Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Spring forward or fall back? Monday’s election is a chance to hire councils with real vision and guts. So where are they? The local labour pool has long had a painfully thin bench for qualified workers in all fields at all levels. Witness the hospitality and trades sectors. For […]
GRAVENHURST — A traffic stop that led to drug charges also included a charge of possession of break and enter tools Tuesday. Police say that Oct. 18 officers were conducting general patrols when they stopped a motor vehicle on Veteran’s Way for a Highway Traffic Act violation. As a result of an investigation, Branden Reed, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Local police were stretched on Muskoka roads for today’s snowstorm as many were seconded for this morning’s funeral for slain constables Devon Northrup, left, and Morgan Russell. OPP officers from Muskoka marched and helped cover for the South Simcoe Police Service area in Innisfil and in Barrie where hundreds […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The wakeup call came in the middle of the night when electronics and lights signalled the first snowfall of fall. Residents and business owners were left scratching their heads as to how on Day 1 power outages could happen with the first downfall of snow this early into the […]
GEORGIAN BAY – Traffic throughout much of west and south Muskoka remains heavy into the afternoon after a an accident on Hwy. 400 south this morning. Police say that at 8:34 a.m. Tuesday they were called to a single vehicle collision around South Gibson Lake Rd in Georgian Bay Township in which it left the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — In 1997 women’s lib was a surging urban Western world movement. In small Canadian towns awareness and equality of female rights were but a dream for a small groups of women intent on changing that one girl, one day and one event at a time. Today parity is within […]
ORILLIA — The Orillia Silver Band celebrates folk music in the fall with an exciting Folk Festival Concert. It’s this Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m., at the Orillia Opera House. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students/children and are available from the Opera House Box Office. This is the band’s first concert of the 2022-2023 season. Folk […]
MUSKOKA — Three units across both Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) sites are now in COVID-19 outbreak. In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, South Wing at the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) Site and North Wing at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) Site have been deemed in outbreak with staff and patient cases of COVID-19, […]