Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — What started as a simple group chat between local bands who wanted to create something together and help build a stronger independent music scene in the area, has grown into a new three-day “DIY” festival Sept. 18-20 featuring 23 bands and artists from across the alternative music […]

Susan P. Kelly — Special to MuskokaTODAY.com The stories connected to Canadians and 9/11 are deeply personal. There are stories of loss, final phone calls, survival and extraordinary kindnesses that occurred during the days that followed the 9/11 attacks. Windows on the World is one of those stories. It is Maureen Basnicki’s story as written […]

GRAVENHURST — Southbound traffic on Hwy. 11 was re-routed through Gravenhurst late yesterday afternoon after a serious motorcycle accident. Police were investigating the crash that fully shut down all southbound lanes at Bethune Drive North to Bethune Drive South. The highway section between the southbound entrance to Gravenhurst and southbound exit out of the town […]

MUSKOKA — Emergency service responded late Friday afternoon to a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. On Friday, September 4, at 5:30 p.m., OPP, EMS and Huntsville Fire were called out to reports of a serious collision on Brunel Road, near Hillcrest Drive. As a result, a 57-year-old male from Waterloo sustained life-threatening injuries. He was transported […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com HUNTSVILLE —  Motown Records still makes and releases music today from its headquarters in Los Angeles where new owners Universal Music Group works out of the famous Capitol Tower. The label focuses on modern hip-hop and R&B with artists like Vince Staples, Lil Yachty, and Lil Baby. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com TORRANCE — Labour Day doesn’t have to mean the end of summer shopping sprees for locals, tourists and cottagers. Muskoka has plenty of buying opportunities from downtowns to roadsides. Among the pop-up destinations worthwhile stopping at is French Toast Vintage.ca at Muskoka Crossing — just five kms […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — A new season, a new beginning for everyone from parents to hockey teams and maybe even one valuable service club. The colours aren’t in the tree — or on the ground — but the autumn changes are here and coming for others. Count the Lion’s […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — The streets, roads, storefronts and front yards are dotted with election signs as the race to sit on town councils across Muskoka has gone into overdrive as the gates have opened on interesting new candidates seeking seats in the Oct. 26 municipal election. With a […]