Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What’s the hurry? Where’s the fire? Tyler Sloan had to rush back to Vermilion, Alberta, this week for firefighting training. The great, great, great grandson of Archy Sloan would have been proud of him. The 22-year-old, who graduates in November, had a baptism of fire this past month when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Peter Freed tells me his Muskoka Bay Golf Course should be ranked “No. 1” in Canada. He laughed Thursday afternoon when I asked him about its #24 score this month in the biannual Score golf magazine rankings of the top 100 courses. Two years ago it was No. 22 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Picture this …. A packed arena, some of the top players in hockey today and a great new sports facility. The game crowd yesterday morning loved ex-NHLer Sam Gagner’s “pro camp” at the MLCC as part of an opening day family event. And they all loved it — including […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A few came to tour the MLCC opening day — but most were there to watch the NHLers. But the smart hockey fans yesterday morning had their eyes on the Maple Leafs’ new captain — and his “assistant.” Auston Matthews and John Tavares were chipping away […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — It’s game on … and the doors aren’t even officially open on the new Muskoka Lumber Community Centre. The pros are already scrimmaging — and rumour is the Maple Leafs will make it their annual pre-season Muskoka cottage camp here next month. Meanwhile finishing touches are underway in the […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Sunday night someone brought their digging tools to may garden and stole the plants of their desire. I would like to thank the person who drove the thief (thieves) away. Whoever did it was so startled they dropped their garden fork and some of the plants that they had dug […]
HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) has placed the South Wing at the HMDH Site under a unit-specific COVID-19 confirmed outbreak status in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). This follows the confirmation of six cases. And five last week at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, where these same protective measures were put […]
Photos, story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SUDBURY — Science North is to northern Ontario what the Ontario Science Centre was to Toronto. Petri dishes — here shaped like snowflakes — that foster mindful growth in cultivating ageless grey cells to become aware of natural surroundings in a wondrously lightning-fast paced planetary world. The applications and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The omnipresent corona virus has struck again at a local hospital site. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is reporting COVID among four staff and one patient as of Thursday. The virus that struck global fears and tens of thousands of deaths just a couple years ago is back at South […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — For Kyung-A Lee’s legion of fan — of which there are hundreds, if not thousands throughout Muskoka — it’s hard to believe she be any better. Those who’ve marvelled at the pianist’s pounding beauty, precision, deft and delicate touches she could never sound better. Not to speak of her […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The word on the street is that Bay Street won’t be fully open until at least November. Trisan Construction was going door-to-door this afternoon informing residents and businesses located in the second phase area of the redevelopment of the Bay & Beyond road construction that it will be the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An annual spike in summer ER visits at MAHC will have patients seeing five new emergency doctors in south Muskoka and Huntsville. They are among a staggering 134 new hospitals hires since the beginning of the year. In a release today, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says it has hired […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 14-year-old dirt bike rider involved in a serious collision last month has been charged with careless driving and their parent was charged with allowing it to happen. On July 25, shortly after 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a single motor-vehicle collision on Domtar Road, north of Old Muskoka Road. […]
ORILLIA — More drivers, more charges. An increase in residents and visitors this summer enjoying the scenic roads, lakes, and cottage areas has unfortunately led to an increasing number of impaired drivers endangering lives of those on our roads and waterways, say police. As of Aug. 6 the OPP’s Central Region has laid 1,496 impaired-related […]
GRAVENHURST — Reports about glass and sharp objects creating hazards at town beaches this summer have prompted precautionary measures. Muskoka Bay Park and Muskoka Beach Park were closed temporarily for maintenance while hazards were removed. Both have since reopened. However, the Lorne Street Beach is temporarily closed for maintenance while staff work diligently to address […]
HUNTSVILLE — Soaring Muskoka summer temperatures that have hit 30 degrees have seen firefighters here rescue children locked inside vehicles. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says it has been “actively responding to incidents this summer where children have been accidentally locked inside vehicles.” Firefighters have been called out several times this summer to free […]
MUSKOKA — It may be the summer of Summer McIntosh in Paris. But in Muskoka it’s the summer of impaired driving charges as police charged four more people over Civic Holiday Long weekend with impaired operation the past five days — including a boater on the Severn River who was to appear in court this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s going to be a long Long Weekend for drivers motoring west around the Muskoka Wharf toward Bala and Port Carling. Residents and cottagers will be happy to find the North Muldrew Lake Road intersection re-paved and contractors laying down asphalt today for the Bay & Beyond redevelopment around […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An attempted theft turned dangerous when a suspected shoplifter pulled an “edged weapon” Tuesday. Police are investigating after a disturbance was reported a retail store in Bracebridge July 30, at 3:50 p.m. on Depot Drive. Police responded after staff members spotted three suspected shoplifters. Witnesses reported three males and when confronted the situation […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Pavers are on standby tonight waiting to hit the road Wednesday morning at the Muskoka Wharf as the first phase of Bay & Beyond inches closer to completion. However, frustrated drivers detoured east and west on/off James Street will still have months more of wait times on the back […]