HUNTSVILLE — Police who pulled over a vehicle here Sunday for speeding on Hwy. 11 have charged four males with, with among other thing, possessing a large amount of drugs and a loaded handgun. They say that on May 28, just before midnight, an officer stopped the vehicle and following an investigation four males were […]
HUNTSVILLE — An third female involved in an alleged kidnapping and assault of a local youth here last Wednesday has been identified and additional charges have been laid against the accused the individuals. Police now say that on May 24 at approximately 1:45 p.m. they were contacted by Huntsville High School staff who reported a […]
BALA — There’s no easy way of getting around the Muskoka Lakes the next five days. If you live in Bala or Port Carling you’ll get the run-around till Friday night. So expect backups all over west Muskoka and beyond. That’s because a section of road between the neighbouring communities is now closed, as of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A court date has been set for the SUV driver involved in a fatal scooter accident here last Friday. Police say a 35-year-old Gravenhurst woman charged under the Highway Traffic Act received a Part III summons, with a court date of July 20, 2023, in Bracebridge at the District of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Pedestrians and motorists are moving and driving more carefully around town after the death of a local scooter operator here last week — and news yesterday that a woman has been charged in the fatal main street “accident.” Bill Smith, 82, died Friday, May 19, while crossing Winewood Avenue […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man police say was involved in an earlier assault was arrested and charged last night after a vehicle he was driving landed in a ditch along Hwy. 11 just north of Hwy. 60 in Huntsville. The 30-year-old driver from Huntsville faces multiple charges including leaving the scene of a single motor vehicle […]
GRAVENHURST — An 82-year-old scooter rider was seriously injured downtown here this morning in a collision with an SUV. Police are looking for any witnesses to the two-vehicle collision in Gravenhurst Friday, May 19, shortly after 10 a.m. They say officers along with emergency services, responded to the two-vehicle collision at Winewood Avenue and Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — No one expected the search for a new hospital site in South Muskoka would be easy — or fast. Now it seems after years of deliberations by Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare — and consultations with the public this winter — the answer as to its location won’t come clear until […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Judy Humphries admits she has a “bias” toward the former Ontario Fire College. A fire research librarian for 20 years before it closed in 2021; she called it her “dream job.” With deep-seated working knowledge — and as the town’s archivist and member of the Municipal Heritage Committee (MRC) […]
MUSKOKA — Traffic between Bracebridge and Gravenhurst was slowed to a crawl mid-day Thursday afternoon when a southbound dump truck veered into the median south of the Skyways gas bar and motel just south of Hwy. 118 near the Muskoka Airport Police and tow trucks were on hand and the road was fully opened about […]