MUSKOKA — An overnight smash and grab at a Port Carling grocery store was followed two hours later in Wahta where police claim the same suspect broke into a First Nations convenience store. The OPP are investigating the thefts Friday and ask the public’s help identifying the male suspect and his vehicle. They say that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As Ottawa protesters were arrested today, a reefer truck full of “Yellow Gold” PEI potatoes is en route to Muskoka for a poutine party tomorrow morning. Rotarians from Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes will be at offloading 4,000 10-pound bags for distribution to local food banks. And fear […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — And now the end is near …? Not for the pandemic, but for capital city protesters in the impending and impeding days. As Ottawa police tighten their perimeter around Parliament, local public health officials in Simcoe-Muskoka report 150 COVID cases today. Including 2 more community deaths in Simcoe: A […]
GRAVENHURST — A missing Jeep reported stolen this morning has police on the lookout. They say the owner called at 6:45 a.m. to say she noticed the vehicle was stolen on Vincent Avenue in Gravenhurst, off Muskoka Road North in the Knister subdivision. She said the green 2013 Jeep Wrangler, with licence plate number BSXR808, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With 9 Muskokans in hospital today with COVID a “high risk” remains of more people being infected, says Dr. Charles Gardner. And as the province lifts more restrictions, including at restaurants tomorrow, he says “transmission can happen in those settings. “And people need to be aware of that and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The hill in front of the Barge would make a great toboggan run right now. But Rotarians hope to soon turn it in to seating for the popular summer concert venue at Gull Lake Rotary Park. Dave Reid, vice chair of the Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s 85th anniversary special projects […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As light appears at the end of some very dark COVID-19 tunnels, 239 regional cases are being reported by local public health (136 according to Public Health Ontario). And 5 deaths in Simcoe: Female 80+, Simcoe, outbreak, DOD – Feb. 11 Male 65-79, Simcoe, community, DOD – Feb 11 […]
GRAVENHURST – A driver who got stuck early yesterday morning trying to drive on Gull Lake has been charged with impaired operation of a vehicle. Police say that on Sunday, Feb. 13, at 9:20 a.m. officers were dispatched to Gull Lake Park after a member of the public observed a car attempt to drive out […]
GRAVENHURST – Police were called out to a second snowmobile accident Sunday. They say at 4:45 p.m. yesterday, Feb. 13, the OPP got an 911 call to the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trail Route D near Doe Lake Road in Gravenhurst. A single snow vehicle collision left a 38-year-old Gravenhurst man injured when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The end of vaccine passports March 1 in Ontario comes as 322 confirmed COVID cases were reported this weekend for Simcoe-Muskoka. And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is close to enacting federal emergency powers to end national protests, following Premier Doug Ford’s similar announcement last week to end Windsor’s border […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — A snowmobiler who hit a tree about midnight Saturday, is in hospital in Toronto with life-threatening injuries. Police say the 31-year-old man was not wearing a mandatory helmet at the time of the collision. The OPP and Muskoka EMS responded to the single snowmobile collision Sunday Feb. 13 at 12:07 a.m. They […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist In China and Uzbekistan the government forces people into the back-breaking labour of cotton picking. That is what government repression looks like. Was the government overstepping when it banned indoor smoking? Remember when Tim Hortons in Gravenhurst had the glass walled-off smoking room? Guess how fun it was as a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Doug Ford declared a state of emergency today. For Muskoka’s most famous cottager it might as well have been about political damage control, after the publicly AWOL premier was spotted snowmobiling here Saturday as anti-vaxx protests rocked the province and country. Today in a firm, but politically calculated, message […]
GRAVENHURST — A traffic stop last night led police on a two-hour chase that ended just after midnight today with drug charges against two York Region men. Police also seized a loaded pistol. Both men are in custody and appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge today for a bail hearing. This was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Muskoka has had 1,195 confirmed COVID cases since Dec. 12. Since the beginning of the fifth wave 7 per cent of Simcoe-Muskoka’s cases have been Omicron, says the health unit in new statistics requested yesterday by MuskokaTODAY.com and released to us today. They say the total for the latest […]
HUNTSVILLE — A burning candle is being blamed for a fire that caused $50,000 damage to rural home here in Huntsville yesterday. “With working smoke alarms and the occupants closing the doors as they evacuated the home, fire damage was limited to the room of origin and spared the home from heavy damage,” said interim […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Dr. Charles Gardner “feels for the people impacted” by trucker protests and says continuation of the vaccine passports while not generally providing that much protection to the public will still “help reduce transmission to those who are unvaccinated.” The region’s medical officer of health said today: “I do note […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Deaths and hospitalizations were down, ICU admissions remained the same, but confirmed COVID cases more than tripled today in the region. Simcoe-Muskoka’s COVID roller coaster continued Tuesday with 7 deaths (down 1), 45 in hospital (down 3), 11 in ICU and 124 positive cases (up from 45 yesterday), according […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With a state of emergency in Ottawa and provincial capital buildings also on guard against protests led by truckers, 8 deaths in Simcoe and 45 cases yesterday highlight the weekend’s COVID by the health unit. They are among 324 virus cases on the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDH) […]
Stephen Richards | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com | FICTION A Pavilion in Muskoka, Summer of 1943 Beatrice, ‘Trixie Orange’ to her friends, is twirling around in some form of a square dance in her orange tulip print dress. The letter ‘B’ is embroidered on the front over her heart. She is 5 in a strange land, […]