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PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — A forecast of 25-35mm of rain through Friday has the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) issuing a Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety. It is in place until Wednesday and affects residents in the MNRF’s Parry Sound District, which includes Muskoka, Parry Sound and a north-west Haliburton. They say higher […]

PARRY SOUND-MUSOKA — Local social services can help house, feed and keep utilities on with more than $2.1 million from the province. MPP Norman Miller says in a release today that hard-hit residents suffering from COVID-19 fallout will benefit from in provincial funding to help keep vulnerable people in Parry Sound-Muskoka safe during COVID-19. The […]

MUSKOKA — The driver of the boat in which two people died in a Lake Joe collision with another boat involving Kevin O’Leary and his wife has been convicted of failing to have a navigation light, reports the CBC. Richard Ruh’s conviction last September and was done in absentia, according to provincial offence documents. He […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Rotarian Bill Towns would have been proud. At the Bracebridge Rotary Club’s virtual meeting Friday, members celebrated the renaming of the club’s Citizen of the Year award while announcing its first recipient, Evelyn Archibald. Rotary recognized the lifetime contributions to volunteerism of William E. Towns in honouring his memory. He […]

TORONTO — MPP Norman Miller’s Private Member’s Bill, Bill 228, Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario’s Lakes and Rivers Act, 2020 will be debated later this afternoon in the Ontario legislature. It should begin at 5 p.m. or shortly thereafter. To watch it live go to https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/video  

LETTER TO EDITOR: Family Day in Ontario has recently past. According to the Ontario Heritage Trust: “Since 1974, the third Monday every February has been identified as Heritage Day in Canada. In 1985, the Ontario Government designated the third week in February as Ontario Heritage Week with the federal Heritage Day kicking off the week.” […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A poverty mentoring program has secured major funding to connect those in need with those who can help. Six community partners, led by the YWCA, have received a three-year commitment from United Way Simcoe Muskoka to “provide a sustainable and transformative approach to poverty reduction that ensures everyone has […]

ORILLIA — A Gravenhurst man and a friend from Orillia face numerous drug-related charges after being stopped here Tuesday night. Police say that on Feb. 9, just before 10 p.m., officers observed a vehicle being driven on Wyandotte Street by an person suspected of having a suspended driver’s licence. The vehicle was stopped and the […]

GRAVENHURST — Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Green Party of Ontario and Matt Richter, Green Party candidate for Parry Sound Muskoka, released the following statement regarding the planned permanent closure of the Ontario Fire College in Gravenhurst: “Eliminating the Ontario Fire College is a blow to Gravenhurst and small municipalities across the province who will […]

HUNTSVILLE — Police charged three people Friday in an afternoon traffic stop. The OPP’s Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) was doing an investigation into drug trafficking. At 4:15 p.m. they say officers stopped a vehicle on Centre Street, with the assistance of the Huntsville OPP, arresting the three and finding a quantity of drugs: […]

BARRIE — Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) says late this afternoon that it has declared another COVID-19 outbreak on another inpatient unit. And that 42 people now have the corona-virus — and 6 people have died as a result. The Specialized Seniors Care Unit is in addition to the Integrated Stroke and Rehabilitation Unit […]

MUSKOKA — You can bank on the ‘Big 5’ banks to invest in fossil fuels, says Climate Action Muskoka (CAM). The activists group is joining forces with groups across Canada tomorrow to say ‘Fossil Banks? No Thanks!’ to Canada’s five largest banks. CAM is inviting everyone to call, fax, and email their local bank branches […]

Colin Old |Special to MuskokaTODAY.com Developments in science that came to fruition in 2020 have brought a revolution to medicine. The year will be looked upon as a significant watershed. Top of mind is the dramatically enhanced method of producing vaccines, which for decades have taken years to create, receive approval from governing authorities and […]

PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Annual infrastructure funding from the province to the tune of almost $6 million will help shore up local roads, bridges, water and wastewater facilities as communities struggle with the economic and tax fallout from COVID-19. The province says it is making more investments in small, rural and northern communities through its Ontario […]