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 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Reunions are popular this summer — especially among elder baby boomers. Those who haven’t seen each other since pre-pandemic — or who fear opportunities won’t arise often enough before death notices. But spirits were up at the Muskoka Wharf yesterday afternoon as a few dozen old friends from town […]