GRAVENHURST — A 71-year-old Toronto motorcyclist was taken to a Toronto hospital early last night with serious injuries after missing a curve and landing in a ditch. Emergency services responded to the collision on Muskoka Beach Road near Suttaby Road. Police say they and the Gravenhurst Fire Department and Muskoka Ambulance were called just after 6 […]
GRAVENHURST — The legend lives on and Rotary Rocks the Barge is $10,000 more to the good. The Opera House was a hot house last night as Steve Rae and the Pony Man band paid tribute to Gordon Lightfoot in a benefit for the Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s 85th anniversary project. More than 300 Lightfoot fans […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Canada Day was a see of red north, south, east and west in Muskoka. Residents woke up to flags dug in at their driveways. And got a taste of back bacon for breakfast at Muskoka Heritage Place in Huntsville where their July 1 festivities began. With 40 million Canadians […]
GRAVENHURST — Summer, Canada, July 1 and the Lions — what could be more patriotic? As seen around town, the Gravenhurst Lions Club annual Canadian Flag program is under way. This club’s signature project has been going on since the 1980s. If you need to contact us because of a damaged or missing flag, our […]
GRAVENHURST — Continuing drug investigations in June have led to two more drug trafficking charges here yesterday. Police said today that the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) has been conducted investigations in to drug trafficking in Gravenhurst this month. As a result, on Wednesday, June 28, with the assistance of local OPP officers, investigators […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Kyra Reed, 17, graduates tonight from Twin Lakes Secondary School in Orillia. Hours before she attended the Grade 12 graduation of her grandfather Mitchal Thorne — aged 64. The 47 years is their difference between her starting out and him retiring. She’s apprenticing to be a mechanic; he’s ended […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LAKE OF BAYS — Premier Doug Ford spoke about the $1 billion earmarked for Muskoka’s two new hospitals and the $800K for MRI service yesterday, while teeing off at the Huntsville Hospital Foundation’s annual golf tournament on Bigwin Island Golf Club. He also emphasized MPP Graydon Smith’s role in securing the […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A disturbing message painted over students support of Pride Month has police investigating what they are calling “mischief” to a building at a Monck Public School in Bracebridge. School officials at Monck Public School, on Wellington Street, called police to report that students had painted the side of their equipment shed on Friday, […]