Politics

PORT SYDNEY — A police vehicle parked on Hwy. 11 NB yesterday afternoon for an earlier accident investigation was struck and the officer was taken to hospital. Police say that officers were investigating an accident involving two transports and a cube van that happened near Greer Road about 1 a.m. Wednesday, when a commercial vehicle […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKKOA — As the prime minister ended the Emergencies Act today — two day after Parliament passed it — local COVID cases rose by a quarter to a third regionally — depending on whose numbers you rely on. Trudeau said Wednesday that the first time special powers are no longer needed […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Norm Miller who served at your voting pleasure hopes to go out at your boating pleasure. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP — who began his final legislative run this week as he is not running again June 2 — had his private member’s Bill 76, the Lifejackets for Life Act, pass its […]

HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka’s second district-run LTC will become official June 30. Fairvern Nursing Home operations, which have been run by a private board, will come under District of Muskoka management in four months. Fairvern’s board and the district have been working on the deal for several years to support its redevelopment into a new 160-bed […]

PORT SYDNEY — Hwy. 11 was closed here in both directions in to late this morning as police investigated a collision involving two transports and cube van. Police said this morning that they are investigating what they call a “serious motor vehicle collision.” They say that at 1:115 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23, officers from […]

TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist My Aunt Pearl left New Brunswick for Toronto in search of better job opportunities. She found factory work and a job bagging sugar at the Red Path refinery. My dad followed in her footsteps, leaving his home province for adventures in Montreal and Scarborough before eventually settling in Muskoka. The […]

GRAVENHURST — Restrictions liftings means enjoying the great …. Forget the apple a day; a healthy lifestyle after two years of lockdowns means walk, run, skate or snowmobile. Whatever you choose you don’t lose Motion is the potion this winter — no matter the weather. Rain or shine Canadians are making the best of the February […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Amid the fallout in courts, Parliament and the Senate from Ottawa protests, local public health reports 67 COVID cases today. That’s more than twice the 32 Public Health Ontario (PHO) reported on its website Tuesday morning — including 43 Monday, 85 Sunday, 129 Saturday and 164 as we reported […]

MUSKOKA — Another overnight snowmobile accident has led to a death in Georgian Bay Township Sunday. Provincial police say that early yesterday morning two men were snowmobiling in Georgian Bay Township. The OPP received a 911 call shortly before 2 a.m., Feb. 20, after the single-vehicle collision on Six Mile Lake at the west shoreline […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — What do you do if you’ve got 40,000 pounds of potatoes and nowhere to put them all? Or at least 5,000 pounds extra. Well, if you’re Rotarians your basement is also fair game. That was the happy problem that club members and Gravenhurst Against Poverty members faced today as […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — John Kirchonpf says he is “so proud of our Canadian truckers” who were arrested in Ottawa today. He was hoping to join the “Freedom Convoy” this weekend, but that’s unlikely now that it’s almost all but over. The unvaccinated Gravenhurst resident said yesterday he was thinking of driving his […]

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 […]

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 – 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 […]