Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Looks like Matheus Johnstone is Muskoka’s newest resident — born in Muskoka. After Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital announced Thursday the birth of Valley Brown at 6:45 a.m. Jan. 1, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) said today Jan. 5 that it was delighted to introduce its first baby born in 2026. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A massive, million-dollar waterfront cottage fire here early last evening on Cliff Bay had Gravenhurst firefighters on the scene until well into the night. And had them calling in mutual aid from the Bracebridge Fire Department for backup. It’s also apparentley a second time for a fire at the […]
GRAVENHURST — Police were investigating a collision involving a transport truck and a tow truck on Highway 11 in Gravenhurst early yesterday. They say that on Sunday, January 4, at 4:30 a.m. on Highway 11 northbound — just south of Luigi Road in Gravenhurst — officers and a tow truck operator were on scene responding […]
GRAVENHURST — A man who was walking around Hwy. 11 early this morning has been charged with impaired vehicle operation. Police responded to a call Monday January 5, at 3:25 a.m., from a member of the public about a single vehicle collision into a snow bank on Highway 11 North in Gravenhurst. The caller was […]
MUSKOKA — While none would be better, two drivers face impaired operating driving charges to end 2025 while another person faced the same to start off the New Year. On Monday, December 30, at 3:52 p.m., OPP in Huntsville received a call from a concerned motorist reporting a possible impaired driver stopped on the side […]
ORILLIA — Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) is delighted to announce the arrival of the first baby born in 2026. At 6:45 a.m. on January 1, the hospital welcomed Valley Brown, a healthy baby girl weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Valley is the daughter of Taylor and Christopher Brown, of Huntsville. She joins her proud […]
Tentative Ontario Northland schedule suggests same-day return trips to Union Station once service resumes in 2026 Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A long-anticipated passenger train linking Muskoka to downtown Toronto could put residents just three hours from Union Station, according to a tentative schedule quietly posted online by Ontario Northland after Christmas. While no […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A red, four-door pick-up truck went up in flames on Bethune Drive N. here late this morning. Traffic was briefly stopped in both directions as flames shot out of the gutted cabin of the red vehicle headed northbound out of Gravenhurst. And it was left to burn sitting on […]