GRAVENHURST — Police were busy here Tuesday after an early morning accident and break and enter report. A 19-year-old Barrie man was charged July 16 after a single-vehicle collision Gravenhurst on Muskoka Beach Road near Old Muskoka Road. At 2:50 a.m. south Muskoka officers and Muskoka EMS responded to reports that the vehicle left the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Rain hasn’t hampered construction much on the Bay & Beyond road re-development next the Muskoka Wharf. Swift progress should see the bottom section of Hwy. 169, says Nick Miandro. He’s the Trisan Construction community liaison person knocking on doors up-street today to tell home owners the company will be […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — At the height of summer the concept of Muskoka and what it means to be a Muskokan is falling apart as the two largest towns, their hospitals and permanent residents fight for health care supremacy and their very lives. As the weather and the battle heats up, it’s dividing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Remember Red Fisher and Scuttlebutt Lodge: Tall Tale Capital of the World? It ran on CTV from 1968 to 1989. Guests included NHL greats Johnny Bower and Eddie Shack (Leafs), Stan Makita (Blackhawks), Gordie Howe (Wings), baseball legends Fergie Jenkins (Red Sox) — and even Slim Pickens (actor — […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Jack was jumpin’ Friday. Literally. The Bala ragtime pianist is the hare to Joe Biden’s tortoise. And if Donald Trump were within earshot of the Opera House, he would have heard ‘… Hutton and Friends’ tear up the stage “one more time.” Not bad for a nonagenarian. “91 and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Rotary continues to rock the Barge. Their new amphitheatre seating has increased crowd numbers allowing more people to see and hear the summer shows. Sunday — on a second straight perfect night of weather — the sounds of the Doobie Brothers filled Gull Lake Rotary Park. And every new […]
MUSKOKA — Andrew Hind loves Muskoka stories past and present and has written at length about all parts as well as many interesting pioneers and people in his beloved district. Hind’s history of Muskoka goes beyond documents and dates, illustrating the unique character of a multifaceted and endlessly fascinating region, he says in a release. […]
BRACEBRIDGE —Police are investigating an incident involving an unoccupied vehicle and an older adult in Bracebridge. On Thursday, July 11, at 12:50 p.m. officers, along with paramedics and firefighters responded to reports that an 87-year-old Bracebridge woman had become pinned underneath her own unoccupied vehicle in a parking lot on Muskoka Road 118 in Bracebridge. […]