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 […]
Photos, story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Scary weather almost put a damper on last night’s Howl-o-ween fest. The best costumes went to the kids who wore snowsuits under their Barbie and Spider Man outfits. Luckily in Gravenhurst hundreds of them got off to a great start at the now annual dusky 6 p.m. […]
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 […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — On the eve of Remembrance Day — 106 years after his death — Private Thomas Phililp Reddicen can finally rest in peace. If only his family knew. Saturday morning the Governor General’s Horse Guards righted a wrongat the grave of an unknown soldier here. Commanding officer […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The school community is mourning the passing of a popular retired kindergarten teacher. Doug Kamachi, 59, who taught his entire career at Beechgrove Public School in Gravenhurst died of a cardiac arrest last week — after “his heart just stopped,” said his wife who with his family was at […]
HUNTSVILLE — Following a “serious assault” investigation here early yesterday, police have a suspect in mind. Provincial police say this afternoon that an arrest warrant has been issued for following the incident in Huntsville. On October 24, at about, 3:15 a.m., they say officers from the OPP detachment in Huntsville responded to a call from […]