Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — You needn’t wonder what Eva Olsson thought of the recent rise in anti-Semitism. She spoke about it every day: “Her message of acceptance and tolerance, and the devastating impact that hate can have on the world if left unchallenged, touched every single person she met.” […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA — An overnight crime spree that led police on a seven-house hunt that went from Huntsville to Port Carling to Georgian Bay led to four teens being charged a week ago. OPP in Bracebridge made the final arrests after police calls began late Tuesday and lasted […]

MUSKOKA — A District of Muskoka plan to build its own robotic pre-fab public housing factory is drawing considerable debate and opposition as the upper tier local government ends a quick public survey this Friday Aug. 7. (See story link bottom for full details on it.) One longtime leading Muskoka business person who has given […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.comSubscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com HUNTSVILLE — Another vehicle theft here has police once again asking the public’s help in locating it. After a car-jacking here last week, in which a suspected was arrested and charged within 45 minutes down in Gravenhurst, police now say they are investigating a second unrelated theft. Some […]

MUSKOKA — A Halifax man who left the main road going through Port Carling, and struck a retaining wall, was arrested and charged just before dawn this morning. Police say that on Tuesday, August 4, at 4:40 a.m., officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision on Medora Street near Armstrong Point Road […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com GRAVENHURST — Midway through a season’s half-full glass it’s time to check on your summer holiday bucket list. Swimming: CHECK; Walking: CHECK; Outdoor concert: CHECK. Bethune House visit: AUGUST. Well, Gravenhurst’s National Historic Site is a must for August when it’s free along with all of Canada’s […]

UPDATE: On Saturday August 1, the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) aided in the recovery of the bodies of the two missing persons. A 32-year-old male and a 30-year-old female, both from Toronto, were pronounced as deceased. The investigation into the collision is ongoing. Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com MUSKOKA […]

Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com — OPINION MUSKOKA — Municipal government should not get into the construction industry. The district should make public requests to local experienced construction companies for ideas on how to produce inexpensive housing. If no private companies are interested in producing social housing, then the district would be financially ahead to buy […]