This could happen on any day and the time of day is really insignificant. It’s something we’ve all seen with a certain degree of delight. It’s the walking of a dog. It matters not the size of the animal. Some dogs come the size of a colt and others come so small they look more […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police have arrested two area men who face sex-related charges. OPP in Huntsville, along with the Muskoka Crime Unit, Child Exploitation Unit and the Digital Forensics Unit say they have charged Brock Gould, 31, of Huntsville, with two sex assault charges: Adult Luring a Person Under 18 years of age by means of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Four people in Gravenhurst and 5 in Muskoka Lakes end the week as being among 32 COVID cases the health unit is reporting this afternoon. They bring to 113 the number of Simcoe-Muskoka residents this week, which is down from 207 last week and 305 the week before. And […]
GRAVENHURST — A local man is to appear in bail court tomorrow after being arrested and charged today following multiple thefts from vehicles this morning. Police say that on Thursday June 3, near Phillip and First streets, they received several complaints from the public. They say that thanks to the information from witnesses, officers who […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SOUTH MUSKOKA — Getting out on the road after the lockdown is a little bit easier between Bracebridge and Gravenhurst this week. Commuters — long haulers, shoppers and stay-cationers — between the twin towns are finding the path to reopening a little smoother thanks to some hot pavers and private highway […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Only 258 kids in Muskoka, aged 12-17, have been vaccinated. The health unit says — in response to an enquiry by MuskokaTODAY.com — that that’s 7.5 per cent of the 3,445 eligible youth in the district as of yesterday, the same day Premier Doug Ford was criticized for saying […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Now that schools won’t reopen a couple of Muskoka COVID cases seem trivial today. But you’d have to ask the two men, both aged 45-64, how they feel: A Gravenhurst resident who under investigation after reporting yesterday with his first episode May 31. And a person from Muskoka Lakes […]
MUSKOKA — A millimetre or two of rain today hasn’t put a damper on Muskoka fire chiefs who issued an extreme fire rating. They say that with a lack of sufficient rainfall and extremely dry conditions, they have issued a total Fire Ban for Muskoka and the Fire Danger Rating is now set at extreme. The total ban on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Tomorrow isn’t a get out of jail free card, says the region’s medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner says even with 16 local COVID cases today, Christmas shoppers could conceivably still have to wear masks indoors. With a 32 per cent drop in local cases the past week […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As it looks like schools won’t open after all, Simcoe-Muskoka is reporting 18 COVID cases this afternoon. None in Muskoka. This as Ontario dropped to 699 with 9 deaths. (Yesterday there were 916 cases and 13 deaths.) Cases dropped across the board in the GTA Tuesday, with Toronto 207 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s here, it’s fun and it’s uplifting in these troubling times. A video from the folks at Trinity United Church offers a message of hope we can all use. Minister of music The Real Dan McCoy released the tribute today to volunteers — the lesser heralded of the essential […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — While Ontario fell below 1,000 COVID cases today, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday one person each day in Muskoka tested positive for the virus. The three men were from Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville. And they were among 88 weekend cases the health unit reported this afternoon. The Huntsville man […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A local man has been charged in the investigation involving the death Justin Evans, whose body was found May 19. The OPP said Monday that last Friday May 28, the OPP charged 70-year-old Kenneth McKinney, of Gravenhurst, with Obstruct Justice under section 139(2) of the Criminal Code. McKinney was […]
GRAVENHURST — “It takes a community to raise a child.” That’s the philosophy behind the Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s Bursary Endowment fund, which is now accepting applications till the end of June for this fall’s post-secondary studies, says a release. To qualify for a bursary, the applicant must be either, going to school in Gravenhurst, or […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A 47-year-old Gravenhurst man was taken to hospital in Toronto last night with life-threatening injuries after falling from a transport truck in what police call a confrontation with the driver who fled the scene. Provincial police say they responded to the incident on Bethune Drive near Violet Street in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — You better stay up late tonight — or get up early tomorrow — if you want your blue box, green bin and garbage bags picked up. As of this week you could miss your waste collector if it’s not out by 7 a.m. Unless you put it out overnight, […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A local motorcyclist was airlifted to Toronto last night with life-threatening injuries after being thrown off the bike without a helmet. Provincial police say officers responded to a single vehicle collision on Springdale Park Road in Bracebridge Saturday, May 29, at 6:40 p.m. They say he was not been wearing a helmet and […]
GEORGIAN BAY — A MacTier cyclist has died after collision Saturday night with a motorist in which both were travelling westbound on Twelve Mile Bay Road. Provincial police say Sunday afternoon that officers responded to the collision in Georgian Bay Township May 29 at 6:25 p.m. They say it involved a passenger vehicle and a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A large wildfire two kilometres east of North Muldrew Lake, in Gravenhurst, Saturday had Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (OMNRF) water bombers tackling the 3.8 hectare blaze. At the same time Gravenhurst firefighters putting out a smaller grass fire near Carrick Trail at the Muskoka Bay Resort. […]
MUSKOKA — A middle of the night fire rescue in which two Muskoka paramedics and two OPP officers rescued a mom and her two kids from a burning house has led to an Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery for Lucas Leggett this week. On Oct. 25, 2019, Leggett and his partner, Matt Hickey, found the […]