Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Brenda Rhodes knows she’s in tough to upset Norm Miller. Nonetheless, the Liberal candidate is undaunted. Last time she ran against Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP, in 2007, she had half his votes. Since then, Dan and Cindy Waters cut into that Conservative lead in 2011 and 2014. Rhodes hopes this […]
ONTARIO — The province marked Family Caregiver Day Tuesday, introducing a Seniors’ Healthy Home Program. Ontario is taking steps to ensure that people are betterable to look after their loved ones with new funding that supports caregiversand makes it easier for seniors to continue living at home, says a government release. Premier Wynne was […]
MIDLAND — A snowmobiler who went through the ice has been charged with impaired driving. Provincial police say that on Friday March 30, 2018, at 6:35 p.m. officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the OPP were dispatched to a report of a snowmobile through the ice on Little Lake. Responding officers along with […]
GRAVENHURST — A young Toronto driver has been charged with racing on Hwy. 11 north Monday night. Provincial police say that on Monday April 2, 2018 at 11:45 p.m. an officer from the Bracebridge OPP detachment was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 11 North in Gravenhurst when a vehicle sped by at an extremely high […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Buckle up or be fined. That was the message 41 drivers received over Easter. Bracebridge officers did their part during a seatbelt enforcement and education blitz this past weeken. Officers were conducting checks and raising awareness about the role seat belts play in saving lives in the event of a collision. During the […]
GRAVENHURST — Today is the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest pranks in Gravenhurst history. On April 1, 1981 residents woke up to a screaming headline: ‘SEGWUN SINKING.’ ‘Committee in emergency meeting this morning decides to ‘refloat’ ship regardless of expense. ‘What’s a million? asks one member.’ The hoax was the work of a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Mike Schreiner has come a long way as leader of the Green Party of Ontario. For a guy without a seat in the Ontario legislature, he’s logged a lot of miles promoting the greenway. Wednesday he was in Huntsville with local candidate Matt Richter, who has been carrying the […]
EDITORIAL Is it business as usual or is the hospital debate dysfunctional? The public love-in between all parties was shattered this week with Huntsville’s threat to blow up the process by going to province and calling for the MAHC board to resign, along with its CEO Natalie Bubela. One can only wonder what real estate […]
MUSKOKA — Confused about the hospital situation in Muskoka? Join the crowd. There’s a lot of talk on both sides of the issue. The towns of Bracebridge and Huntsville have been outspoken and controversial in their opinions. And public opinion has even gotten personal on social media forcing the MAHC board to issue a defence […]
BRACEBRIDGE — With the provincial election fast approaching, New Democrat Party members in Parry Sound-Muskoka are getting ready for it. On March 24 they met at the Your Independent Grocer (YIG) Community Room for their annual general meeting and to elect an executive. “This year’s AGM was well attended with lots of new energized and […]
PARRY SOUND — Ice-breaking conditions near here should be almost complete. The Canadian Coast Guard advises in a release that residents of Midland Ontario on Georgian Bay that spring icebreaking operations were to start on or about Saturday March 24. They say the purpose of this annual operation is to break up the ice in […]
SUBURY — A Sudbury paving company has been fined $195,000 after a pedestrian died when a road grader was reversing. A Sudbury court heard that while Interpaving Ltd. was doing watermain improvements and repaving in downtown Sudbury on Elgin Street, between Larch Street and Ste. Anne Road, the pedestrian was killed after being struck by […]
GRAVENHURST — Fire officials here aren’t joking about burning bylaws that take effect April 1. You could be fined up to $350 for illegal burning. They say that with springs arrival and warmer weather ahead, the bylaw and fire departments would like to remind community members in Gravenhurst about burning regulations and safety. As of […]
GRAVENHURST — Pots left on the stove unattended causing fires have local fire officials being pro-active about the danger and unintended consequences. “Watch what you heat” is the message that the Gravenhurst Fire Department wants to convey to residents. “Since March 16 we have responded to three separate incidents of unattended cooking in Gravenhurst,” said […]
BARRIE – Police here are keeping an eye out for parole violator. The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant as a result of his breach of parole. Shimon Abrahams is described as a black male, 37 years of age, […]
ORILLIA — Orillia OPP continue to investigate after person barricaded themselves on William Street Thursday for six hours. Police say that on March 28, 2018, at approximately 10 p.m. Orillia OPP members attended a William Street address to arrest a male. The male indicated he had a firearm and refused to comply with police. As a result […]
ORILLIA — In light of the Easter weekend seat belt blitz, the OPP notes it has laid 257,475 seat belt charges over the last ten years, with people 25 to 34 issued more charges (63,846) than any other demographic. Drivers and passengers aged 35 to 44 come in second with 50,863 charges and 45 to 54 […]
PORT McNICOLL — Southern Georgian Bay OPP are investigating a number of separate break-ins, and have arrested three people with possession of burglary tools and possession of dangerous weapons. They say that on Wednesday March 28, 2018 at 1 a.m. members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched […]
March 29, 2018 Dear Editor: Over the past number of weeks, the leadership team of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare has watched as our chief executive officer has been referred to in a negative light, her reputation unfairly tarnished. We, the leadership, want you to know the Natalie we know. Natalie began her hospital career as a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Ontario is becoming more socialist, says Norm Miller. “This government wants to play a bigger part in people’s lives,” the Progressive Conservative Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP said in his post budget analysis Wednesday. “I would call what it’s doing as socialism.” The budget offers lots of more spending for pre-school […]