ONTARIO — Knock, knock. Who’s there? It better not be a door-to-door salesperson if you’re one of the many no-no’s on Ontario’s new list of banned door-knockers. As the warm season gets underway, the province is reminding homeowners that as of March 1, 2018, Ontario has banned unsolicited, door-to-door sales of certain household appliances to […]
Lois Cooper | Gravenhurst Horticultural Society GRAVENHURST — Would you be interested in learning how to garden from a hammock? Or, at least, discover how to reduce the chores in your garden, select easy-care plants, and enjoy their gardens even more. He will be the guest speaker at the May 15 meeting of the Gravenhurst […]
OTTAWA — Listen to the latest agroclimate conditions from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with a new sound byte clip. The Agroclimate Impact Report is a two-and-a-half minute synopsis covering agriculture conditions coast to coast. It’s good for farmers and gardeners. It offers brief descriptions like updates on flooding out East in New Brunswick. And notes […]
HUNTSVILLE — Last weekend’s wind storm kept the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department busy with 33 calls for service between Friday, May 4 and Sunday, May 6. While there were no injuries and most calls were for downed power lines and calls about carbon monoxide (CO) alarms and false fire alarms, an auto parts recycling […]
MUSKOKA — Owners of vacant units will no longer be able to apply for a tax rebate reduction. In response to a District of Muskoka request the province has authorized elimination of the Vacant Unit Rebate for the lower-tier municipalities in the District Municipality of Muskoka effective January 1, 2018. The Vacant Unit Rebate is […]
PARRY SOUND – We the north get a chance to hear what the next premier will be do for us Friday. Seventy-two hours after the official start of the Ontario election, Kathleeen Wynne, Doug Ford and Andrea Horwath will be at the Stockey Centre here for a debate at 11:30 a.m. It’s the final event […]
BRACEBRIDGE — It may seem like a Christmas concert — or at least a hopeful wish. But the Muskoka Men of Song are an optimistic bunch and their spring/summer concert next month is a testament to that. Let Their Be Peace on Earth, Saturday June 16, 7 p.m., at is pretty much preaching to the […]
HUNTSVILLE — Timing is everything — so the Ontario Greens could have the jump. The night before the provincial electrion writ is dropped on Wednesday, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner will be back in the local riding Tuesday night rallying the troops for the June 7 run. He will be visiting Huntsville on May 8, […]
BARRIE — RVH hospital officials are working on two essential features to speed up care and treatement for the public. Patients can now view real-time emergency department (ED) wait times for Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) on the health centre’s website and in the ED waiting rooms. And RVH and County of Simcoe Paramedics […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Two contaminated beaches are back open here. Bracebridge residents and visitors are advised that Kirby’s Beach Park and Bracebridge Bay Park beach areas have re-opened as town staff have completed clearing the beachfronts of hazardous material. Back on April 24, town staff said they and the OPP had been alerted to vandalism at […]
PETERBOROUGH — Female real estate agents are being asked to check their communication records for inappropriate and unwanted texts and phone calls. The OPP’s Peterborough County Crime Unit is investigating after police received numerous complaints from female real estate agents of inappropriate and unwanted text messages and phone calls over the past three months. On […]
ORILLIA — A downtown assault has police on the lookout for an aggressive suspect. Provincial police say that on Wednesday May 3 the Orillia detachment of the OPP received a report of a robbery downtown. An investigation revealed on May 2, between the hours of 9:30-10:30 p.m., the victim was walking on Mississaga Street between […]
GRAVENHURST — With warm weather expected this weekend — and a yard waste pickup day planned for Saturday — this is the perfect time to remind property owners to be “FireSmart” around your home and cottage. This is grass fire season – as its now known, wildfire season. May 5 is National Wildfire Preparedness Day […]
CLEARVIEW — A 33-year-old ATV operator is dead after being trapped under the vehicle for several hours before first responders could get to him. Provincial police say that on April 28 members of the Huronia West OPP, Clearview Fire Department and Simcoe County Paramedics responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Lavender Hill Road […]
WASHAGO — A scrap metal spill Sunday night closed traffic for a short time. Provincial police from the Orillia detachment were dispatched to a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) rollover in the Washago area in the Township of Severn. They say that on April 29 at about 7 p.m. on County Road 169 near the Highway […]
Celebration of Life: Rhoda A. Wiser Sunday, May 13, 2018 12 Noon – 2 p.m. Muskoka Steamships & Discovery Centre (Greavette Room) 275 Steamship Bay Rd. Gravenhurst, ON Come have lunch. And share some memories with Rhoda’s family.
MUSKOKA — Don’t hold your breath, but not one but two parties are promising to bring back the Northlander train. After Doug Ford said he’d put the Liberal-cancelled train back on the tracks, the NDP jumped on board Thursday. In Kenora this week, Ford promised if the Progressive Conservaties win June 7 he’d restore the […]
GRAVENHURST — Hockey fans here will have to satisfy themselves with the late night NHL Stanley Cup playoffs after the South Muskoka Shield of the Greater Metro Junior ‘A’ Hockey League has packed up its hockey bags and left town. The team, which has called Gravenhurst and the Graeme Murray Arena their home rink for […]
OTTAWA — A tearful Tony Clement said the job of being an MP is “a death trap.” He was responding to reporters’ questions Wednesday morning after fellow Tory MP Gordon Brown was found dead in his Parliament office today. Clement, said he had known Brown since 1981. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MP said being a member […]
Lois Cooper | Gravenhurst Horticultural Society GRAVENHURST — Would you be interested in learning how to garden from a hammock? Or, at least, discover how to reduce the chores in your garden, select easy-care plants, and enjoy their gardens even more. He will be the guest speaker at the May 15 meeting of the Gravenhurst […]