Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A Bracebridge resident has been arrested after last week police sought the public’s help in identifying an alleged dangerous personal water craft operator. As a result of the investigation, Owen Pare, 23, was charged with: Dangerous operation Assault Pare is to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.comBRACEBRIDGE — The Bracebridge Rotary Club began a busy Canada Day week Saturday with a deliciously sweet strawberry social at their Rotary Gardens. With pounds and pounds of pound cake, vats of freshly whipped up cream and entertainment under the shade of tall trees and blossoming flowers, yesterday’s afternoon setting couldn’t have […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hurry! There are only a few choice seats left Friday for another Gravenhurst Rotary Club fundraiser for the town’s new Health Hub. Steve Rae and the Pony Man Band are back at the Gravenhurst Opera House for another Lightfoot & Friends tribute, led by singer, songwriter, storyteller Steve Rae. […]
HUNTSVILLE — Safety first — fun second. That’s what police here say as they ask public’s help locating operator of a personal watercraft involved in “dangerous operation.” On June 13 police received a report of a Sea-Doo being operated in a dangerous manner on the Big East River in Huntsville. Thankfully, no injuries were reported […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A driving complaint that led police to find an infant alone in a vehicle has led to an Utterson woman being charged with impaired driving and failure to provide the necessaries of life for a child. On Saturday, June 20, at 10 a.m., police responded to a concern from […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A man who drown last night while jumping off cliffs at Ungerman Park was a 28-year-old from Brampton. Earlier witness reports claimed he was in a boat. The OPP report this morning said they are investigating the Sunday, June 21, accident, which was reported police at 5:50 p.m. Police […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Efforts by friends and emergency services to save a young man who was jumping of cliffs on Lake Muskoka were unsuccessful late this afternoon. The unidentified man died after being rushed to shore at the Muskoka Wharf public boat launch around dinner time Sunday, June 21, on Father’s Day […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Muskoka history books are often pleasantly predicated on old photographs. Patrick Boyer — “literary and historical legend:” to quote author Cheryl Cooper — knows the power of art and imagery. Many of the books he has written and published feature cover photos that mirror juxtaposed pictures on the back […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Police confirmed early Saturday morning that the undidentifed 21-year-old man who died in a Gravenhurst Parkway motorcycle accident at Reay Road yesterday afternoon was from Brampton. The two-vehicle mid-afternoon accident Friday that closed the road for four hours was reported at 3:40 p.m. Individuals in the second automobile sustained […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A 21-year-old man has died in a mid-afternoon collision today with another vehicle on the Gravenhurst Parkway near the Reay Road. Police say they are still investigating the Friday, June 19, accident reported at 3:40 p.m. not far from the Muskoka Airport and Beaver Creek federal prisons. Although emergency […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — At 11 p.m., March 28, 2024, Chance Kay was last seen leaving a Hwy. 11 motel between Gravenhurst and Bracebridge. The 35-year-old Muskoka Lakes Township man hasn’t been seen in more than two years that anyone knows of or will admit. Twelve hours later police responded after a family […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com “I tell you what I want “What I really, really want ….” Spice Girls, ‘Wannabe’ HUNTSVILLE — North Muskokans “really, really want” a new big new hospital here. While south Muskokans remain embroiled in debate over the location and uses of MAHC’s controversial other site — both yet but a decade […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An Emsdale woman was arrested and charged yesterday afternoon in Bracebridge with theft from the Gravenhurst LCBO by using “technology,“ which also led police to locate the suspect where they also charged him with impaired driving. They say that on Tuesday, June 16, at 1:20 p.m., officers responded to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A couple years ago, Muskoka author Cheryl Cooper had the idea that fellow writer, novelist, columnist and local historian Patrick Boyer should gather his many diverse feature articles, published in various Muskoka publications over the past 20 or more years between the covers of a book making them easily […]
GRAVENHURST — A public complaint has led to impaired driving charges against a Gravenhurst man Monday. Police say that on June 15, at 2:35 p.m., officers responded to a location on Lofty Pines Drive in Gravenhurst. Where they located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop, subsequently arresting and charging 49-year-old Darrell Matchett, of Gravenhurst, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A man arrested here on Gun Club Road yesterday morning was returned to hospital a second time for assessment after escaping an ambulance and then leading multiple police services on a chase into nearby woods before being caught injured. The Huntsville OPP detachment reported late Monday afternoon that the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Doug and Jen Taylor headed to Vancouver today for a World Cup Game June 26. The North Bay couple had no trouble going “online a couple weeks ago” and securing coveted seats for a game between New Zealand and Belgium. How much? “A lot,” he said. “$700 each,” she […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — So much for trying to help out. A 16-year-old Good Samaritan boy who was concerned about the wellbeing of an individual, offered to help and was instead met with a threat of violence last night, say police. They say that on Sunday, June 14, at 9 p.m., officers responded to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — While hydro crews continue Monday to pick up the pieces after a second successive torrential downpour that left many powerless, many concert goers here Saturday were divided with one group surviving the storm while the others were left disappointed. ABBA fans were rained out at the Opera House when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Driving in to Bracebridge this afternoon it’s impossible to miss the impact the Hammond family has had on the Heart of Muskoka. Passing a Hammond bus on the highway was further proof. A few years ago a Muskoka Transport would have drafted in behind it. The vehicles of Orvil […]