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 […]