Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Staycations let you explore our world at your doorstep. They are fun, entertaining, informative — and scary. Muskoka may be the place to lollygag at the lake, but if a trip to capital city is means more than the Ex and CN Tower, your ROM is a cool place […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A woman is in hospital and a man is dead after a shooting reported yesterday afternoon near Baysville. Police say they are investigating a firearm-related incident that left one person dead and one with life-threatening injuries. They say that on July 27, shortly before 2 p.m., OPP and Muskoka Paramedics responded to reports […]
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As of July 28, parents and caregivers can book appointments for their children aged six months to under five years to receive their paediatric COVID-19 vaccine by using the COVID-19 vaccination portal, by calling the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1-833-943-3900, or by visiting participating pharmacies in Simcoe and Muskoka. “We are very pleased that children […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Summertime and the livin’s easy on the lakes. Muskoka’s No. 1 season is a hotbed of entertainment again as musicians, artists and their fans gather once more like they did — three summers ago. Among the many opportunities for the two to pair up is ‘Music at the Museum,’ […]
ROSSEAU — An early morning boating accident has left a 48-year-old swimmer dead after he was struck. Police say today, Monday July 25, at 6:45 a.m. OPP and Muskoka EMS, along with Muskoka Lakes Fire Department, responded to a 911 call on Lake Rosseau near Shamrock Lodge west of Port Carling. Several callers report the […]
LAKE OF BAYS — A large fire early Sunday avoided injuries after smoke detectors alerted the occupants. Firefighters from Huntsville-Lake of Bays and Algonquin Highlands responded to the blaze Sunday July 24 shortly before 6:30 a.m. Crews from the Baysville Station #4, with assistance from Algonquin Highlands, put out the structure fire east of Baysville […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The local Catholic bishop will be joining the Pope this week in apologizing to Indigenous Canadians. Bishop Daniel Miehm said he will be in Quebec Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as part of the historic occasions after Pope Francis arrived in Edmonton today. The bishop was in Gravenhurst Sunday as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — John Gammon came “home” to get away from the Hells Angels. And he thinks he saw a gang of them pass him by this afternoon at the Boomers Reunion at Gull Lake Rotary Park gazebo. The Brooklin resident lives a half mile from the bikers’ clubhouse where they have […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — John McMechan will do anything to get out in his 1931 Model A. Like taking extra bottles and cans generated by the grandkids to the recycling centre on a Saturday morning. Or taking a reporter on a wild goose chase for a gang of elusive Hells Angels gassing up […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When I was a young I was asked to keep company an immobile teen. He was reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica; I was a know-it-all high-schooler who would have preferred more pictures. His parents were out for dinner and in short time returned. The intervening hours were marked mostly by […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hells Angels gassed up here and were gone in minutes. This morning about 15-20 bikers roared in to the Petro-Can gas bar at the south end of the town’s main street here for a quick fill-up. Gas jockey Donna Wood said they came and went “no problem.” They were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The tragic shooting and death last month that left a community housing neighbourhood marred has been compounded by an “appalling” state of disrepair at the scene say neighbours. The messy aftermath at the entrance to the Lofty Pines District of Muskoka seniors and low-income housing units is a “sad” […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s a good thing paramedics aren’t tone deaf. Because when they get that 911 “tone” calling them out they gotta go — and fast. With emergency response requests up 25 per cent this summer — requiring almost two dozen seasonal hires — the need for speed can be life […]
GRAVENHURST — An observant cop who spotted a suspected impaired driver has led to charges against a Gravenhurst woman last night. Police say this morning that on Monday July 18, at 7:15 p.m., the officer who was not working at the time, was travelling on Housey’s Rapids Road in Gravenhurst and became concerned about the […]
Mark Clairmont Story and photos | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mamma Mia! What a crowd and what yet another incredible Music on the Barge show. Last night’s Abba concert was magical filling Gull Lake Rotary Park stem to stern. From the front row where kayaks and canoes had the best seats, up the grassy knoll, back […]
GRAVENHURST — A local man has been charged with three counts of assault after a “disagreement” at a convenience store. Police say officers responded Friday, July 15 at 10:10 p.m., after getting a call from a member of the public about a disturbance at the corner of Winewood Avenue and John Street. They say three […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — A gun call had police on the run this afternoon west of Utterson. They say officers responded to a call from a road crew on Muskoka Road 141 in Muskoka Lakes Twp Monday, July 18, at 12:45 p.m. It was reported that a man who had exited his home nearby and shot […]
MUSKOKA — The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is continuing to offer one-day pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics at locations throughout Simcoe Muskoka, with upcoming clinics taking place from July 18 to July 23. Walk-ins for first and second doses for individuals five years and older, first booster doses for individuals 12 and up, and second booster doses […]
TARA COLLUMN | Special to TODAY.com There are still “Freedom” convoys, even though for the most part COVID restrictions have generally been relaxed or eliminated. I don’t even pretend to know the issues at the centre of any current convoys, or the continued harassment of our elected prime minister. COVID is still a threat to public […]
NANCY THOMPSON | Bracebridge Horticultural Society Honeybee hives are under increasing destruction and stress from pests and diseases, pesticides and herbicides, genetically modified crops and lack of diversity, habitat loss and climate change. Native bees, of which there are more than 4,000 species in North America, are less susceptible to problems. Fortunately for us they […]