Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — An outbreak of COVID that affected 17 patients and nine staff at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital has been declared “over.” Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) said yesterday that in collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit they have confirmed the “facility-wide outbreak” declared Tuesday Nov. 14 at south Muskoka’s […]
SOUTH MUSKOKA — Calls from the public have led to a pair of serious driving charges yesterday morning and afternoon — one involving a weapon and a flight from police arrest in Bracebridge; while the other resulted in a car smashing into a guard rail on just onto Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst and landing near […]
ORILLIA — Police here charged a 20-year-old driver with impaired driving yesterday as the annual RIDE season begins. On November 18, at about 6:10 p.m., officers from Orillia OPP responded to traffic complaint in the area of Highway 12 in Severn Township heading towards the City of Orillia. Officers patrolled the area and located a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With still no word on a new hospital location for south Muskoka, Muskoka Algonquin Health (MAHC) said Friday it is receiving $14 million in provincial funding to cover the operating costs of 22 additional beds. This “will enhance the care provided to patients in Muskoka and the surrounding areas,” […]
HUNTSVILLE — A cab owner here has been charged with harassment by a pair of his employees. The workers accused Shawn Bouillon, who owns Independent Taxi with his husband Reuben Pyette-Bouillon, in a report to police. He was arrested Tuesday Nov. 14. Police charged Shawn Bouillon with: Criminal Harassment – repeatedly follow – two counts […]
HUNTSVILLE — A break and enter at a popular downtown restaurant last Thursday has police looking for a black-hooded suspect. The OPP) are investigating a break and enter at the Family Place Restaurant on King William Street at about 10:30 p.m. November 9. At 11:10 p.m., police were called and began investigating. Officers discovered a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If anyone needed a reminder that COVID isn’t “over,” “done with,” and “gone” Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare reports at “facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak” at their south Muskoka hospital site. They say in a release late Tuesday afternoon that: “In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Lest we forget war when it’s all around us daily. Services last week reminded us again how fragile time between conflicts is. “The Long Peace” (1945-1991) is long gone. Salutes from the youngest to the oldest marked with solemnity and humour the lingering sadness and sometimes joys that emerged […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Photos Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Wars are hell — remembering them can be hellish. COVID is over, crowds swelled, the band was back while veterans were in short supply, but a Legion Remembrance Day salute to fallen comrades Saturday went off solemnly and almost seamlessly. At the 11th hour, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A crime wave sweeping through Gravenhurst this summer has come to a halt. More than 100 thefts and break-ins that have “frustrated” merchants robbing them of their livelihoods are the work of just two suspects, say police. And one of those officers behind the apprehension of one of those […]
GRAVENHURST — “Frustrated” shop owners are happy to see a suspect charged with multiple thefts here appeared in court this morning. Police say they charged a Gravenhurst man accused of multiple thefts at local stores. They say that between June 2023 and November officers responded to 99 separate incidents of theft and shoplifting from the […]
LAKE OF BAYS — In what the fire department is calling a complete loss, a home in east Muskoka was destroyed early this morning. There was no one home at the time of the blaze. Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a structure fire on 1005 […]
GRAVENHURST — Northland’s bid to return passenger rail service to the north in 2016 rolls into Gravenhurst today from noon to 4 p.m. An open house information centre at the Centennial Centre will update the public on its news that the province has bought three trains to carry residents between Toronto and Cochrane. Sixteen of […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Traffic was snarled through town here again this afternoon after another transport spilled its load of prime two-by-four lumber on Hwy. 11 under the south-end bypass and entrance to Gravenhurst. It’s the second similar roll-over in the past year at the same location where over the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Marlyn Goodwin turned 90 today. And she had three of her sons in town for the weekend celebration, including Tom who returned today to his Nova Scotia whale-watching business, while brothers Greg and Bill headed home to the Ottawa Valley (after an AC/DC concert at the OP). Brother Randy, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — War never ends. The people fighting them do. Each year the Muskoka Concert Band honours them with a “We Remember” concert. This year it’s Saturday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m. at Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst on Muskoka Road North. Admission is by free-will offering. It recognizes the men and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Hunters woke up today to weather more suited for tracking. The first two full weeks of November (starting next week) is deer-hunting season in Muskoka. “But you don’t need snow to track a moose,” said hunter Paul Cook, whose camp got a calf recently with their licence this year […]
WASHAGO — A search yesterday for a boater who was overdue has ended tragically. Police divers located the unidentified man in the Green River near Washago. On October 31, at about 4:30 p.m., OPP from Orillia were dispatched to the Green River after a vessel was found abandoned. Officers, along with residents, Ramara Fire Department […]
WASHAGO — Police are investigating after two incidents of “anti-Semitic” and “threatening” messages were spray-painted at a residence in Washago Saturday and again yesterday. The Orillia detachment of the OPP) is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the suspect(s) in relation to graffiti and threatening messages they say were left on a residence in the Village […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — On the eve of Remembrance Day — 106 years after his death — Private Thomas Phililp Reddicen can finally rest in peace. If only his family knew. Saturday morning the Governor General’s Horse Guards righted a wrongat the grave of an unknown soldier here. Commanding officer […]