Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The doors are always open at the library (except Sundays). And this year what doors they are with giant gingerbread characters flanking the sliding glass doors. Friday night they welcomed Chamber of Commerce After Hours members for an open house and some pre-Christmas nosh and goodies. On Dec. 5 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Five people are dead after two vehicles collided here late last night on Hwy. 60 West. Emergency crews responded to the scene near Hidden Valley Road just after 11 p.m. November 25. OPP received a call reporting a serious collision involving a westbound Mercedes SUV and an eastbound Ford […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A more than 10-week search for a missing Bracebridge man has police again calling on the public for help finding him. They seek your assistance in locating the whereabouts of 38-year-old Daniel Holden. The OPP issued a missing person post on social media when he was initially reported missing as well as a […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are looking for a second suspect after a vehicle chase that ended here Monday afternoon. They charged one person from London and are looking for another from Windsor after the pair fled a pickup truck, leaving it abandoned in the downtown area with a puppy inside. They say that on November 20, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Since 1872 the Trinity United Church has been welcoming worshippers into its pews. Saturday if you’re at their craft sale you’ll have to find a new chair — if you want to sit a spell. The red silver-posters are tucked at the back stacked five-high. It’s all to make […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — An outbreak of COVID that affected 17 patients and nine staff at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital has been declared “over.” Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) said yesterday that in collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit they have confirmed the “facility-wide outbreak” declared Tuesday Nov. 14 at south Muskoka’s […]
SOUTH MUSKOKA — Calls from the public have led to a pair of serious driving charges yesterday morning and afternoon — one involving a weapon and a flight from police arrest in Bracebridge; while the other resulted in a car smashing into a guard rail on just onto Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst and landing near […]
ORILLIA — Police here charged a 20-year-old driver with impaired driving yesterday as the annual RIDE season begins. On November 18, at about 6:10 p.m., officers from Orillia OPP responded to traffic complaint in the area of Highway 12 in Severn Township heading towards the City of Orillia. Officers patrolled the area and located a […]
Photos Alex Hogg and Lois Cooper Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — ’Tis the season for you know who and who and what he stands for one way and the other. Kim Barlow calls this “N12” — as in the 37 days after Remembrance Day. Between now and Christmas expect to see jolly St. Nick […]
REVIEW Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim and Webber are to Broadway what the Bridle sisters, Tracy Kilgour and Emma Grimstead are to Bracebridge and Theatre Muskoka. Musical geniuses of the local stage. Tonight with Donna Hollands, Eddy Palileo, Ginny Metcalfe, Kaleigh Adie, Nicole Moore, Niki Cutting-McLean, Paul Feist — and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With still no word on a new hospital location for south Muskoka, Muskoka Algonquin Health (MAHC) said Friday it is receiving $14 million in provincial funding to cover the operating costs of 22 additional beds. This “will enhance the care provided to patients in Muskoka and the surrounding areas,” […]
HUNTSVILLE — A cab owner here has been charged with harassment by a pair of his employees. The workers accused Shawn Bouillon, who owns Independent Taxi with his husband Reuben Pyette-Bouillon, in a report to police. He was arrested Tuesday Nov. 14. Police charged Shawn Bouillon with: Criminal Harassment – repeatedly follow – two counts […]
HUNTSVILLE — A break and enter at a popular downtown restaurant last Thursday has police looking for a black-hooded suspect. The OPP) are investigating a break and enter at the Family Place Restaurant on King William Street at about 10:30 p.m. November 9. At 11:10 p.m., police were called and began investigating. Officers discovered a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — You know Ontario Northland is getting serious about the return of the Northlander train in “2026” when they start asking passengers what colour cars they want to ride in between Cochrane and Toronto. At the second last open house in Gravenhurst — along the 16 train stops — people […]
GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Legion would like to thank these many community businesses, service clubs and private individuals listed below for their continued support with donations received for our Remembrance Day service and Poppy campaign. Those include the hundreds of others locally who donated when handed free poppies the week before and in the leadup […]
Jack Cline, Special to MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What started out 29 years ago as a simple Christmas celebration by an eager group of church choristers has emerged into one of the most anticipated concert series of the season. In 1994 the Muskoka Advent Choir assembled in the Baptist Church here under the direction of former […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If anyone needed a reminder that COVID isn’t “over,” “done with,” and “gone” Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare reports at “facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak” at their south Muskoka hospital site. They say in a release late Tuesday afternoon that: “In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Lest we forget war when it’s all around us daily. Services last week reminded us again how fragile time between conflicts is. “The Long Peace” (1945-1991) is long gone. Salutes from the youngest to the oldest marked with solemnity and humour the lingering sadness and sometimes joys that emerged […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Photos Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Wars are hell — remembering them can be hellish. COVID is over, crowds swelled, the band was back while veterans were in short supply, but a Legion Remembrance Day salute to fallen comrades Saturday went off solemnly and almost seamlessly. At the 11th hour, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A crime wave sweeping through Gravenhurst this summer has come to a halt. More than 100 thefts and break-ins that have “frustrated” merchants robbing them of their livelihoods are the work of just two suspects, say police. And one of those officers behind the apprehension of one of those […]