Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If anyone needed a reminder that COVID isn’t “over,” “done with,” and “gone” Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare reports at “facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak” at their south Muskoka hospital site. They say in a release late Tuesday afternoon that: “In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Lest we forget war when it’s all around us daily. Services last week reminded us again how fragile time between conflicts is. “The Long Peace” (1945-1991) is long gone. Salutes from the youngest to the oldest marked with solemnity and humour the lingering sadness and sometimes joys that emerged […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Photos Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Wars are hell — remembering them can be hellish. COVID is over, crowds swelled, the band was back while veterans were in short supply, but a Legion Remembrance Day salute to fallen comrades Saturday went off solemnly and almost seamlessly. At the 11th hour, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A crime wave sweeping through Gravenhurst this summer has come to a halt. More than 100 thefts and break-ins that have “frustrated” merchants robbing them of their livelihoods are the work of just two suspects, say police. And one of those officers behind the apprehension of one of those […]
GRAVENHURST — Let the bidding begin — to help your Rotary Club help our community. With an exceeding 200 items ringing up a retail value of more than $30,000, every bid you make will go to assist someone or a charity organization you probably know in town. This of course thanks in large part, also, […]
Story and photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The chalet where generations of golfers and skiers picked up their first clubs and skis is but a memory today. The gorgeous little green, twin-peaked cedar clubhouse came down on an icy November day — between the two seasons at the Taboo Resort’s old nine-hole golf […]
GRAVENHURST — “Frustrated” shop owners are happy to see a suspect charged with multiple thefts here appeared in court this morning. Police say they charged a Gravenhurst man accused of multiple thefts at local stores. They say that between June 2023 and November officers responded to 99 separate incidents of theft and shoplifting from the […]
LAKE OF BAYS — In what the fire department is calling a complete loss, a home in east Muskoka was destroyed early this morning. There was no one home at the time of the blaze. Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a structure fire on 1005 […]