Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While snow runoff to local lakes and rivers has in some areas north declined to more normal rates for this time of year, a wet weekend with 15-35mm of rain by Sunday has the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry issuing a Flood Watch for the North Branch Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It looks like a site for the new South Muskoka Memorial Hospital is almost certain. After narrowing down the search to five and then three finalists, the Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare board and relocation committee have a “preferred” location in Bracebridge. And tonight in Dwight — at the first of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com RAMA — Gamblers were surprised to find Casino Rama suddenly closed this afternoon. The gaming room was shut down as of 1 p.m., a sign read Sunday. A call to down to them said the cause was “computer related,” and that it had affected all Gateway managed properties including Innisfil. But […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — A special weather statement warning about freezing rain starting Wednesday shows winter’s grip is cruelling hanging on. And April showers will bring more bad weather before flowers in May, prompting more warning to be very cautious around rivers, lakes, ponds and anywhere where water gathers. The Ministry of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The long-awaited decision on the “preferred property in Bracebridge” for the site of the new South Muskoka Memorial Hospital will be announced April 17 at 7 p.m. in Dwight. That’s the first of eight public meetings to update residents of the location after months — if not years — […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Give peace a chance. That’s what optimistic art students at GHS are painting. The Rotary Club has embarked on yet another installation at Gull Lake Rotary Park and the Grade 9 class — brushed up on their paint skills — and is all over it. When Rotarian Kay Godden […]
GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst man charged with stealing a work vehicle March 19 was arrested and charged three days later with new theft and firearms violations. Police say that on March 22 officers with the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance of the Barrie Police Service, and the Orillia, Southern Georgian Bay […]
GRAVENHURST — A man charged with stealing a work vehicle also faces impaired driving and several other charges. Police say that last Sunday morning, March 19, at 7:15 a.m., a worker called police to say that while out on foot conducting maintenance work on Muskoka Road South in Gravenhurst their vehicle was stolen. A short […]
GRAVENHURST — Police and firefighters didn’t have far to go responding to single-vehicle crash early this morning. A car left the road shearing a tree in the process when it crashed into a fence next to their joint emergency services office downtown. The OPP say officers, along with Muskoka EMS, and Gravenhurst fire department were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two days after a fire tore through a boat rental business here, police and fire officials continue to probe and try to determine the cause. No official cause has yet been determined for Wednesday’s 4 a.m. blaze, which gutted the two-storey building on the shore of Lake Muskoka. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Police are sitting watch on a burned-out building at the west end of the Muskoka Wharf today, awaiting the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office after a “suspicious” early morning blaze gutted the summer boat rental business. Muskoka Boat Rentals, which has been renting pontoon boats the past few years on […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Re: ‘Unconscionable’ condo proposal for Muskoka Wharf There is never a time as I look out my condo window (at the Muskoka Wharf) when I do not see someone walking along the boardwalk, their regular daily exercise, or walking a dog or baby carriage. Or a visitor to Muskoka who was told […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Dear Gravehurst mayor and council: In Muskoka Bay next to the steamship docks there remains a small bit of natural habitat. The water there is shallow, the lake bottom is undisturbed and aquatic vegetation provides good fish habitat. The land near the shoreline is low, subject to flooding, has been partially cleared, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mike Goudie hopes to double his workforce in the next couple years after the federal government gave his 24-year-old Gravenhurst company a $1,631,250 repayable loan to add 10,000 square feet of floor space for his aircraft refinishing plant at the Muskoka Airport. The president of Muskoka Aircraft Refinishing tells […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are investigating a fraud that occurred at a bank in Bracebridge Sept. 29. A person entered the bank and was able to withdraw a very large sum of money from an account that was not his. Anyone with information is asked to please call Bracebridge OPP at (888)310-1122 or call Crime Stoppers […]
GRAVENHURST — The fun of Gravenhurst’s Winter Carnival had a damper put on it even before it began. Police are investigating the theft of tools from Gull Lake Rotary Park Tuesday Feb. 14 at 8:45 a.m. A volunteer was preparing an area for the Polar Bear Dip and while at his vehicle for a moment […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — By most accounts yesterday The Rosseau Group’s bid to build a “monster” condo/commercial development on “the last undeveloped waterfront lots” at the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst should be dead in the water. A planning council meeting overflowing with more than 100 mostly inquisitive residents weighed in with overwhelming opposition […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A lot of people can be seen walking in winter — even when it’s cold lately. But not with the kind of smiles on their faces as they almost sprinted up Bay Street late yesterday afternoon on the first leg of GAP’s annual Coldest Night of the Year walk. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A couple of controversial Lake Muskoka waterfront developments are before town council Tuesday at the town hall. One is an older resort application on Taylor Island and one a more recent seven-storey “Starboard” condo project on Cherokee Lane. Both are huge. Glen Echo Muskoka Developments Inc. wants to redevelop […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man is dead and his passenger is in serious condition after an accident on Hwy. 11 south of Huntsville last night. Police say this morning that officers are still investigating the fatal collision. They say that on Feb. 22, at about 9 p.m., police, EMS and the firefighters responded to a serious […]