Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com SOUTH MUSKOKA — Bob West knows the value of a great local hospital and how large generation donation can make a great difference. His $8 million legacy gift this week is inspired by a lifetime in the medical health care supply business and his absolute love of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — A collision here last night on North Muldrew Lake Road has led to another impaired driving charge. Police say that on Wednesday, July 30, at 10:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision near Peninsula Road in Gravenhurst. The caller expressed concerns […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA — Police ended a high-speed chase here this morning involving a stolen vehicle by using a spiked belt on Hwy. 11. They responded to a report of a robbery on Main Street East in Huntsville, July 30, at 9:30 a.m. after receiving a report that a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — “Always be prepared!” Rick Allen knows that as a Scout leader since 1967 — and Cub growing up before. And while he’s always ready, sometimes life doesn’t quite cooperate. This morning as he and his wife Diane were driving south on Muskoka Road North, he […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — After damaging a day care playground Canada Day weekend, police say vandals were back a little more than three weeks later targetting the year-round kids school for a second time just days ago. “It’s frustrating,” Bracebridge Children’s Place managing director Sarah McKay said this afternoon. […]
Police say recent arrests across Muskoka underscore dangers of impaired driving as enforcement continues in busy summer By Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA — Five suspected impaired drivers were charged across Muskoka in the past week, including three within a 24-hour period over the weekend, prompting the Ontario Provincial Police to […]
By Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com SPARROW LAKE — For a hundred years, the shores of Sparrow Lake have been a backdrop for summer memories, lasting friendships, and the quintessential cottage life. This weekend, the water babies of generations past and present, along with their families, will gather to mark a full […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Like father, like son; like me and my dad. Hugh heard Frank Sinatra at Maple Leaf Gardens; I heard his son at Casino Rama. My dad loved to play Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots are Made for Walkin’ in his Sandsmen gigs.” Our Muskoka Concert Band played “Crooner’s Serenade” Wednesday […]