Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The escape from Beaver Creek yesterday of an inmate serving a life sentence lasted mere hours. Jamesie Kownirk was last seen Sunday at 12:30 p.m. on the minimum side of the prison. Hours later at a scheduled dinnertime head count he was unaccounted for by correctional service staff. Prison […]
HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka’s newest resident came to town early Friday. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare says the first baby born in 2025 at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital is a baby girl. The yet to be named infant arrived at seven pounds even on January 3, 2025, at 8:53 a.m. Her parents Kris Little and Ashley Hall, of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Bears started their second year with their 23rd loss last night. The PHHL team continued to struggle in its first season while hosting the Huntsville Otters dropping a winnable game 3-1. After giving up the first goal 1:58 into the game (Sam Litt) they had time to get […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A thief who police say walked the line to burgle a business at the south end of town here is being sought with the public’s help. They say that on Thursday November 28th at 8:15 p.m., an unknown suspect broke into a commercial building located on Margaret Street in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With the Muskoka hospitals rebuild plan just over a year old, 2025 is the start of the third year of study and consideration. And Bruce Kruger, who has been following and has championed a fight for South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, is not giving up. He still has grave concerns […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Four men suspected stealing more than $10,000 in Muskoka building supply equipment were in bail court here this morning after being stopped Friday near Orillia. Police say they charged them in a series of break and enters since Friday. On December 27, at 4:45 a.m., officers were dispatched to a break and enter […]
HUNTSVILLE — A unit-specific outbreak has the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital issuing visitor restrictions yesterday. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says that in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, it declared the unit-specific COVID-19 outbreak on the South Wing of HDMH Friday Dec. 27. Due to the outbreak, general visitors are not permitted, and […]
GRAVENHURST — Not happy with Santa, someone broke into a business here Christmas night. Police are investigating a break and enter reported December 25 10:40 p.m. Officers were dispatched to a break and enter at the business located on Muskoka Road South at Philip Street West. They say suspect(s) broke in through a window and made […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Gravenhurst man was in bail court yesterday after a motel at the north end of Manitoba Street was damaged by fire early Monday in what police are calling a case of arson. The incident followed an evening of police presence after several 911 calls late Sunday night December 22, between 6 p.m. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A local man faces drug and impaired driving charges after a public complaint about his driving Saturday. On December 21, at 10:15 p.m., police responded to a concern from a member of the pubic about the well-being of a driver in a vehicle that had stopped near Pine Street in Bracebridge. As a result, […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are looking for video footage after a transport driver whose vehicle became disabled was assaulted by an irate driver. They say that on Wednesday December 18, at 5:30 p.m. OPP responded to a disturbance on King William Street. Officers responded and through investigation determined that a male driver had approached the driver […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An officer on patrol who spotted an ATV driver with missing safety equipment has been charged with impaired operation on Tuesday. Police say that on December 17, just after 4 p.m., they were conducting proactive patrols on Frederick Street in south east Bracebridge, and stopped the driver of an all terrain vehichle. As […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man suspected of sexually assaulting a young child in 2015 was charged here yesterday after the youngster came forward a year ago. On December 17 the Muskoka Crime Unit, with the assistance of the OPP’s forensic interview team and forensic sketch artist, made an arrest in this historic sexual assault investigation. Kelly Mahon, […]
GRAVENHURST — A report of a suspicious person and a possible rifle in a snowbank has police looking for the person involved here last Thursday. Police say that on December 12, at 10 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious person who had been standing in front of a residence on Pinegrove […]
GRAVENHURST – The snow remains heaped high, but the Gravenhurst lifted it emergency declaration as of 11 a.m. Monday. Regular winter maintenance operations will continue throughout the municipality, they said this morning. This includes snow removal along roads and sidewalks in addition to the placement of sand and salt as required. However, a significant weather […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — All this snow and nowhere to go? That’s the fear of snowmobilers today as Muskoka District Council is debating about possible trail restrictions this evening involving property rights, insurance and district roads liability. It’s gotten serious enough that MPP Graydon Smith has shown his support for keeping them fully […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Gravenhurst’s mayor is supporting a new volunteer provincial emergency group announced today to help in natural disasters like the one Gravenhurst is currently dealing with. Today Premier Doug Ford announced the creation of Ontario Corps, a group of skilled professionals and volunteers that the province can deploy to help communities respond […]
HUNTSVILLE — A shoplifting spree in Huntsville has police flummoxed. And they need your help. Officers from the Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently investigating a series of shoplifting incidents and are requesting the public’s assistance to identify the suspect. Yesterday, Dec. 12, the suspect who appears to be a female […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com COLLINGWOOD — As Muskoka grapples with a hospitals divide, the province said today it is investing up to $95.5 million to build a new replacement Collingwood General and Marine Hospital to serve Collingwood and South Georgian Bay with “care close to home.” It will include up to 132 new beds with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Know a woman with a pair of work boots who’s not making a fashion statement? Has the rough hands of man and a rock grip to go with it? Or she knows which end of a gear stick to run a grader or back hoe? Perhaps she sits in […]
