GRAVENHURST — A Midland driver stopped for travelling the wrong direction on Highway 11 early yesterday has been charged with impaired driving. On Monday Oct. 26, at 2:15 a.m., police conducting patrols on the highway located a vehicle travelling southbound in the northbound lanes. Officers were able to conduct a traffic stop, arresting and charging […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The closest Cheryl Cooper has come to perils at sea is white caps on Lake Muskoka and a stabilizing Atlantic cruise ship. But, Arrh! Make no mistake — the swashbuckling Bracebridge author is a “pirate at heart.” “Absolutely,” she said Sunday at the launch of Beyond the Pale Horizon […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — While Blue Jays fans were celebrating last night Rotarians were doing as they usually do ‘Making Waves’ and doing good while gathering, socializing and preparing for another weekend of making life good for everyone. A two-day mini District 7010 conference at the Rotary Centre here saw 70 club executive […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Who’s gotta ticket? Who’s got single? Not Ken Little. But you never know tonight. The Muskoka Real Estate Services Inc. Broker told Rotarians a humourous story yesterday about how he scalped two Jays tickets when they won their first World Series in 1992 against Atlanta. On a whim he […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Picking strawberries for 25 cents an hour was a dream job for thousands of teenage girls intent on skipping exams early in the Second World War. However those first, long summer days of sunburns and back-braking harvesting were unexpected hard work that sent a few packing home — at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Everywhere you look there’s beauty — in the trees and on the ground. Maple leaves and all the colours that compose the natural palette of Muskoka’s rainbow remain on display — muted, yes, but filtered they’re still states of beauty. Which is why Dr. Sophie Sun, of Toronto, brought […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — OK Blue Jays! You want it all — you’re halfway there. Fans glued to TVs last night watched wherever they could. And the band played on in Utterson. Fran Harvey, a huge fan and conductor of the Muskoka Concert Band, made sure last night that her musicians didn’t miss […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A ‘Father’s Day’ road trip was a winner for Alliston who stung the Muskoka Bears 6-1 at home Sunday afternoon. With new management teams and several new players on both sides of the ice it was the undefeated Hornets who easily dominated. Bears goalie Kyle Downey, who faced 68 […]