MuskokaTODAY.com Staff HUNTSVILLE — A brief COVID outbreak at the hospital here the past week has been declared over. The South Wing of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s Huntsville District Memorial Hospital site was cleared as of yesterday, Wednesday, Aug. 28. In consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, MAHC has confirmed the COVID-19 outbreak has […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Lights, cameras, action … portraits or still life. That’s the Muskoka Photography Club. They meet the third Wednesday of every month. Paid members gather at Raymond Hall or via Zoom to share their photography, discuss techniques, and learn from each other. Meetings may include guest speakers, workshops, or presentations […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com CALLENDER — A sad account of quintuplets dying in a Gaza hospital bombing in the Middle East just over a week ago reminded me of a trip north I took just days before. I was at loose ends and driving up Hwy. 11 when I opted to veer […]
AYTON — The returning Muskoka Bears evened their exhibition record Sunday with a shoot out win over the Hanover Barons. After dropping their season opener at home 7-3 Saturday, they rebounded the day after with a 4-3 victory in their North Division game played in Ayton at the Normanby Arena. Following a 3-1 in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What’s the hurry? Where’s the fire? Tyler Sloan had to rush back to Vermilion, Alberta, this week for firefighting training. The great, great, great grandson of Archy Sloan would have been proud of him. The 22-year-old, who graduates in November, had a baptism of fire this past month when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Peter Freed tells me his Muskoka Bay Golf Course should be ranked “No. 1” in Canada. He laughed Thursday afternoon when I asked him about its #24 score this month in the biannual Score golf magazine rankings of the top 100 courses. Two years ago it was No. 22 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Police are investigating a historical sex assault here two decades ago. This comes a year after Mark Sethi was charged last August with another incident involving a rider in his one of his Gravenhurst Taxi cabs. Police and the Muskoka Crime Unit have charged the Gravenhurst resident with another […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Bears are back — at least three goals back. The Bracebridge Jr. C team returned to play after what Dave and Ken Veitch Jr. are calling a 40-year absence. Nonetheless they were on the ice this afternoon — in Gravenhurst — to face the Orillia Terriers who were […]