Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The new norm kicking in sees residents and staff at LTCs and those 70+ among those receiving another round of COVID protection this fall. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says it is now offering the bivalent COVID-19 booster to priority groups who are at greatest risk of hospitalization, severe […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — There may be a national holiday Monday to mark the Queen’s passing. And a day of mourning in Ontario. But at the Royal Canadian Legion here the monarch’s death means no branch events till after Elizabeth’s funeral. That’s led to the postponement of Thursday night’s billiards downstairs and bingo […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — MP Scott Aitchison may have an office next to Pierre Poilievre, but it seems he’s not that close to his new CPC leader. Not only was the Parry Sound-Muskoka member of Parliament last in Saturday’s Conservative Party of Canada race with just 1.06 per cent of the vote […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 22-year-old charged yesterday faces two sex assault charges and police say there may be more potential victims in relation to the accused. Police say they charged the Huntsville man with sexual offences on a young person. The sexual assault took place Sept. 11 in Huntsville and was recently reported to police. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Queen and I have a soft spot for Scotland. As she left her Highlands “home away from home” for the last time today it reminded me of my roots. Like many Canadian immigrants there were thousands of Scots who helped build Canada before and after Confederation in 1867. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Bifocals Band played a musical tribute to Queen Elizabeth today. As the community band resumes rehearsals and prepares for its first gig outdoors Remembrance Day at the Royal Canadian Legion, it’s not unusual for conductor Kim Barlow to run through tunes in preparation for the memorial marking. Some […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com DORSET — June Johnson doesn’t mind hard work. She grew up working for a living and continues to do so. The 86-year-old short-order cook at Zachary’s can’t just can’t find staff to help. So she’s been double-shifting with 73-year-old waiter Doris Nash dishing up the plates of family fare in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Queen’s visit to Gravenhurst in 1959 has an interesting sidebar that will be remembered Sept. 21 when the Municipal Heritage Committee (MHC) will officially dedicate a panel commemorating “Swedetown” at an east entrance to the park down on Phillip Street. The neighbourhood surrounding then Gull Lake Park, where […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Queen’s sudden death was a “where were you” moment for another generation. One that has special meaning for many who lived and grew up in Gravenhurst, not many years after Elizabeth Regina ascended the British throne in 1953. Among Royal Tours, her visit here with Prince Philip in […]
GRAVENHURST — Would-be thieves chickened out after breaking in to a fast food restaurant here early yesterday. Police say that on Wednesday, Sept. 7 the Kentucky Fried Chicken owner arrived at work to find someone had broken in. At 9 a.m. police were called to the KFC on Winewood Avenue. They say suspects broke a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Good-bye, Jessie! It was a grand farewell last night for Jessie Napper and her sister Emily. Or at least half a grand. The two sisters are off this Sunday to work in the Cayman Islands for the winter. And boss Annette Gillan, at Well Fed, where Jessie works invited […]
GRAVENHURST — Membership is returning to pre-COVID numbers here at the Gravenhurst Seniors Active Living Centre. Attendance at activities is busy including a round-robin shuffleboard tournament and lunch today. Yesterday’s weekly Tuesday bingo had about a dozen out with president Loulla Witney calling the numbers. It’s been a tough couple of years, but she says […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A woman charged with drug and gun possession in May and theft of 70 water jugs in August, faces multiple new charges after a break and enter here on First Street early yesterday. Police say Shannan Green, 33, of Gravenhurst, was charged Sunday after officers responded to a 911 […]
GRAVENHURST — Terri Puittinen didn’t have far to go to pick up the grand prize in Wednesday night’s Rotary TV Bingo on YourTV. The Tara’s Fashions worker strolled up the one Muskoka Road block to pick up the $1,000 cash prize at the TD Bank Thursday morning. Her winning was half the prize money handed […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man reportedly driving around looking to buy beer at 8 a.m. yesterday has been charged with impaired vehicle operation. Police say that on Friday, Sept. 2 at 8:08 a.m., OPP received a dispatch of an intoxicated male driving and looking to buy beer. The car in question was located at approximately 8:15 […]
MUSKOKA LAKES TOWNSHIP — Residents and visitors to Three Mile Lake are being cautioned about a confirmed blue-green algae bloom impacting all of Three Mile Lake and Hammell’s Bay. Many species of blue-green algae (also called cyanobacteria) have the potential to produce toxins that are harmful to the health of humans and animals. The Simcoe […]
HUNTSVILLE — Following an investigation police have charged a 14-year-old youth after a business was broken into early Thursday. OPP say that on Sept. 1 they were called to a business on King William Street at 2:30 a.m. where suspect(s) gained entry through a window. Once inside a quantity of e-cigarettes were stolen. Later that […]
PORT CARLING — A driver could have landed in the Indian River here at the locks yesterday were it not for bystanders, say police. On Friday Sept. 2 at 4:54 p.m. officers responded to a report of a vehicle that struck another motor vehicle and a flower pot on Lock Street west — on the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — Shivver me timbers — it’s fire in the hole. It’s election time in the Muskoka Lakes and the municipality where mayoral re-elections are as rare as the sounds of loons at dawn is at it again. Incumbent Phil Harding is fighting back against the once mighty, but now […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s clear sailing tomorrow. A great day for a booming ‘Pirate Cruise.’ The last sea battle of the season aboard the Wenonah II. And what another epic dogfight it promises to be. Canons are locked and loaded with water and smoke for the Sunday morning clash. And — “Shivver […]