Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — You gotta wonder when a guy from “Wamco” shows up at your doorstep in the middle of winter. Is he some kind of pitch man with a bag of Frisbees, Hacky Sacks and Hula Hoops? Like a morning-after late night TV shiller for the Veg-O-Matic slicer and dicer. No, apparently […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — An explosion at one of Muskoka’s largest factories at noon Saturday resulted in no injuries but significant damage to a two-storey exterior wood dryer. On January 20, firefighters from the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at Panolam Industries Ltd. at 61 Domtar […]
BAYSVILLE — As the latest cold snap continues, an early Christmas 911 call has firefighters reminding the public about the importance of wood stoves and carbon monoxide alarms. At 5 a.m. Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Fighters from Station 4 in Baysville responded to a 911 call reporting an activated carbon monoxide alarm inside a home […]
Letter to the Editor: I, for one, have benefited from social media. It has brought into my life old friends that perhaps I’d never see or talk with again if it were not for this new avenue of communication. Our daughter and her family live in Kansas, and oh how we miss having her cheery […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An 11th hour deal announced may yet allow a major condo/retail development to proceed a step further here at the Muskoka Wharf as it was last proposed in August when it was rejected by council in a tie vote over waterfront woes. After turning down the proposal in late […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Quebec man faces several charges after contraband was found within the perimeter of the federal prison here last Thursday night. Provincial police called in to investigate say he was charged after responding to a concern from Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst. They say that on January 11, at […]
GRAVENHURST — Judy Talks are the Ted Talks of Gravenhurst. Better still … they’re the talks of the town. Join Gravenhurst archivist Judy Humphries at Gravenhurst Public Library or on Zoom January 16 at 6:30 p.m. for her first history talk of the year — Four Sanatoria and a Joss House: What was the effect […]
HUNTSVILLE — A driver spotted speeding through a parking lot has been charged after police pulled the vehicle over Monday. The OPP charged the driver with impaired operation after conducting a traffic stop on Forbes Hill Road in the Town of Huntsville. On January 8 at 2:45 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop, after observing […]