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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Story and photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The chalet where generations of golfers and skiers picked up their first clubs and skis is but a memory today. The gorgeous little green, twin-peaked cedar clubhouse came down on an icy November day — between the two seasons at the Taboo Resort’s old nine-hole golf […]
GRAVENHURST — “Frustrated” shop owners are happy to see a suspect charged with multiple thefts here appeared in court this morning. Police say they charged a Gravenhurst man accused of multiple thefts at local stores. They say that between June 2023 and November officers responded to 99 separate incidents of theft and shoplifting from the […]
LAKE OF BAYS — In what the fire department is calling a complete loss, a home in east Muskoka was destroyed early this morning. There was no one home at the time of the blaze. Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a structure fire on 1005 […]
GRAVENHURST — Northland’s bid to return passenger rail service to the north in 2016 rolls into Gravenhurst today from noon to 4 p.m. An open house information centre at the Centennial Centre will update the public on its news that the province has bought three trains to carry residents between Toronto and Cochrane. Sixteen of […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Traffic was snarled through town here again this afternoon after another transport spilled its load of prime two-by-four lumber on Hwy. 11 under the south-end bypass and entrance to Gravenhurst. It’s the second similar roll-over in the past year at the same location where over the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Marlyn Goodwin turned 90 today. And she had three of her sons in town for the weekend celebration, including Tom who returned today to his Nova Scotia whale-watching business, while brothers Greg and Bill headed home to the Ottawa Valley (after an AC/DC concert at the OP). Brother Randy, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ten months in to the year — with snow on the ground — keeping up with economic activity here is a daunting task. One that keeps the town’s economic development manager, Amy Taylor, busy on top of far-reaching happenings from one end of the municipality to more than another. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — War never ends. The people fighting them do. Each year the Muskoka Concert Band honours them with a “We Remember” concert. This year it’s Saturday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m. at Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst on Muskoka Road North. Admission is by free-will offering. It recognizes the men and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Hunters woke up today to weather more suited for tracking. The first two full weeks of November (starting next week) is deer-hunting season in Muskoka. “But you don’t need snow to track a moose,” said hunter Paul Cook, whose camp got a calf recently with their licence this year […]
WASHAGO — A search yesterday for a boater who was overdue has ended tragically. Police divers located the unidentified man in the Green River near Washago. On October 31, at about 4:30 p.m., OPP from Orillia were dispatched to the Green River after a vessel was found abandoned. Officers, along with residents, Ramara Fire Department […]
WASHAGO — Police are investigating after two incidents of “anti-Semitic” and “threatening” messages were spray-painted at a residence in Washago Saturday and again yesterday. The Orillia detachment of the OPP) is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the suspect(s) in relation to graffiti and threatening messages they say were left on a residence in the Village […]