BRACEBRIDGE — Bank staff suspicious of a man withdrawing large sums of money Friday, summoned police who arrested and charged a Quebec man with identity theft and forged a document. He was in bail court this morning facing two additional related charges. Provincial police say that on Friday, January 24, officers were alerted to the […]
LAKE OF BAYS — Police are investigating after multiple break and enters at a property on Muskoka Road 117 Friday. The OPP say that on January 24 Huntsville detachment officers were called to investigate three B&Es in the Township of Lakes of Bays, east of Huntsville and Bracebridge. They say the thief entered buildings on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Alcohol was involved in almost half the 175 snowmobile fatalities in Ontario since 2009. Provincial police say that with snowmobile safety week (Jan. 18-26) underway now, the OPP have released a 10-year data report on sledding fatalities that they hope will encourage snowmobilers to avoid the recurring “bad behaviours” that contributed to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Bracebridge man on probation was in bail court today after what police are calling a “serious assault” involving a weapon last night. They say that on Sunday Jan. 19, 2020, at 8 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call at a home Bracebridge. They say a dispute erupted within the residence that […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Muskoka Lakes man is to appear in bail court tomorrow, Jan. 21, on a number of drug and auto theft-related charges after being arrested in police stop last Wednesday. Provincial police say that on Jan. 15, 2020, at 10:45 a.m. officers at Bracebridge made a traffic stop on Woodchester Avenue after they say […]
HUNTSVILLE — A missing person search here ended in a death today. Yesterday, Jan. 19, provincial police at Huntsville were asked for help finding a missing 45-year-man. The male was last known to be in the Hoodstown Shores Road area of town. With the help of the Huntsville Fire Department and OPP specialty units, uniformed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Premier Doug Ford today served up a slice of the provincial pie to 26 local municipalities here totalling $5.8 million. From eight townships and villages in the west side of Parry Sound-Muskoka riding, which received the smallest portion of $50,000 each, to the District of Muskoka’s share of […]
MUSKOKA — And baby makes two. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is pleased to introduce the first babies born in 2020 at each of its two hospital sites. At the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) site Winter-Lee Anne Sui-Handy arrived at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 to parents Sunny Sui and Stephanie Handy of […]
HUNTSVILLE — Bragging rights for the first Muskoka baby of the decade goes to (drum roll, please) …. Rosie Jo Margaret Schat. The little cutey is the first baby born in 2020, at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital. Parents Chloe and A.J. Schat, of Huntsville, welcomed Rosie Jo at 10:50 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 2. She […]
ORILLIA — He was due to arrive on January 2 but Owen Alexander Davidson decided January 1st would be a better birthday, and in the process became Orillia’s first baby of the New Year born at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH). The second child of Lynda Woolner and Lucas Davidson of Oro Medonte, Owen arrived […]
BARRIE — Each year more than 2,000 babies are born in Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) birthing unit and while each one is a unique and beautiful miracle, it calls for a special occasion to welcome the first baby born in the new decade at the health centre. As such, RVH is proud to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Christmas messages are lore. From Matthew and Luke’s New Testament accounts, to Christmas cards that once filled mailboxes — and today’s e-greetings — they are personal if not always profane. They’re like editorials, which take stock, reflect and ponder the implications of how life is lived. Two that I like are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Here’s to the holidays — Christmas, Hanukkah or whatever your reason for the season. Don’t forget the poor in spirit; but count your blessings. The hope born a couple of kiloyears ago lives on. Be positive. Think of all the good and great people; the world’s worst need no […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com NORTH POLE — What does Santa want for Christmas? The same as you. So, you won’t be surprised. He’s busy right now, getting ready for his rounds. So we asked him — and his wife — during one of his parade stops earlier this season in Gravenhurst. Hear it and see […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Finally a chance to visualize just what all that digging in the dirt and snow is next to the YIG. The Town of Bracebridge has just come out with a couple of renderings for residents to get their heads around what a new multi-use community centre will one day […]
GRAVENHURST — Drivers in Gravenhurst who encounter a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) Spot Check this festive season may see more than police officers out combating impaired driving. Other first responders are joining ranks with the Ontario Provincial Police to send a strong message discouraging impaired driving, says a release from the fire department. “Our […]
HUNTSVILLE — Huntsville’s future takes a new turn for 2020, with a new mayor and controversy. After much debate among the public and little at the council table, councillors rubber-stamped deputy and interim mayor Karin Terziano’s application for the top job in town. At special council meeting Monday, Dec. 17, she was sworn in by […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Frustrated cops have two words for you this Christmas — if you’re caught drinking and driving during RIDE checks. And they aren’t “Happy Holidays!” “You’re busted!” That’s more like it, says OPP Const. Sam Bigley, after a RIDE check and media blitz Tuesday afternoon on First Street next to […]
HALIBURTON COUNTY — Police have identified a snow plow driver whose truck went through the ice Saturday afternoon. Larry Bagg, 57, a well-known resident of Eagle Lake died after being pulled from his pick-up truck Dec. 14, on Bushwolf Lake. A post mortem has been ordered by the Coroner. Provincial police were called to the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Local clergy took an hour out of their busy Christmas schedule to break bread with Rotarians today. They were fed and feted at lunch at Trinity United Church, where the club meets Mondays at noon. Rotarian Brian Ferguson and his committee invites more than a dozen ministers and pastors […]