QUEEN’S PARK — With the doors to the new Andy’s House hospice in Port Carling nearly open, the province has guaranteed annual funding of $315,000 for the first three beds. Tuesday in the Ontario legislature, MPP Norm Miller thanked the minister of health. Mr. Norman Miller: A few weeks ago, I had the honour of announcing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A $100-million hotel, apartments and retail proposal for the lands bordered around Sobey’s and Canadian Tire here is coming back to town council tomorrow. Guelph-based SkyDev, which bought the retail lands with the LCBO, Dollarama and Wild Wing restaurant, for $30 million last January wants to build an 89-room […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was a great night for walkers tonight. Warm and sunny. And the temperature was nice, too. Close to 200 kids, adults, families and volunteers joined the 33 teams on the Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk downtown for GAP. As of walk time they had pledges of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Public protests took over the main intersection here today at noon as striking teachers united in “solidarity” with Climate Muskoka demonstrators. Amid a constant honking of horns, the corner of Bay Street and Muskoka Road was filled with dozens of placard-wearing and waving protesters calling for provincial and federal […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Nick Vervaeke says he didn’t see it coming. He was the only one in the rink who didn’t Monday, when the Flying Fathers landed in Gravenhurst for a fundraiser for the Free Stuff for Daily Needs charity. What Vervaeke thought was an “ordination” into the famed hockey team turned […]
RAMARA TOWNSHIP — Police have identified a second snowmobiler who died Sunday in a separate accident, this time after going through the ice. Provincial police at Orillia are investigating an incident where two snowmobilers went into the water on Lake Simcoe in the Township of Ramara. On February 16, at 4:30 a.m. Orillia OPP were […]
KEARNEY — A 14-year-old snowmobiler is dead after going off a trail and hitting a tree early Sunday afternoon about 3 p.m. Provincial police at Burk’s Falls identified the teen as Mark Ramolla, of Springwater Township, Ont. The accident occurred near Rain Lake Road, on the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs’ Top D trail in Kearney. […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Thoughts on the future of the Gravenhurst train station. The building is no longer feasible as a transportation centre. The town should continue to support the heritage building. The Trillium Court at the Opera House now is too expensive for small community groups to rent for meeting space (in the past it […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — Call this Frozen 3. Following last weekend’s freezing temperatures, tonight will be downright frigid. Environment Canada has forecasted extreme cold conditions for the region Thursday night A frigid arctic air mass and strong winds are expected, which will result in wind chill values of minus 30 to minus 35 tonight. And it […]
GRAVENHURST — Fire officials are reporting more than $900 in fines against three individuals on Friday February 7, after a fire inspector discovered an exit door at a Bethune road north business in Gravenhurst had been purposefully nailed shut. The Gravenhurst Fire Department (GFD) says in a release today that a town building department inspector […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Elementary students and their parents will have to fend for themselves again tomorrow. “Please do not put your elementary TLDSB child on the bus on Tuesday,” advises the local school board on its website and social media platforms. Five days after last Thursday’s information picket, teachers will be back on the […]
HUNTSVILLE — A slippery sled with an alerted VIN has led to several charges for a pair of Huntsville men. Provincial police say that on January 6, an officer with the Huntsville OPP detachment OPP was conducting traffic stop on Ravenscliffe Road and Highway 11 when they observed a pickup truck towing an enclosed trailer. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A spate of drinking and driving charges here has provincial police noting concerns. They say four out of five recent cases involved local drivers in the Huntsville OPP detachment areas. On Friday, January 24 police were called to a suspicious vehicle that was parked in the Otter Lake area of Lake of Bays […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — With slightly warmer weather this weekend, police remind those planning on outdoor adventures to do so safely. Especially if out on water. Kawartha OPP say if your plans include being on the ice in any capacity, whether that be for a game of hockey, to walk the dog, do some ice fishing, […]
MINDEN HILLS — Provincial police and the new Provincial Animal Welfare Serivces are investigating alleged ill treatment and poor living conditions of 14 hunting dogs here. They say that on January 22 officers from the Haliburton Highlands OPP detachment were called to an address on County Road 121 in the Township of Minden Hills to […]
BARRIE — Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) 33rd annual MASH BASH an ‘Epic Winter Party’ is taking place tomorrow, Friday, January 31 at Snow Valley Ski Resort in Minesing. Tickets are $25 and all proceeds from the event will be used to support much-needed renovation and expansion of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — You know your party’s in trouble when half the caucus wants to be leader. But there’s hope for Ontario Liberals with a new MPP — once a Tory — a promising poll and half a dozen contenders running to erase the tarnished legacy of Kathleen Wynne. Then there’s rebuilding […]
Melanie McLearon | Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions Let’s talk about Child & Youth Mental Health in Muskoka. On a day that in its 10 years has become a very successful method for breaking the silence about mental health, Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions (SMFC) wants to keep the conversation going and make sure families in Muskoka […]
DEAR EDITOR: Re: “Red for Ed” teacher protest, against “the Ford government’s draconian cuts to our shared public education system.” In my opinion, this is a disgrace to our soldiers and all Canadians who have been quietly supporting our soldiers and veterans for years with a simple act. For years (since 2006) my husband and […]
GRAVENHURST — A Sunday driver turned out to be a danger to himself and others on Hwy. 11. Provincial police say that on January 26, at 7:40 p.m., OPP officers were sent chasing a vehicle that was travelling northbound on Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst in a reportedly “very erratic manner.” The vehicle eventually crashed into […]