Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION HUNTSVILLE — What price 10 hospital beds? Sixty-million: $50 million for the province — $10 million for Muskokans. All tax dollars — unless private cash (and votes) factor in one day. That’s the story going ahead for Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare as it submits its “final” 1,800-page proposal next month for […]
BAYSVILLE — A single vehicle accident this morning has claimed the life of an 83-year-old Huntsville man. Police say the accident on Hwy. 117 East near Brunel Road, in Lake of Bays Township, happened Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 9:30 a.m. Officers responded and found the driver who was pronounced deceased at the scene. Highway 117 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “MAHC will convene an important board of directors meeting on (Thursday) Oct. 10, during which an essential vote will occur regarding the Stage 1.3 capital redevelopment plan submission to the Ministry of Health,” a release from them today said. “This decision is a pivotal step in MAHC’s ongoing efforts […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — MPP Graydon Smith is supporting a recommendation going forward today for 46 acute care beds at SMMH, calling it a “win-win.” “I welcome the decision of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s (MAHC) Capital Redevelopment Committee to recommend to the board of directors an additional allocation of 10 net new beds for […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A RIDE check has resulted in a MacTier woman being charged with drug and proceeds of crime charges last night. On Oct. 6, at 11:30 p.m., officers along with members of the Central Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) team were conducting a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program on Taylor Road near […]
HUNTSVILLE — The high school and Summit Centre here were placed under temporary lock down last Monday after reports of an individual behaving erratically in the downtown area. The person was also reported to have possessed a knife. On Sept. 30, just after 1 p.m., police responded and officers contained the area, as well as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A recommendation to the MAHC board Thursday for 10 more acute beds at SMMH (= 46) is encouraging to south Muskoka doctors and their supporters — and looks to be the end of a long fight. The hospitals’ Capital Redevelopment Committee recently passed that motion on to the board […]
HUNTSVILLE — It didn’t take police long to track down $60,000 in stolen construction material. Officers were called Monday after a report of a theft from a local business in Huntsville. On Sept. 30 they began an investigation. A local business identified an employee they accuse of stealing the lumber. Two days later, on Oct. […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Matthews on point, season on the line, Leafs a scream. A week out from the puck drop in Montreal, school was in and out on Toronto’s most important season in maybe decades. A screaming crowd of 450 students — mostly from Monck — witnessed an intense […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — A 25-year-old man died early this morning in downtown Bala following accident involving an OPP cruiser. Police say the pedestrian was struck and killed shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, on Muskoka Road 169 in Muskoka Lakes Township. He was transported to hospital where he later died from […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — How long does it take to trickle charge the Lady of the Lakes? That’s a question I pondered last evening while touring the Muskoka Discovery Centre. I’ll find out for sure tomorrow on the Segwun when I sail on one of its only two cruises this season. Muskoka Steamships […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Sunrise to sunset Scott Turnbull and Gavin Hammond cycled 10 times around Lake Rosseau one weekend last month in support of MiND-AID, a local charity that provides mental health help for youth in Muskoka. Starting on Friday, Aug. 16 at 6 a.m., they pedalled 658 kms. before finishing Saturday […]
GRAVENHURST — A 911 call about men banging and attempting to get into an apartment has police looking for two suspects here. Police are asking the public’s help identifying the attempted break and enter Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 10:45 p.m. Officers responded to a residence in an apartment building on Muskoka Road North near Winewood […]
MUSKOKA — Boat and motor vehicle charges were laid by police Sunday in two First Nations communities Sunday. Police said Monday that on Sept. 22 just before 1 a.m., OPP along with Muskoka EMS, responded to a crash of a vehicle on Kanien’kehá:ka Iohatátie (formerly Muskoka Road 38) on Wahta Mohawk First Nation. They have […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — A Port Carling man and a Barrie woman were in bail court today charged with more than two dozen counts after a police stop near Acton Island Road just after midnight early Saturday morning. Most of the charges were firearms and drug related as well as Highway […]
BRACEBRIDGE — What’s eight letters for winning a quarter-million dollars? “Shocking,” says Janet Dawson. And Instant, says the 54-year-old regular lottery player with OLG, whose go-to game is INSTANT CROSSWORD who is now celebrating a recent big win, courtesy of the classic word game. “While playing my ticket, I was checking how many words I […]
HUNTSVILLE — CCTV cameras caught vandals running amuck downtown Sunday as full moons began arising this week. And police are looking for images and identities to capture the pot planter punks gone wild. On Sept. 15, about midnight, five individuals damaged flowers and planters outside a local business on Main Street East, throwing them onto […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: A Barrie doctor recently shared her colleague’s experience in a Winnipeg hospital, of the fallout from the attempted consolidation of hospital services among Winnipeg hospitals in 2017. The Winnipeg Free Press headlines read: “Tories’ ER consolidation a catastrophic gift that keeps on giving; Streamlined’ system’s disastrous, blundered rollout chased away critically needed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Three people — including two from Gravenhurst — face weapons charges, including possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted gun after a police executed a search warrant yesterday on home at the south end of Gravenhurst. A North York man was in bail court today facing the same charges. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A local man accused of plaguing a section of Hwy. 11 between Kilworthy and Hwy. 118 E. north in Gravenhurst appeared in bail court today, charged with three counts of gas bar robbery as well as three break and enters in August and September. Police, with the assistance of […]