson’s comedy show at the Opera House last night was painted as some kind of hometown hero. A shout out from the back of the auditorium ensured that. “That’s why I love […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The temperature was above zero tonight. That was probably because of all the love and warmth in town. So much that it would melt your heart And while it may not have been the coldest night of the year — officially it was. More than 200 people — maybe […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Anyone who thought it would be cheaper keeping two existing hospitals in Muskoka than one new one are in for a big surprise. Community members are being invited to six open houses March 4-8 to examine changes that could see two new hospitals some day. The cost could easily […]
GRAVENHURST — What would you do with a block of ice that would perfectly fill the back of a pickup? If you’re creative — and you like cold and snow — you stick with what you know. And here in the land of the Muskoka Lakes, it’s water creatures. Not exactly the kind you find […]
BRACEBRIDGE — If you like amateur theatre at its best, you’ll love the latest new creation of the Bracebridge and Huntsville Rotary Clubs in co-operation with the Huntsville Festival of the Arts. After running musical theatre shows separately for decades, the clubs have partnered with the arts festival for something they expect will be more […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A young male driver faces a slew of Highway Traffic Act, alcohol and drug charges after becoming stuck in a snowbank after police received public complaints about an erratic driver Tuesday night. Provincial police in pursuit of the suspect arrested the driver just after midnight today, after his driving compelled concerned members of […]
HUNTSVILLE — Provincial police here are investigating the reported theft of a car from Elm Street last Tuesday. The 2002 beige four door, Honda Civic was stolen overnight Feb. 12. The Civic has been recovered and police are asking anyone with information about the theft to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at […]