HUNTSVILLE — The fire department is preparing for its 38th annual food drive with a new format. Each December, firefighters hold collect home donations in support of the Salvation Army. The HFD says it is pleased to announce the tradition will continue, but with some changes to how non-perishable food donations will be collected. For […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Scott Aitchison offered little more this afternoon about his sudden “difficult decision” to step down as MP. The fall sitting of the Parliament is scheduled to end on Friday, December 11, according to the House of Commons sitting calendar. That’s when the Parry Sound-Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com PARRY SOUUND-MUSKOKA — The stunning word that today local MP Scott Aitchison is expected to publicly announce his fall resignation is shocking to this riding and another major blow to his party he once sought to lead. The long-time Conservative, and third term member of Parliament, is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — As the seasons come and go like tourists travelling to and from Muskoka in search of coloured leaves, AI offers a few of its recommendations on distinctive, unique and “quirky” sites about where to go and what to see them. Jack Cline shares a half […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com HALIBURTON — A 29-year-old water cross snowmobile racer died yesterday afternoon after colliding with another competitor at a Haliburton lake resort, east of Huntsville. Police say that on Sunday, September 27, shortly before 1:30 p.m., they were called to reports of a competition collision in which drivers […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS — A hiker had to be airlifted to hospital yesterday afternoon after being injured while descending Bear Mountain, a popular hiking and climbing trail located on Bear Lake just west of Algonquin Park. Police are looking for possible witnesses to the accident just northeast of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com FOOT’S BAY — What do you do when your daughter says she wants to invite a few friends up to the cottage for the weekend. “Sure!” says mom. And when two dozen university students show up with a machete, an axe, a small film and sound crew […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Subscribe: E-transfer $30 to news@muskokatoday.com BRACEBRIDGE — A main street smash and grab yesterday netted a thief “several hundred dollars” when they stole a “tray full of money.” Call it a smash and grab — or theft(s) are us. On Wednesday, September 23, police responded to the break and enter the night […]