Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Two people were apparently taken to hospital here early this afternoon following a head-on collision on Hwy. 169 as winter made its return on local roads. Traffic was backed up more than a kilometre as emergency crews dealt with the aftermath of the accident between a white SUV and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mike Goudie hopes to double his workforce in the next couple years after the federal government gave his 24-year-old Gravenhurst company a $1,631,250 repayable loan to add 10,000 square feet of floor space for his aircraft refinishing plant at the Muskoka Airport. The president of Muskoka Aircraft Refinishing tells […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A team of former UConn hockey players held off the Feisty Beavers yesterday to walk away with the women’s division title at this weekend’s pond hockey tournament at the Muskoka Wharf. The Huskies alumni put the boots to their opponents, 14-9, on a soggy Sunday afternoon to end the […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are investigating a fraud that occurred at a bank in Bracebridge Sept. 29. A person entered the bank and was able to withdraw a very large sum of money from an account that was not his. Anyone with information is asked to please call Bracebridge OPP at (888)310-1122 or call Crime Stoppers […]
GRAVENHURST — The fun of Gravenhurst’s Winter Carnival had a damper put on it even before it began. Police are investigating the theft of tools from Gull Lake Rotary Park Tuesday Feb. 14 at 8:45 a.m. A volunteer was preparing an area for the Polar Bear Dip and while at his vehicle for a moment […]
HUNTSVILLE — What birthday prize. Frank Lamb won $600,000 when he spun the big wheel in Toronto at the Ontario Lotto Gaming Centre where he went to collect his BIGGER SPIN INSTANT game prize #3150. Lamb has been playing the lotteries for about 40 years. “I like to buy BIGGER SPIN tickets because I want to win big,” he said […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — By most accounts yesterday The Rosseau Group’s bid to build a “monster” condo/commercial development on “the last undeveloped waterfront lots” at the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst should be dead in the water. A planning council meeting overflowing with more than 100 mostly inquisitive residents weighed in with overwhelming opposition […]
GRAVENHURST — A fire here on Peninsula Road last night proved “difficult” for firefighters to battle in southwest Gravenhurst. “Difficult access to the property for fire apparatus and the topography of the property itself have made firefighting difficult for crews,” they tweeted. “Water supply has been established at Morrison Lake in addition to tanker shuttles […]