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Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “Progress,” a “conciliatory position,” a new petition and an “urgent appeal” to support equal acute care. That’s this week’s messages from the Save South Muskoka Hospital committee, following Wednesday’s talks between Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, doctors and employee partners on hospitals redevelopment. “The joint consultations indicates that progress has commenced […]

BRACEBRIDGE — Police are asking the public’s help in changing the pattern of drivers continuing to risk safety by choosing to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol after five people were charged March 16-23 in south Muskoka. On Friday March 16 at 5:15 p.m. officers responded to reports of a two-vehicle collision on […]

BRACEBRIDGE — A north end Hortons, near Walmart, was the victim of a break-in early last week in which a thief crawled in the drive-thru window in the middle of night stealing a small amount of cash. Police are investigating the B&E on Depot Drive at the intersection with Taylor Road Monday, March 18,  which […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Who made the final divisive decisions on MAHC’s new hospitals? As a jury these 12 board members weighed information and — like Easter apostles — are preaching two separate and very distinct Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare sites a decade from now. According MAHC’s website, they’re volunteers who “plays a key […]

MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst man is among three people charged after winter drug investigation that led to $300,000 in street drugs being confiscated in drug raids Wednesday and Thursday. In early 2024 the OPP’s Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) conducted an investigation into drug trafficking through-out the District of Muskoka. On March 20 and 21, with the assistance of the Central Region Tactics and Rescue Unit, the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Jenn Armishaw met her birth mother “one time.” And was “right with her at the very end of her life.” That’s how Armishaw named the “Christine’s Place” free walk-in pregnancy resource centres after her mom. Yesterday she opened a second office in Gravenhurst after 14 years in Huntsville at […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Last week the government warned Ontarians to be on the lookout for bears waking up from hibernation earlier than usual as a result of an extremely warm winter. Ontario’s Natural Resources Minister (and habitual climate change downplayer), Graydon Smith, said: “I’m not worried about it, but I think people should take […]