Would one hospital solve an acute nursing shortage in Muskoka? One has to wonder as Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare hosts recruitment fair Saturday March 24. Wasn’t it just New Year’s when they were 17 short, due to overcrowding and underfunding from the province? Shouldn’t MAHC have a long list of nurses on file they can call […]
DEAR EDITOR: This Muskoka girl is in sunny Florida at the moment and I thought I would share this with northern readers to warm you people up a bit. This really made yesterday special. I was at the southern end of Amelia Island, at Peters Point, which is located in north Florida on the Atlantic […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Bracebridge residents can now confirm that they are on the voters’ list for the municipal election on October 22, 2018 at www.VoterLookup.ca. VoterLookup.ca is an online service developed by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to build and maintain information that will be used in preparing the final Voters Lists used across Ontario […]
ORILLIA — The death of an aggregate worker here pulled into a machine while cleaning it last winter, has led to a $170,000 fine for the owner of the employer he worked for. Following a guilty plea, Justice of the Peace Neil Burgess on Monday fined Walker Aggregates Inc., of Niagara Falls, in Orillia court. […]
TORONTO — Did you know Vikings came to Canada in the 11th century? Well, see evidence of their east coast landings at the ROM during the March break. Your kids will love it. Visit the Royal Ontario Museum this week and travel back to the Viking era. Legendary explorers on land and sea, imaginative […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Doug Ford can thank Tony Clement for his win. In 1988 the co-chair of the Caroline Mulroney campaign chaired the rules committee that came up with the one vote per member ballot. Saturday afternoon, hours before Ford won the PC Pary leadership, Clement was on air with the CBC saying […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — When the dust settled Saturday night, PC Party winner Doug Ford only had two out of three votes locally. Progressive Conservatives in the riding gave runnerup Christine Elliott Ballots 293 votes. While winner Ford could count on 196 supporters here. Elliott ended up with 59.918 electoral votes overall. While Ford, who toured […]
MIDLAND — Policing here has a new face, new presence, new officers — and finally a newer detachment. On Monday, March 12, following the recent transition from town to provincial poling, at 8 a.m. the satellite office to the Southern Georgian Bay detachment of the OPP, located at 250 Second Street in the Town of […]
TORONTO — CharlesSousa, Ontario’s Minister of Finance, will deliver the 2018 provincial budget on March 28, 2018, at 4 p.m. in the Ontario legislature. With voters going to the polls June 7, this will be an election budget. One the governing Liberals will run on. And one the floundering PC Party, with its new leader […]
ORILLIA — Behind the wheel this week. Well, get a grip on yourself and your steering wheel this March break. Big brother will be watching. Text that. From Friday’s start to a week Sunday (March 18 for those taking a math hiatus), the OPP will be highly focused on what has been “the deadliest kind […]
BARRIE — Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) honoured two local schools as part of its annual film festival. This year’s theme was: Making Mental Health Matter: How are you making a difference? RVH received an impressive 17 film submissions from local schools all showcasing why mental health remains an important topic for students and […]
ORILLIA — Two Orillia men in their mid-20s face a number of drug-related charges after being caught with fentanyl, crack and heroin in a traffic stop. Provincial police here say they made drug arrests February 28, 2018, at about 9:50 p.m. in a routine traffic stop on Front Street South. Driver driver Steven McGinn, 26, […]
ORO-MEDONTE TOWNSHIP — The remains of 72-year-old woman reported missing in Barrie just over a year ago have been identifed. On Tuesday February 27, 2018, shortly before 8 a.m., officers from the Barrie OPP detachment were called to the Heritage Hills Golf Club at 367 Line 1 South in Oro-Medonte Township. The club is just north […]
GRAVENHURST — A driver taken to hospital after hitting a guard rail, blocking northbound traffic on Hwy. 11, has been charged with impaired driving. Provincial police say that on Friday March 2, 2018, at 1:35 a.m. OPP from their Bracebridge office were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Highway 11, just south of Gravenhurst. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A St. Catharines man has been charged after driving a stolen vehicle. On Friday March 2, 2018, just before midnight, provincial police say that while doing routine patrols in the town of Bracebridge, an OPP officer from the Bracebridge detachment noticed a truck pulling out from a local vehicle dealership located in a […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police say they seized more than $3,000 worth of illegal drugs from an unidentified man in a traffic stop. They say in a release that on Monday March 5, that just before 12:30 p.m. OPP officers from the Bracebridge detachment responded to a complaint from a concerned member of the public about the […]
ORILLIA — Police are looking for a thief who walked out with a cart of goods. Provincial police here are investigating a theft that occurred at a business on Murphy Road in the City of Orillia. On March 2, the male in the photo attached, entered the Murphy Road business and left with a cart […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A convenience store employee wrestled a large knife from a would-be robber early this morning. Provincial police arrested a man just after after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 6. They were called to a local convenience store on Manitoba Street in Bracebridge after a man entered the store, presented a weapon and demanded cash. […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Mental health was top of mind for politicians here Tuesday. Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller called for the government to fund the new after-hours walk-in mental health clinic in Parry Sound. In a Member’s Statement Miller commended the Parry Sound Muskoka Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association and the team at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A poised and professional Caroline Mulroney presented well to Parry Sound-Muskoka Progressive Conservatives Monday morning. The lawyer and leadership candidate, introduced by MPP Norm Miller and MP Tony Clement, was welcomed warmly and respectfully by more than 100 mostly party members at the Quality Inn. For a party in […]