Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A Muskoka MRI is just over a year away. And this morning MPP Graydon Smith announced $800,000 in funding for staffing when it does arrive at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital sometime in 2024. That’s after the hospital’s foundation raises the $5 million needed to buy and install it. Muskoka […]
HUNTSVILLE — A driver who ditched a stolen car during a snow storm early Friday was charged with drug possession and having a loaded Glock in his vehicle. Police charged the Ottawa man and seized the loaded handgun and drugs after the vehicle lost control and ended up in a ditch. On Dec. 16, at […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A snowmobiler is in a Toronto hospital trauma centre after colliding with a parked car Friday at noon. Local provincial police and the OPP Central Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) team are investigating the collision that left the male driver with serious injuries Dec. 17 at 12 p.m. Bracebridge Fire Department and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The best thing about school concerts — though the singing and dancing are great, too — is the kids and parents waving at each other. Take last night’s primary seasonal celebration at Macaulay Public School. It’s hard to tell who enjoyed it the most — the beaming kids searching […]
ORILLIA — Band lovers are in for a real treat Sunday. With several excellent concert and brass bands in the region, particularly the Orillia Silver Band, which have featured many fine soloists, one of the more distinguished performers takes the stage at the Orillia Opera House. By special arrangement, the Silver Band will host the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVEHURST — The on-again-off-again Northlander could make a stop in Gravenhurst in a few years if the province follows through on a promise yesterday to start the engines again on a new train and service. Ontario will spend $140 million to buy three new “trainsets,” announced Associate Transportation Minister Stan Cho […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was a Joyeux Noel! for concert-goers Sunday as the Muskoka Advent Choir made its fifth stop of the carolling season at St. Paul’s Catholic Church. Those who came out on a snowy eve were treated to another joyful rendition of the traditional region-wide cantata. For 28 years — […]
GRAVENHURST — A worker at the new apartment buildings complex at the south end of Gravenhurst is the latest victim of crime in town this week. Police are investigating the theft of multiple tools from the construction site on Talisman Drive. It occurred sometime between late Wednesday, Dec. 7, and early Thursday, Dec. 8. They […]