Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A massive donation by some leading Huntsville residents is “the largest commitment ever in Muskoka history” for a Muskoka hospital. Inspired by and in celebration of local Huntsville resident Bob Hutcheson (founder of Hutcheson Sand and Mix), the gift covers both a matching challenge and the establishment of a […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com INNISFIL — Two for two and .500 on the season. Not bad after two weekends of play for the Muskoka Bears to start off their second PJHL season. After a big 4-2 win Friday on the Huntsville Olympic ice surface, the visiting Muskoka team added another goal in a second road […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — After hearing Kung-A Lee play so sparkling it is tempting to rush to applause. But give her her moment’s do. Lest for a split second for Lee to bask in her own luminosity as the audience did each time she dropped her hands from the Bosendorfer keyboard, sighed, took […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORRANCE — A man’s body found near Hardy Lake last Monday has been identified, and his death ruled a homicide. Last Monday, Sept. 15, police were called shortly after noon for a report of a deceased person discovered in a remote area near Hardy Lake Road. Near the Hardy Lake Trails […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A “Friendship Canoe” launch Friday passed the ultimate stress test at Kelvin Grove Park — “lesson learned.” Surrounded by teachers and anxious students, a birch bark canoe built the past two weeks in a tent behind St. Dominic’s Catholic high school gently glided into the bay beneath the trickling […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — The Bears scored first and often in the first two periods here last night. In the big rink where it was elbows up Canadian hockey the visitors took it to home team for their first win of the PJHL season. A convincing 4-2 victory they set out early with […]

MUSKOKA — The past two weekends impaired driving charges have led to five arrests around south Muskoka. That’s just the first half of September, say police. On Friday September 5, at 11:20 p.m., an officer conducting general patrol in Bracebridge became concerned about the driving of a vehicle on Manitoba Street. And the vehicle was […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When John Cooper thought he was “checking out” last year he consulted his family physician at the Cottage Country Family Health Team. And lucky he did. Yesterday he told how Dr. Chris Richardson got him through to this year. And how his associate Dr. Adam MacLennan is also keeping […]