Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — As the OPP’s Special Investigations Unit continues to investigate a multiple family homicide here last Friday a few more details have surfaced. A report of a shooting on Highview Drive, Oct. 25 before 9 p.m., had police responding to a barricaded person incident. They said when they arrived three […]
GRAVENHURST — War and peace are themes being marked at a combined Remembrance Day concert Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9, at the United Church in Gravenhurst. The annual Muskoka Concert Band musical honour that week will this year features the Elderberries Choir, directed by Louise Jardine. It starts at 2 p.m. “‘Echoes of Conflict’ focuses on music […]
HUNTSVILLE — A pet’s death and damage to a home of more than half a million may be attributed to the lack of a smoke detector here early yesterday morning. Firefighters in Huntsville are investigating after responding at about 2:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 28, on Aspdin Road. Crews from Station 1 Huntsville and Station 5 Port […]
GRAVENHURST — Christmas came early for Wendy Dwyer, who matched all seven Encore numbers in exact order in the June 14 Lotto Max draw to win $1 million. “I had accumulated a few tickets and decided to head to the store to check them. I was at the ticket checker when I scanned this ticket. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The whirling sounds of music, gaiety and laugher yesterday in the Opera House were testament to more than 70 years of the Muskoka Concert Association. The MCA is on hold now, taking a break to regroup over the winter, as it looks to regrow its core base of concert […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A coaching change hasn’t made a difference for the Bears. Muskoka’s other Jr. C team, the Otters, shut them out 5-0 tonight. It was their third win. The gulf between the two teams wasn’t just the wider ice that’s always disadvantage for occasional visitors like the Bear who were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hard to access mental health services just got a little closer — if not easier — to residents in south Muskoka. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) opened a new suite of offices here yesterday to serve Muskoka-Parry Sound. They say in a release today it “marks a significant […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — MAHC may be done with its hospital proposal. But at least one group concerned with the board’s plan to proceed to the next stage of construction with the province isn’t. The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee (SSMHC) released a lengthy statement Friday noting it is “writing to clarify its […]