Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Public pressure has forced MAHC to re-consider its hospitals redevelopment plan and numbers, which would have taken beds and obstetrics away from south Muskoka in 2031-32 moving them to Huntsville. They are now willing to consider more “inpatient beds and labour delivery” at their site in south Muskoka. No […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — What’s best for Muskoka and/or its two hospital host communities? That’s a new strategy opponents of MAHC’s redevelopment plan are pondering as they’ve formalized efforts to fight for two independent hospitals. Call it divide and conquer. That’s all in their latest update Monday. Over the weekend they had representation […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are asking the public’s help in changing the pattern of drivers continuing to risk safety by choosing to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol after five people were charged March 16-23 in south Muskoka. On Friday March 16 at 5:15 p.m. officers responded to reports of a two-vehicle collision on […]
HUNTSVILLE — A beer bust has a local man facing several suds charges. OPP at Huntsville have laid multiple charges following an investigation into stolen beer kegs early last week. On Monday March 14, at 2:30 p.m., police were called regarding a suspicious male trying to return kegs to a local brewery. Officers began an […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A north end Hortons, near Walmart, was the victim of a break-in early last week in which a thief crawled in the drive-thru window in the middle of night stealing a small amount of cash. Police are investigating the B&E on Depot Drive at the intersection with Taylor Road Monday, March 18, which […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Who made the final divisive decisions on MAHC’s new hospitals? As a jury these 12 board members weighed information and — like Easter apostles — are preaching two separate and very distinct Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare sites a decade from now. According MAHC’s website, they’re volunteers who “plays a key […]
MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst man is among three people charged after winter drug investigation that led to $300,000 in street drugs being confiscated in drug raids Wednesday and Thursday. In early 2024 the OPP’s Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) conducted an investigation into drug trafficking through-out the District of Muskoka. On March 20 and 21, with the assistance of the Central Region Tactics and Rescue Unit, the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — With winter clinging on and ice finally out, Rotarians were celebrating this week as work finally on their 85th anniversary signature community project. Rotary Rocks the Barge work began this week with the town’s Rotary Gull Lake Park cordoned off for the next few months as worker dig into […]