PORT CARLING — A driver could have landed in the Indian River here at the locks yesterday were it not for bystanders, say police. On Friday Sept. 2 at 4:54 p.m. officers responded to a report of a vehicle that struck another motor vehicle and a flower pot on Lock Street west — on the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — Shivver me timbers — it’s fire in the hole. It’s election time in the Muskoka Lakes and the municipality where mayoral re-elections are as rare as the sounds of loons at dawn is at it again. Incumbent Phil Harding is fighting back against the once mighty, but now […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s clear sailing tomorrow. A great day for a booming ‘Pirate Cruise.’ The last sea battle of the season aboard the Wenonah II. And what another epic dogfight it promises to be. Canons are locked and loaded with water and smoke for the Sunday morning clash. And — “Shivver […]
ORILLIA — About time! That’s the opinion of most residents and motorist here fed up with the roaring sound of pickup trucks, cars that sound like Indy racers and motorcyclists the needlessly flex their mufflers because they think they can and that no one cares. Not any more — not at least this month in […]
GRAVENHURST — Complaints yesterday of an erratic driver have led to several charges against two Muskoka men. OPP received several traffic complaints about the unsafe driving of a pickup truck on First Street and Bethune Drive in Gravenhurst Wednesday Aug. 31 in the late afternoon. Officers were updated that the vehicle had pulled into a […]
HUNTSVILLE — Break and enters are becoming more common for business owners. In the latest smash and grab here early this morning police were called to a business on King William Street in response to yet another break and enter. They say in a report this morning that on Sept. 1, at about 2:30 a.m., […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — As the sun sets on summer’s final August night it’s a great opportunity to catch the first night of the final week of the Twelfth Night at the Muskoka Wharf. With the Cockburn Square gazebo as its dramatic backdrop, Timberbeast Productions theatre company wraps up its summer season with […]
HUNTSVILLE — A garage fire here Sunday in which a man was found dead has led to police to release the victim’s name. They said Tuesday that the deceased has been identified as Mark Longmuir, 50, of Huntsville. And that his death is believed to be non-suspicious, and no foul play is suspected. On Aug. […]