Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The divisive issue of how Muskoka’s hospitals will operate in a decade takes centre stage starting tonight in Dwight. After 41 doctors in south Muskoka overwhelmingly came out on the weekend — in strongly-worded letter criticizing a ‘Made-in-Muskoka’ “model of care” — Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare is preparing for a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A petition to dissolve the MAHC board of directors — ending its new hospitals plans — and to return independent public boards to the South Muskoka and Huntsville District hospitals began circulation this weekend in person and online. Former MPP Dan Waters who opposes the changes, says in a […]
HUNTSVILLE — An accident early last September here has led to charges against a Huntsville man. An OPP investigation of the collision on Highway 60, which began September 6, follows the “serious” 6 p.m. accident Emergency services responded and the OPP Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) team was dispatched in the area of Fairyview […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ED. NOTE: On the eve of public conversations on the future plans for SMMH and HDMH, this coming week, local doctors have ‘endorsed’ a letter expressing major concerns with the plan to be presented to the province this spring. MuskokaTODAY.com received the following letter Sunday, January 28. Re: MuskokaAlgonquinHealthcareHospital Redevelopment Model […]
MUSKOKA — Police charged three people with impaired driving offences over the weekend. Early this morning, January 28, at 2 a.m. a member of the public called police to express their concerns about a person’s ability to drive after they left an address in Bracebridge. Police conducted patrols and located and stopped the vehicle on […]
HUNTSVILLE — Thieves hungry for cash — and chocolate — made off with both in three recent break and enters here. The overnight shopping sprees last week leave police investigating separate incidents — second and third a half hour apart. On Tuesday January 16 at 12:30 a.m., a male suspect forced entry to a restaurant […]
EDITOR/PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — District and municipal governments are grappling with ways to provide legally-required notices — particularly around planning issues — now that the last hard-copy newspaper is no longer being dropped in driveways. After a major town and district mix-up this month on the public announcements regarding proposed changes […]
HUNTSVILLE — One person suffered smoke inhalation treatment in hospital last night after a $500,000 fire destroyed a home here. Just after 6:30 p.m. Thursday January 25, Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Fighters responded to the structure fire on Lengra Hollows in Huntsville. Fire crews from Station 1 Huntsville, Station 5 Port Sydney and Station 4 […]