TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist When I was younger one of my favourite movies was “Splendor in the Grass,” starring Natalie Wood as a teenage “good girl.” She has a nervous breakdown when Warren Beatty’s character can’t be with her because she’s a good girl, and instead he sets his fate after being with a […]
BANDY, Iris B. It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our Mom, Iris Bandy, 93, on July 13, 2021, at Granite Ridge Retirement Residence (Gravenhurst, Ontario). She was born on Nov. 3, 1927, at home in the small farming community of Alma Heights, near Thessalon, Ontario, she was the middle child […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A driver who flew 100 metres offs off the road knocking down guard rails and trees was charged with impaired driving by drugs Saturday afternoon. Provincial police say that on July 17, at 12:30 p.m., officers responded to a complaint from a member of the public after hearing what he believed was a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — Another serious watercraft accident this afternoon landed four people in hospital and the operator of a Sea-Doo charged with impaired driving. Provincial police responded to a call on Three Mile Lake just before 2:30 p.m., not far from Windermere where two boaters died on Wednesday. Resident witnesses say […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Opening day and we’ve made it to third base. Home is in our sights. And hopefully we can steal fourth base in the weeks — months and years — to come. With 1 COVID case in Barrie today, Simcoe-Muskoka is on a definite road to recovery. Especially if you […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If you’re home free today check before you go to the beach to beat the heat. Swim advisories were issued by the health unit Friday, July 16, for six of 13 beaches in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Port Sydney, Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes that they monitor. They’re open but they come […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BARRIE — A tornado that touched down here about 2:30 p.m. this afternoon has landed several people in hospital. Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) says it is providing care for eight patients who suffered minor injuries as a result of the severe storm in the south end of the city. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WINDERMERE — Despite inclement weather, late this afternoon police divers recovered the body of a second victim of a Lake Rosseau boating accident last night in Windermere. Police reported this afternoon that a 4 p.m. they found Donna Wiley, 51, of Oakville. She was in one of two boats that collided […]
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The flood of COVID cases may be over — down to a trickle of 3 today Simcoe — according to the health unit. But on the eve of the second last stage of re-opening with 96 Delta variants of concern we’re not high and dry yet. The three local cases are 2 in […]
HUNTSVILLE — The owners and the director of a residential motel here were yesterday fined almost $12,000 for smoke detector violations. On July 14, in the Bracebridge Provincial Offences Court, the corporation that owns the Highland Court Inn & Suites in Huntsville and its director each pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to ensure […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — High water levels and flows will continue the next week as runoff from recent rain moves through the river systems. The weather forecast from Environment Canada is calling for 15mm to 25mm today, Thursday July 15, with thunderstorms possible. The forecast over the weekend and into early next week […]
On July 10, 2021 at 1 p.m., Hugh Carlton Fairfield passed away peacefully in the arms of his loving wife, daughters and family. Hugh was born Dec. 9, 1931, in Selkirk, Manitoba. The oldest child of Finlay Robert Fairfield and Esther Jean Carpenter, Hugh loved to spend his time with his father in the Fairfield […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — A multiple boating accident last night resulted in the death of a 13-year-old girl from Toronto and Thursday morning police divers were still combing Lake Rosseau for a 51-year-old woman from Oakville. Police say four others were injured when two boats collided in front of Windermere Marina […]
GRAVENHURST — Two local residents faces drug charges after being arrested in the downtown here yesterday. The OPP’s Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) says they charged them after a drug trafficking investigation Tuesday, July 13, at 3:50 p.m. With the aid of the police they arrested the pair. A search resulted in the seizure […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An ambitious plan to “finish off” the Muskoka Wharf would see an extension of the board walk north leading to more than 100 condo units and retail spaces next to the Segwun and Wenonah II ships. The Rosseau Group behind the multi-million-dollar Cherokee Lane project wants to “pick up […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mike Schreiner says “Canada needs Annamie Paul’s voice in Ottawa.” The Green Party of Ontario leader, who’s been campaigning with his embattled federal counterpart this summer, says he will continue at her side when an election is called. He called her party’s squabbling “unfortunate.” Unlike Paul, Schreiner is no […]
GRAVENHURST — As Canada surpasses the halfway mark in completely vaccinated citizens, the health unit is offering more pop-up clinics open to any Muskoka resident who needs a first or second jab. Monday next, July 19, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit nurses, paramedics and volunteers will be inside on the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre arena floor. No […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The health unit today is reporting two new cases in Simcoe after none yesterday. Both are 17 or under and are from Midland (July 12) and Innisfil (July 10). There were no cases in Muskoka. Public Health Ontario said this morning that Simcoe-Muskoka had no new cases. But this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — Another drowning, this morning, is the latest in a string of water fatalities in Muskoka this summer. Emergency services were called to a seasonal residence on Mortimers Point Road in Muskoka Lakes Twp. Tuesday at 8:10 a.m. It is located between Bala and Glen Orchard and east […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Prison contraband worth more than $100,000 destined for Beaver Creek inmates has been seized by police and correctional service officers. Provincial police say today that last Wednesday OPP with its Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit and the Beaver Creek Correctional Institute officers confiscated multiple packages containing the contraband and […]