HUNTSVILLE — Police are investigating this week’s burning of a Pride flag here as a “hate” crime. The video of teens pulling down the flag at Huntsville Public School was shared on social media was widely condemned residents, including Mayor Karin Terziano said there is absolutely no place in Huntsville for acts of violence and […]
TARA COLLUM | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com Last summer, the marquee sign of a popular Roncesvalles Village hardware store read ‘All Lives Matter.’ It created controversy, and wasn’t up for long, before being replaced with Black Lives Matter, a more common and popular slogan posted in many store windows. While many people can feel offended by […]
GRAVENHURST — The season’s first swim advisory here comes on the first weekend of summer and on a rainy day. The Town of Gavenhurst says this afternoon that based on beach water samples collected by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) yesterday, June 24, they recommend Muskoka Bay Park Beach, in West Gravenhurst, be […]
HUNTSVILLE — A motorcyclist is in serious condition in hospital after an accident last night on Hwy. 11 at Hwy. 60. Provincial police say that at 6:30 p.m. officers responded to the collision on Highway 11 Northbound at Highway 60 in the Town of Huntsville. The lone motorcyclist was taken to a trauma centre with […]
MUSKOKA — A Severn Township man was in bail court this morning after the mobility scooter driver led police on a foot chase in Gravenhurst before being charged with impaired operation of a vehicle Wednesday. He was the first of four drivers in south Muskoka that evening who had the licences suspended for 90 days […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A young Gravenhurst man is among 13 people to test positive in COVID testing results released this afternoon. He is aged 18-34 and is under investigation as to the cause, after being reported yesterday to the health unit after being first exposed June 23. Six of the other dozen […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Nathan Reynolds received a fitting farewell and tribute today from family, friends and fellow hydro workers. The Gravenhurst resident arrived at the Bracebridge Fairgrounds under archway of Hydro One trucks parked on either side of the entrance drive — their orange buckets stretched up and out over the gravel […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — O Canada. Oh happy days ahead on the COVID front. It’s official. Next Wednesday Ontario moves to Stage 2 of reopening. And word is that the second stage — coming as virtual school ends early next week — won’t last three weeks before Stage 3 kicks in and most […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Reports late this afternoon say the province will move to Stage 2 of its Roadmap to Reopening on June 30. Just in time for Canada Day. This as Simcoe-Muskoka’s health unit reports 33 Delta cases today. Meanwhile, a spike in COVID cases is being driven by inmates being transferred to […]
Marv McCabe Died of causes, naturally. Husband, father, grandfather, friend. He grew up in Windsor ON, lived in the Beaches in Toronto and then in Muskoka. He married and loved Barbara Mooney. His children Jillian Foster and Laura Gage brought great joy to his life. His grandchildren Conor, Dylan, Payton, Anna, Xander and Jonathan are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Final 4? Don’t bet on it. Today’s 4 COVID cases in Simcoe don’t put the region in the championship playoff round leading to a pandemic winner. Even if they are the best single day since last September. We know this from past experience as cases have gone up and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — With one more day left to vote in the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce’s Virtual Car Show thought we’d have another peek at another cool lookin’ turck. We asked local photographer and visual artist Nathan Wilcox to find us some wheels he likes in celebration of this week’s auto exravaganza. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A pet mauled to death by another dog has led to several charges against a Gravenhurst woman. Provincial police say officers responded June 13 at 8:30 p.m. to a complaint from a dog owner who said their pet had been mauled and severely injured by another dog. They say […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A sea of change may be about for a Gravenhurst boater found by police at the Muskoka Wharf last night. The OPP say they got a call at 9:10 p.m. from a member of the public about a boater who appeared to be impaired. Officers located the man and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Silence. Applause. Kids. Elders. Students. Teachers. Residents. Survivors. Tears. Rain. Healing. Hope. Truth. Reconciliation. That’s how it was and what it was all about today as more than 200 First Nations and second nations members gathered in solidarity to start Indigenous Awareness Week. All colours and races. Together, united […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A Muskoka man and 22 Simcoe residents today bring to 12,222 the number of people in the region who have now contracted the coronavirus. And two more people in Simcoe died during the weekend, reports the health unit in latest numbers Monday. The Gravenhurst man, aged 35-44, is under […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Too bad you can’t give an Indigenous person a hug. Social distancing being what it is — maybe a thumbs up is the best you can do under pandemic circumstances. Not to be trite, but from sun up to sun down tomorrow may be your opportunity to acknowledge Canada’s […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about tattoos lately. After I step out of the shower in the morning, I immediately look in the mirror. Folks, it’s not a pretty sight. As I examined my old body in the bathroom mirror the other day, I tried to picture in […]
TARA COLLUM | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com How long does Pride need to be celebrated? How about forever. Once things reach parade status, they are a pretty permanent tradition. Times are changing and progressing; but things aren’t always as far along as we’d like to think they are. With education, empathy and more representation, I hope […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With 19 new local COVID cases, Simcoe is in and Muskoka is out again in a new cabinet shuffle this afternoon. Only one of today’s positive coronavirus tests comes from Huntsville, where a woman 45-64 with close contact was reported June 17 with a first exposure June 10. The […]