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 […]
GRAVENHURST — A traffic complaint led to charge of impaired driving here against a Muskoka Lakes Township man last Friday. On September 18, at 11:40 p.m., officers conducting proactive patrols in Gravenhurst located a vehicle that had been the subject of an earlier traffic complaint. Police stopped the vehicle arresting and charging 29-year-old Mitchell Casserly, […]
GRAVENHURST — A brazened bag lady believed to have stolen about $450 worth of goods yesterday at a pair of shopping mall locations at the south entrance to Gravenhurst has police asking the public’s help in identifying CCTV footage of the suspect in their investigation. They say that on Tuesday, September 22, at 1:40 p.m., […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 32-year-old Huntsville man with no licence, insurance or permit faces multiple charges after being stopped Thursday. He was one of two drivers charged with impaired-related offences— alcohol and drugs — last week, say police. They say that on September 17, at 6:20 p.m., officers responded to a report of a vehicle being […]
STUART MORLEY — OPED Special to MuskokaTODAY Ask anyone trying to build homes or expand a business in Gravenhurst about municipal approvals and you will probably hear the same frustration: it is not just always one unreasonable rule that causes the problem. It is navigating two governments and numerous departments. The town controls matters such […]