MUSKOKA — Hell hath no fury like this end of summer heat wave. And it’s not over yet as “heat warning” alerts were lighting up cellphones across Muskoka today. An extended heat warning has been issued for all areas within Simcoe Muskoka through to Wednesday, Sept. 6. Which means kids back at school, outdoor workers […]
HUNTSVILLE — A frantic search by residents on Harp Lake early yesterday afternoon began after a 65-year-old man fell from a paddleboard and didn’t resurface. Police and emergency services responded and the search continued into early last night with the aid of OPP Aviation services. Police say that at 1:30 p.m., Sunday Sept. 3, they […]
GRAVENHURST — A motorcyclist who missed a turn on a popular stretch of south Gravenhurst road here yesterday has died. He was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services responded to a call on Southwood Road after 2 p.m. The 60-year-old rider from Oshawa landed in a ditch after failing to navigate a curve […]
GRAVENHURST — A Rotary Rocks the Barge raffle was music to the ears of the service club as winners rode off on a pair of new e-bikes in a fundraiser that hit a high note with net proceeds of $6,618 going to the club’s new amphitheatre seating at the poplar Sunday night concert venue. With […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It took only one vote. But four votes opposing The Rosseau Group’s condo project at the Muskoka Wharf leaves it dead in the water. At least for now — pending the possibility of an appeal within 20 days or a new and different application. Tuesday’s stunning turnaround vote at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Melissa Cooper, a member of the Langford Cemetery board, couldn’t decide whether to put out a balloon Saturday at the intersection of Hwy. 117 marking the turnoff to the cemetery where its 150th anniversary was being recognized. “I didn’t know whether to show it was a ‘celebration’ or a […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — ‘Life on the Edge of the Canadian Shield’ travels along two paths in the new Misko-Aki (red earth) exhibit at the Muskoka Discovery Centre. One paddled by a canoe, another taken in a steamship. It was opened Thursday by Ontario Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell. The story of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ontario’s lieutenant governor hopes a new interpretive centre bringing local and Indigenous communities together in a “Confluence of Cultures” will help the country on its path to “truth and reconciliation.” “I certainly hope so,” Elizabeth Dowdeswell said after cutting a ribbon on the multi-level, multi-million waterfront museum yesterday afternoon […]