Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — News that has the province lifting most mask mandates March 21 and all restrictions April 27 is being greeted with a mixture relief and trepidation. As was the case when they were imposed. The latest comes as Simcoe-Muskoka reports 79 cases Wednesday, bringing Sunday, Monday and Tuesday’s total to […]
Nancy Thompson Do you talk to your house plants? I do and they are starting to answer back — with droopy leaves and a lack lustre appearance. Now is time to give them a little extra TLC (tender loving care). Our inside plants start to grow as the days get longer. It is now that […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Local municipal social services will receive an extra $200,000 from the province for homeless programs in the riding. The Ontario government says it is investing $25 million more annually in a new Homelessness Prevention Program to connect people with housing services and other supports. They say the program will “streamline operations, allowing […]
BRACEBRIDGE — If COVID-19 has been a chilling page-turner, Tatiana Sutherland wants the post-pandemic chapter to be about families and recovery. Which is why the Bracebridge mom and small business manager wants a seat at Muskoka’s district council come the Oct. 24 municipal elections. Sutherland says she knows the pandemic has taken its toll on […]
HUNTSVILLE — A wanted man who fled a police stop last week was picked up two days later and faces several new charges. The OPP pulled over a vehicle March 2, arresting the driver and a passenger, both from Muskoka, with drug and weapons charges. Kali Lebrun, 22, of Bracebridge, and Kathleen van Duzen, 25, […]
HUNTSVILLE — A second business break-in has the same M.O. Police are looking for suspects after a pair of smash and grabs. The latest one took place Friday, March 4, at 9:23 a.m. The OPP said yesterday that officers were called to a business on Main Street East in response to a break and enter. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The view overlooking Gravenhurst Bay at the end of Isaac Street is the best in town. On a sunny Friday afternoon — with whirling winds whipping snowdrifts up from Muskoka Lake — it’s still breath-taking. An inviting vista of the Segwun, Wenonah and Wharf for a couple of lucky […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Europe has seen no conflict like that in Ukraine in 75 years, harkening back to the Second World War. Sure enough in the interim there have been the likes of the Hungarian Revolution, civil strife in Northern Ireland and the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. However, from a global perspective the political […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: In support of the people of Ukraine, I have placed a sign in front of my property. I taped an old fridge magnet to it that I bought at the Toronto Ukrainian Festival sometimes before 2018. It has a picture of a Cossack with the colours of Ukrainian flag behind. Here is translation […]
PORT CARLING — Police say a driver operating a vehicle in an “unsafe manner” was pulled over for an inspection last night. They say that on Thursday March 3, at 7 p.m., an officer from the Bracebridge OPP detachment was conducting general patrol in the town of Port Carling when they observed a vehicle travelling […]
HUNTSVILLE — A break-in yesterday netted thieves five rifles. Police say that on March 3 the OPP were called to home in the Herman Avenue area about the theft. They say unknown person or persons entered the residence sometime in the previous two weeks and four rifles and an airsoft rifle were stolen. Airsoft is […]
HUNTSVILLE — The OPP are looking for one man and have two others from Bracebridge and Lake of Bays in custody charged with numerous offences — including one involving gun possession — after a police stop here early yesterday. They say that on March 2, at 7:38 a.m., an officer with the Huntsville detachment was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — When MP Scott Aitchison was named to the Conservative “shadow cabinet” by Erin O’Toole, you had to believe he had close ties with the former party leader and that their political views had to be in line. So word today that the local member of Parliament has confirmed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Local public health reports 193 confirmed COVID cases. An increase of 33 after 160 yesterday, which included a data dump of 102. Regionally 28 people are in hospital, 3 more overnight and 6 in ICU. There are 834 active cases according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). […]
BAYSVILLE — More than $1.272 million in provincial infrastructure funding for four projects was announced here today. It includes $500,000 for refrigeration at the Baysville arena and $32,100 for HVAC for a seniors’ centre in Bracebridge. MPP Norman Miller was joined today by Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, Lake of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Masks are still mandatory indoors in public settings. And while the province weighs lifting them after the March 14-18 school break, Dr. Charles Gardner says given current numbers (178* today) “that’s not the safest thing to do” — at least in this region. He says masks remain the cheapest […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist Ukraine, a country with a 7,000-year history, and its now 44-year-old war-time leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy are facing a humanitarian crisis. While some are posting Ukrainian flags on social media, blue and yellow hearts, or donating money to the UN World Food Program, or the Red Cross, others are determined to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A third town has joined Muskoka municipal partners in an act of unity for victims of this week’s Russian invasion. “The Town of Gravenhurst has raised the Ukrainian flag at town hall to demonstrate solidarity and instil hope and strength to our Ukrainian-Canadian community.” In a release today, Mayor […]
HUNTSVILLE — A northbound SUV driver in the southbound lanes of Hwy. 11 is in hospital in Toronto after colliding with a transport last night. Provincial police say they are investigating the serious accident Feb. 28 at 7:20 p.m. Officers from the Huntsville OPP detachment responded to reports of a vehicle headed north in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Day 1 of more lifted restrictions in Ontario is proving to be anti-climactic with little major impact. An uneventful day on the streets sees little change as life creeps toward a reality of new proportions. Perhaps people are glued to TVs watching a war seven hours away. With Ford […]