Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hard to access mental health services just got a little closer — if not easier — to residents in south Muskoka. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) opened a new suite of offices here yesterday to serve Muskoka-Parry Sound. They say in a release today it “marks a significant […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — MAHC may be done with its hospital proposal. But at least one group concerned with the board’s plan to proceed to the next stage of construction with the province isn’t. The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee (SSMHC) released a lengthy statement Friday noting it is “writing to clarify its […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You know it’s going to be a great concert when Kim and Neil Barlow recommend Bridge and Wolak. Muskoka’s pre-eminent musicians say the clarinet and accordion duo are a “not to be missed” at the Muskoka Concert Association’s ‘Scandalous Romantics’ performance Sunday afternoon — 2 p.m. at the Gravenhurst […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A wild teenage rampage downtown here Friday has three 15-year-olds facing multiple police charges. One of them was in bail court Monday morning. The OPP have started an ongoing criminal investigation after responding to several calls regarding mischief and destruction of property Oct. 11 in the area of Salmon […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION MUSKOKA — Leave it to Beaver. When Doug Ford dangled a billion bucks for hospital renewals here — following a bungled political battle over one or two sites — the premier told the locals to get their act together before coming back to him for the cash. Sort it out […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Hopes of their first win streak ended tonight when Muskoka’s Jr. C club came up short-handed in a 6-1 loss to Innisfil. Penalties, as often, left the Bears almost scoreless as the Spartans took advantage of the extra-man opportunities, scoring three of nine times. The Bears had hoped to […]
GRAVENHURST — A bizarre break and enter in the middle of the night today has police asking the public’s help. Around 3 a.m. two suspects were caught on surveillance cameras entering the rear of a downtown business with a large bin in hand. They appear to empty the contents of the bin on the ground […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An Utterson man faces an impaired driving charge after being stopped late this morning in a downtown school zone here. Police say they charged him Oct. 11, shortly after 11 a.m. An officer was conducting patrol in a school zone on Wellington Street and stopped a vehicle near Armstrong Street. As a result […]
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 BRACEBRIDGE — A coaching change didn’t help the Muskoka Bears yesterday. Before Saturday night’s 6-2 loss in Orillia and another 11-0 home embarrassment Sunday to Stayner, the new PJHL team had already fired ex- NHLer Jason Dawe. Team president Dave Veitch called it a “mutual” parting of the ways around “commitment” […]
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 […]