Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Friends were praying for Bill Smith, 82, who was hit Friday while riding his scooter and was in hospital in Toronto in grave condition. Sadly he passed away this morning at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, after he was taken off life support when his family learned his condition […]
MUSKOKA — Rockin’ robin and some of the most popular songs from the ’60s and ’70s — including the Beatles, big bands, classical, movie and show tunes — are on the bill May 27-29 as the Muskoka Concert Band takes the stage for it annual summer music series kick-off. With the May 24 Victoria long […]
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 […]
ORO-MEDONTE — An arborist has died after falling from a tree this afternoon. Police say they were called to a home in Oro-Medonte where a male was pronounced dead. Shortly after 1 p.m., OPP from Orillia, Simcoe County Paramedic Service and Township of Oro-Medonte Fire, were dispatched to the residence on Huronwoods Drive in Oro-Medonte […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A truck driver has been charged after a collision with a motorcycle rider here Saturday morning. Police say that on May 13, at 9:50 a.m., they responded to a collision between the injured motorcyclist and the other driver on Highway 118 near Ashley Lane in Bracebridge. The biker, a 37-year-old from Bracebridge, was […]
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 […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Two people are in hospital after rolling an ATV on a private property trail Saturday afternoon in Vankoughnet. The 30-year-old driver from Bracebridge was airlifted to a trauma centre with non-life-threatening injuries and a 37-year-old passenger was taken to a MAHC hospital with minor injuries. Police say that at 4:30 p.m. May 13 […]