SIMCOE MUSKOKA — Call this Frozen 3. Following last weekend’s freezing temperatures, tonight will be downright frigid. Environment Canada has forecasted extreme cold conditions for the region Thursday night A frigid arctic air mass and strong winds are expected, which will result in wind chill values of minus 30 to minus 35 tonight. And it […]
HUNTSVILLE — Town council is back at a full complement today, after resident Bob Stone was appointed Tuesday to fill the last vacant seat. At a special council meeting yesterday, February 11, councillors appointed Stone to fill the vacant seat of Huntsville Ward Councillor for the remainder of the 2018-2022 term. He was immediately sworn […]
GRAVENHURST — Fire officials are reporting more than $900 in fines against three individuals on Friday February 7, after a fire inspector discovered an exit door at a Bethune road north business in Gravenhurst had been purposefully nailed shut. The Gravenhurst Fire Department (GFD) says in a release today that a town building department inspector […]
GRAVENHURST — The Flying Fathers are coming to Gravenhurst on Monday, February 17 at 3 p,m. for a Family Day fun-draiser. Theresa Buker says come cheer the Muskoka Anglers as they take on the famed priests (“Playing and Praying for Peace) in a charity event for the entire family. Tickets for the slap-stick event are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Elementary students and their parents will have to fend for themselves again tomorrow. “Please do not put your elementary TLDSB child on the bus on Tuesday,” advises the local school board on its website and social media platforms. Five days after last Thursday’s information picket, teachers will be back on the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Full-service grocery shopping is the order of the day Wednesday, March 18, when Giant Tiger expands its meat products service to include chicken, chops, steaks, roasts, ground beef and more. The popular discount department store chain at the south end of town, which draws customers from across north and […]
HUNTSVILLE — A slippery sled with an alerted VIN has led to several charges for a pair of Huntsville men. Provincial police say that on January 6, an officer with the Huntsville OPP detachment OPP was conducting traffic stop on Ravenscliffe Road and Highway 11 when they observed a pickup truck towing an enclosed trailer. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A spate of drinking and driving charges here has provincial police noting concerns. They say four out of five recent cases involved local drivers in the Huntsville OPP detachment areas. On Friday, January 24 police were called to a suspicious vehicle that was parked in the Otter Lake area of Lake of Bays […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Under a full moon on a frigid Friday night, Devon Morley’s crew of a half dozen ice makers were straightening boards, putting out nets and turning a huge patch of Lake Muskoka into 22 pristine sheets of pond hockey ice as the temperature plummeted toward minus-22. “Perfect conditions” for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Teachers were back on the job today, after an information picket Thursday. Across the Trillium Lakelands District School Board and province classes were suspended yesterday as hundreds of elementary teachers marched around school perimeters to bring attention to their ongoing labour talks and strife in Ontario. Here at the […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — With slightly warmer weather this weekend, police remind those planning on outdoor adventures to do so safely. Especially if out on water. Kawartha OPP say if your plans include being on the ice in any capacity, whether that be for a game of hockey, to walk the dog, do some ice fishing, […]
GRAVENHURST — Muskoka Founders Circle, a group of Muskoka business leaders dedicated to economic development in Muskoka, is pleased to announce that the number of Founders Choice Awards will increase from two to three in 2020. Total prize money will increase from $20,000 to $30,000. First prize is $15,000, second prize is $10,000 and third […]
MINDEN HILLS — Provincial police and the new Provincial Animal Welfare Serivces are investigating alleged ill treatment and poor living conditions of 14 hunting dogs here. They say that on January 22 officers from the Haliburton Highlands OPP detachment were called to an address on County Road 121 in the Township of Minden Hills to […]
BARRIE — Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) 33rd annual MASH BASH an ‘Epic Winter Party’ is taking place tomorrow, Friday, January 31 at Snow Valley Ski Resort in Minesing. Tickets are $25 and all proceeds from the event will be used to support much-needed renovation and expansion of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). […]
HUNTSVILLE — Who says you have to wait until May 2-4 to crack open Muskoka-time? After a sold-out bus tour to local craft brewers last fall, Deerhurst is bringing even more local and Ontario beer makers to the resort March 7. Some of Ontario’s finest craft breweries are coming north for the first BEERHURST-at-DEERHURST, a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — You know your party’s in trouble when half the caucus wants to be leader. But there’s hope for Ontario Liberals with a new MPP — once a Tory — a promising poll and half a dozen contenders running to erase the tarnished legacy of Kathleen Wynne. Then there’s rebuilding […]
Melanie McLearon | Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions Let’s talk about Child & Youth Mental Health in Muskoka. On a day that in its 10 years has become a very successful method for breaking the silence about mental health, Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions (SMFC) wants to keep the conversation going and make sure families in Muskoka […]
HUNTSVILLE — What price democracy? Voters suffered another hit here Monday, as councillors elected alone to fill a second vacant seat within five weeks by themselves, rather through public election. At their January 27 council meeting, council chose to fill new Mayor Karen Terziano’s vacant Huntsville ward council seat by “appointment.” A town release said […]
DEAR EDITOR: Re: “Red for Ed” teacher protest, against “the Ford government’s draconian cuts to our shared public education system.” In my opinion, this is a disgrace to our soldiers and all Canadians who have been quietly supporting our soldiers and veterans for years with a simple act. For years (since 2006) my husband and […]
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 that was travelling northbound on Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst in a reportedly “very erratic manner.” The vehicle eventually crashed into […]