Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The school community is mourning the passing of a popular retired kindergarten teacher. Doug Kamachi, 59, who taught his entire career at Beechgrove Public School in Gravenhurst died of a cardiac arrest last week — after “his heart just stopped,” said his wife who with his family was at […]
HUNTSVILLE — Following a “serious assault” investigation here early yesterday, police have a suspect in mind. Provincial police say this afternoon that an arrest warrant has been issued for following the incident in Huntsville. On October 24, at about, 3:15 a.m., they say officers from the OPP detachment in Huntsville responded to a call from […]
LAKE OF BAYS — A man who was helped by firefighters from a burning garage yesterday afternoon and was airlifted to hospital in Toronto is in stable condition. Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says that just after 3:08 p.m. on October 23 they responded to the fire on Point Ideal Road in Lake of Bays. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man was taken to hospital here early this morning and police have launched an assault investigation. Officers from the OPP’s Huntsville detachment and the Muskoka Crime Unit are following up a call just after 3 a.m., October 24, in Huntsville. A call from the 32-year-old male victim said he was assaulted on […]
GRAVENHURST — A man accused of impaired driving was up against more than the law early Friday morning. Police say he was charged after staff and members of the public had to intervene. On October 21, at 2:45 a.m., officers were called out after employees of a local licensed establishment in Gravenhurst became concerned about […]
MUSKOKA — Police charged three drivers with impaired driving related charges over the weekend across parts of south Muskoka. On Friday October 13, 2023, at 7:30 p.m., officers received a call for service about a single motor vehicle collision on Muskoka Road 118 near Muskoka Road 169 in Muskoka Lakes Township. When they arrived – […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — There’s much cause for celebration. Muskoka and its hospitals have come together to let the province know they have the community’s financial support to build two new hospitals. To the tune of $225 million — or a quarter the predicted price of the $1 billion builds. Public donations will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Months — if not years — after waiting for an answer on where the health and physical state of Muskoka’s hospitals will soon be up to 50 years from now, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare says the picture is becoming clearer. The delay in selecting south Muskoka’s site may just be […]
GRAVENHURST — Rotarians here are the latest group rallying behind the Salvation Army Food Bank. Their community services committee donated $4,000 on Thursday for the Sally Ann to purchase food items after a busy Thanksgiving giveaway last week. Last weekend Lions Club members collected a truckload of food at Sobeys. And last night a couple […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are looking for surveillance video from yesterday after a charity donation box was stolen from a downtown business. OPP are investigating the theft, which took place Tuesday, October 10. They say they received a call from the owner of a business on Muskoka Road South after the merchant realized that the container […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “Rising rates of respiratory illness” have led Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) to return to mandatory masking requirements in most areas of the hospitals in response. Muskoka’s hospitals president and CEO Cheryl Harrison says in a release today that: “It is with carefulness and caution that we reinstate masking requirements […]
GRAVENHURST — Two men here face assault charges after a complaint at a local rooming house. Provincial police charged the Gravenhurst men with an assault on a local woman. OPP say officers responded to a call from a concerned member of the public reporting that a woman had been assaulted at a the residence at […]
GRAVENHURST — A cab company owner here faces a charge of sexual assault after an alleged incident in one of his taxis in late July. Police say Mark Sethi, 57, who operates Gravenhurst Taxi, was arrested on Aug. 10, 2023. Officers along with members of the Muskoka Crime Unit have charged the Gravenhurst resident with […]
GRAVENHURST — A lot of local families will be enjoying a happier Thanksgiving this weekend thanks to the Lions Club, Salvation Army and hundreds of food bank donors. The two charitable organizations teamed up Thursday, Friday and Saturday to collect and distribute holiday dinner items as food prices continue to soar. Thanks in part to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Cool weather’s return also sees signs of COVID on the rise again. Visiting to the North Wing inpatient unit at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) site has been suspended after a unit-specific COVID-19 outbreak was declared in collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. A release Friday from Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people were taken to hospital — one with life-threatening injuries — after a pair of SUVs collided early last evening on Hwy. 60 in west Huntsville. Emergency services responded to what police call a serious motor vehicle accident at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, near Fairyview Drive. Police say a 40-year-old male […]
MUSKOKA — Hell hath no fury like this end of summer heat wave. And it’s not over yet as “heat warning” alerts were lighting up cellphones across Muskoka today. An extended heat warning has been issued for all areas within Simcoe Muskoka through to Wednesday, Sept. 6. Which means kids back at school, outdoor workers […]
HUNTSVILLE — A frantic search by residents on Harp Lake early yesterday afternoon began after a 65-year-old man fell from a paddleboard and didn’t resurface. Police and emergency services responded and the search continued into early last night with the aid of OPP Aviation services. Police say that at 1:30 p.m., Sunday Sept. 3, they […]
GRAVENHURST — A motorcyclist who missed a turn on a popular stretch of south Gravenhurst road here yesterday has died. He was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services responded to a call on Southwood Road after 2 p.m. The 60-year-old rider from Oshawa landed in a ditch after failing to navigate a curve […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 58-year-old Toronto motorcyclist has died after a collision on Hwy. 118 west in Bracebridge close to the downtown late Sunday morning. Police (OPP) are investigating the fatal accident Aug. 20, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. Emergency services responded to after the motorcycle and a white SUV passenger van collided just west of the […]