GRAVENHURST — Two young people have been caught and charged with drug possession and accused of trying sneak cannabis into the federal prison here yesterday. Provincial police say that on Nov. 22 at 4 a.m. they were contacted by staff at the Beaver Creek Correctional facility about two packages that had been located on the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — You know COVID is getting worse when local numbers are higher than Toronto. Simcoe-Muskoka has through much of the pandemic been a high-impact region in Ontario as an early leader in variants of concern — notably the Delta VOC But today both the health unit and Public Health Ontario […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Huntsville man faces charges of indignity to human remains after a body was found near Gryffin Lodge Road Sunday. Police say that the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service is attempting to determine the identity of the person. They say that on November 21 a member of the public called the OPP to report […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — After 407 COVID cases last week in Simcoe-Muskoka, the week starts off with 49 — including 18 in Muskoka since Friday. That includes 87 over the weekend in the county and district. This as the first shipment of kids vaccines has arrived in Hamilton via UPS and Ontario bookings […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The return of the Northlander was much as it left — late and picking up only one person in Gravenhurst. Mayor Paul Kelly rode the test train to Toronto — along with other north-eastern Ontario mayors and lobbyists — to meet with Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney to again plead […]
GRAVENHURST — A thunderous lightning clap about midnight today has left four more families homeless after igniting a suspected fire, which destroyed a third multi-plex apartment building in the downtown in the past three months. Gravenhurst Fire was on scene at 12 a.m. Monday for the fire at 325 Hughson St., which fire officials estimate […]
GRAVENHURST — Two women suspects are being sought by police after a drug store reported shoplifting. The OPP were called to the IDA on Brock Street in Gravenhurst Thursday, Nov. 18. They say two women entered the business and left with a quantity of items without paying. Police released a store surveillance photo of the […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist Married for 53 years and long retired, life changes. What use to be the expected norm no longer exists … and I rather like the new normal. For instance, I have a comfortable lazy boy chair that my wife thinks I like too much. I’ll admit that I do spend […]