Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Education and good fun.” That sums up a $3.2 million reno and retro fit of the Segwun and Muskoka Discovery Centre this year. The oldest operating steamship in North America and the ever-evolving Muskoka Lakes learning centre are undergoing a stem to stern makeover and more interactive dockside entertainment […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A morning blaze that sent a huge black plume of smoke across frigid Muskoka Lake destroyed a waterfront cottage-home at the end of Parker’s Point Road. Nobody was home at the time and there no injuries were reported, the Gravenhurst Fire Department said. Friday’s fire that was first called […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST —  It was another big step today toward this summer’s new Gravenhurst Health Hub to serve south Muskoka. After fundraising $1 million, it’s now officially on to renovating the Cottage Family Health Team’s second floor into “purpose-built” medical offices “closer to home.” With a goal to provide some “half the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — A schools and health unit crackdown next week on kids aged eight and nine spells the end of classes for them if they don’t have their vaccination records in check. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says that in accordance with the Ontario’s Immunization […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — They’ve done it again. The little service club that can and does. After tipping their fundraising scale at $1 million on Jan. 1, the Gravenhurst Rotary Club is “breaking ground” Wednesday morning — if they can first chip through the snow and ice outside for a photo-op for the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com CENTRAL ONTARIO — The cold and snow that is causing chaos for pedestrians and drivers up and down Muskoka through to Barrie yesterday continues. More accidents, including an early morning crash yesterday had police and emergency services busier than normal at this time of the new year. On Friday January 23, […]

HUNTSVILLE — Counterfeit cash is being spread around town by residents here, say police, causing businesses to lose money as a result of this criminal activity. They say that in the past few months numerous businesses and financial institutions have reported receiving counterfeit $50 and $20 bills. The suspects count on people not paying close […]

HUNTSVILLE — A Huntsville driver and his Bracebridge passenger were charged yesterday morning after the vehicle they were in ran into a snowbank. Police say that on January 22, at  9 a.m., officers were notified of a vehicle partially stuck in a snowbank at an address on King William Street in Huntsville. Muskoka EMS and […]