BRACEBRIDGE — A 34-year-old driver faces a charge this morning of impaired by drug after ditching his vehicle on Hwy. 11. Police were dispatched to the single vehicle collision northbound just north of Cedar Lane in Bracebridge on Thursday Aug. 20 at 8:20 a.m. They say the vehicle left the roadway, collided with a guardrail […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The COVID learning curve is about to spike. “There is no risk-free option with COVID-19 and it would be unrealistic to think that we can get through the next few months without some risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the school classroom,” says Dr. Gardner, the region’s top […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — In Toronto and Ottawa we may be known as Parry Sound-Muskoka, but in the rest of the province we will hence be known now as Muskoka-Parry Sound. That’s after Bracebridge Mayor Graydon Smith was elevated to president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario — the municipal voice outside […]
MUSKOKA — Swimmers are best advised to use caution at popular public beaches this summer. While all waterfronts should be places of safety, a couple of troublesome stretches are particularly vulnerable to bacteria counts in 2020. Port Sydney Beach is just one. The health unit has placed another swim advisory on it. The Town of Huntsville […]
HUNTSVILLE — COVID drive-through testing continues here today and tomorrow at the hospital campus and Summit Centre here. Janine van den Heuvel, executive director of the Algonquin Family Health Team that runs the permanent testing cites in Bracebridge and Huntsville, reminds people that on Aug. 18 and 19 that Muskoka Community Paramedics will be doing […]
GRAVENHURST — A 14-year-old ATV rider is home after sustaining serious injuries that landed him in Sick Kids Hospital. Police say they are still investigating the circumstances surrounding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) collision last week at the KOA. Police were called to the campground Aug. 9 after the youth had taken the ATV for a […]
HUNTSVILLE — Coping with increased costs and losses of COVID-19 is being met by the province with some off-setting funds here worth almost $700,000 to the town. The Ontario government announced Huntsville will receive $661, 600 priority pressures and a further $33,890 for transit. It’s part of $4 billion in emergency assistance under the Safe Restart Agreement […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A driver who is said to have ignored advice not to call a cab has been charged with being impaired behind the wheel. Police said they received a report from a member of the public that a person had been drinking alcohol at a local establishment and in spite of encouragement to use […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A pair of indecent acts and a driving while impaired charges have a local man in the courts. Police say that on Saturday Aug. 15 officers entered into two separate investigations involving the same person after receiving complaints from the public. They say that at 7:45 p.m. an employee from a Bracebridge restaurant […]
GRAVENHURT — A teen faces an auto theft charge after a vehicle reported stolen in Bracebridge yesterday morning was found in Gravenhurst. Police say that on Sunday Aug. 16, just before 6 a.m., the OPP received a complaint about the vehicle being stolen from an address on Wellington Court in Bracebridge. With the assistance of […]
GRAVENHURST — A local man kept police busy here Saturday. OPP who had been investigating theft from vehicles charged Randy Shanks at his home where they found stolen goods. Then later that day they got a report of the shoplifting of butane tanks Friday at the Canadian Tire, and they had to go back and […]
GRAVENHURST — A local man faces a theft charge after butane torches were stolen from the Canadian Tire here Friday. Police say that on Saturday they were called to the Talisman Drive business for the reported theft of butane torches worth $250, which had occurred the previous day, Aug. 14. Officers viewed surveillance footage and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Provincial police here say they are again being investigated by the SIU. It’s the second time this month the province’s independent Special Investigations Unit has been called in to look at an interaction by the local constabulary service policing south Muskoka. But don’t expect any more clarity on this issue […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are looking for a driver who eluded them at a RIDE check early this morning in which an officer was dragged inside the car before it crashed. The OPP say that on Saturday Aug. 15, just before 1 a.m. officers were conducting check on Hwy. 11 on the off ramp to Hwy. […]
GEORGIAN BAY TWP. — An Orillia woman faces drunk driving charges after her car crashed into a rock cut and police allege she fled the scene leaving two passengers in a fiery wreck yesterday at noon. Southern Georgian Bay OPP say they responded at 12:06 p.m. Aug.14, 2020 to a report of a single vehicle crashing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — While provincial and federal governments are throwing money around and digging deeper into your pockets, they won’t be adding to their debts and deficits in the Heart of Muskoka. It may cost the town a lot more, but Bracebridge civic officials vow to plow ahead with a new arena/library […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — Residents and visitors to Silver Lake, in Muskoka Lakes Township, and Lake St. John, in Ramara Township, are being cautioned about a confirmed cases of blue-green algae blooms. In Silver Lake it’s centred in the south-west area and in the south end of Lake St. John. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Deerhurst says it has been given a clean bill of health. Concerns about a COVID “cluster” at one of Muskoka’s largest resorts were assessed and dealt with as soon as they were known, says management. General manager Jesse Hamilton said the reason they remained open was because: “Until important […]
MUSKOKA — Two more beaches are back under swim advisories again. Both the Port Sydney Beach and the West Gravenhurst beach have had the same warnings several times this summer. The latest reports come on Aug. 11. The Town of Huntsville says it has been notified by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit that a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — The health unit’s top doc blames the province for the lack of transparency around local COVID-19 cases. “I agree and I’ve made the case to the province,” said Dr. Charles Gardner. Responding to complaints from reporters yesterday — in a news briefing now reduced to once a week — […]