DRIVER HITS SNOWBANK, FACES DRUG-DRIVING CHARGE
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 […]
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BANK STAFF CALL 911 ABOUT SUSPICIOUS WITHDRAWALS
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 […]
THIEF ENTERS THREE BUILDINGS IN LAKE OF BAYS FRIDAY
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 […]
OPP BLAME ‘BAD BEHAVIOUR’ FOR MOST SNOWMOBILE DEATHS
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 […]
BRACEBRIDGE MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT LAST NIGHT
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 […]
2 MUSKOKA MEN FACE DRUG, THEFT CHARGES
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 […]
MISSING PERSON IN HUNTSVILLE FOUND DECEASED TODAY
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 […]
FORD SERVES UP $5.8M FOR LOCAL ROADS, BRIDGES
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 […]
GRAVENHURST BABY FIRST BORN IN 2020 AT SMMH JAN. 15
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 […]
OH, BABY! WHAT A WAY FOR SCHATS TO START 2020
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 […]