UPDATE: Police divers have recovered the body of a houseboat owner who tried to save a female swimmer Monday evening. Police say the victim, 40-year-old Todd Simpson, of Clarington, was recovered late Tuesday afternoon, July 3, 2018 at 5:45pm by the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit from Gravenhurst. MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES — A […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — Drug overdoses that double the recent daily average. So, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is warning anyone using street drugs to be extremely cautious about their supplies, as hospital emergency department visits due to suspected overdoses have risen above recent levels. In one 10-day period, they say that from June 17 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford threw Parry Sound-Muskoka a bone today. After snubbing MPP Norm Miller for cabinet, he named him as his assistant in the post of Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Ford himself is premier and minister of inter-governmental affairs. Miller will essentially deal with the upper and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Parry Sound-Muskoka has been snubbed. One of the Tories’ longest-serving MPPs has been shut out of cabinet. Minutes ago Premier Doug Ford was sworn in and unveiled the ministers who will assist him in the top government departments. Norm Miller, who was elected a sixth time as a Progressive Conservative, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Alexis Moreau was beaming, she so excited to get her Grade 12 diploma Wednesday. Her proud brother Tyler got his last year and he challenged her. And he was there at her side for her graduation ceremony at the Marriott hotel on the shore of Lake Muskoka cheering her […]
MUSKOKA — You burn you learn. To minimize the risk of fire and burn injuries this Canada Day weekend, Muskoka Fire Prevention Officers (FPO) urge residents to attend fireworks displays hosted by their local municipality instead of family fireworks or informal neighbourhood displays. “Bracebridge, Huntsville, Baysville and Muskoka Lakes will all be hosting fireworks displays […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A chartity bike ride that will stop traffic in Muskoka is just weeks away. A peloton of dozens of riders, led by three-time Olympian Marnie McBean, will cycle district roads July 14 around Port Carling to raise money to stop sex trafficking. The inaugural HARTCycle’s 75km Bike Ride to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com KILWORTHY — If Bruce Schulz were to walk you through the little Lutheran Cemetery, it would take you “all day.” “I know all the people. I could tell you stories about each one,” he says. The Lehmans, the Jarricks, the Sophers, the Middlebrooks’, the Sewells, the Kocks and the Cox’s … the […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 44-year-old Huntsville woman is dead after a crash on Ravenscliffe Road Wednesday night. Provincial police say that on June 20, at 10:25 p.m. officers, along with Huntsville Fire and Muskoka Ambulance responded to the crash. The driver was removed from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation into […]
GRAVENHURST — A third time is certain not to be the charm for a Gravenhurst man who faces yet another charge of impaired driving after being stopped today. Randy McLeod, 49, faces his third impaired driving charge this year. Police say an OPP officer who conducted a traffic stop on Phillip Street in Gravenhurst while […]
ORILLIA — Health unit officials are once again reminding dental patients of a clinic in Orillia to be tested for hepititis B and C after instruments weren’t cleaned. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) recommends patients who have received dental services at the dental clinic previously known as Joe Philip and Associates located at […]
WASHAGO — A woman walking out of the liquor store with free bottle of booze is suspected of steeling the alcohol to celebrate the May 24 long weekend. Provincial police from Orillia are investigating the theft at the Hwy. 11 LCBO storie, in the Township of Severn. On May 23, 2018, at approximately 5 p.m., the […]
ORILLIA — Police have released suspect descriptions of two people after an armed robbery and assault here Sunday. On June 10 at 6:30 p.m. provincial police in Orillia were called to a Memorial Avenue business, with reports of a robbery that had just occurred. The OPP learned two unidentified males approached the victims and an […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — Bear sightings are growing in Central Ontario. Police and conservation officers are getting more calls about nuisance bears. On Saturday June 9, at 7:30 a.m. OPP in Barrie responded to reports of a bear digging around a dumpster near a business in the Craighurst area of Oro Medonte Township. The bear departed prior […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Three eager fishermen caught fishing two weeks early have been fined after being found on Lake Joe. The Greater Toronto Area men were fined $4,500 for fishing in a fish sanctuary. Nishra Shikany, Michael Anwaya and Quintin Janse Van Rensburg pleaded guilty and were each fined $1,500. Justice of the Peace Linda Kay […]
GRAVENHURST — An armed man who knifed a man at his home in downtown Gravenhurst is on the loose Tuesday. At 1:30 a.m. on June 12, a Peter Street the unknown assailant was met outside on the driveway by the victim. During the course of the encounter, the victim was assaulted with a knife. The […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — An annual joint police roundup across Central Ontario — of people who failed to report for court or who didn’t abide by court conditions — has led to 32 people being picked up on warrants. “Operation Clean Sweep” June 4-8 saw police in an organized effort round up “charged persons who have […]
ORILLIA — A Toronto man arrested in Scarborough Saturday, faces a charge of assault with a weapon after a nearby schools were put in a lockdown Thursday. Provincial police say that on June 7, 2018, at about 12:44 p.m. the Orillia OPP were called to Matchedash Street North for reports of people fighting and someone […]
SEVERN TWP.- A quarry worker here reports serious damage done to his auto left overnight this winter Provincial police are seeking information regarding a mischief that occurred in Severn Township between the dates February 23-25, 2018, after they were called February 25 to a Quarry in Severn Township with reports of a mischief. An employee stated […]
Mark Clarimont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — “What would it look like if the MPP was in power?” That wasn’t just the subtext, but the headline of tonight’s all-candidates debate. New Democrat Erin Horvath posed the rhetorical question in her summation. But not before prefacing it with: Now that the NDP “is now poised to take […]
