Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — A snowmobiler who crawled out of the water Saturday afternoon after going through the ice in Lake Muskoka has been safely located. Police say they received a call at 2:18 p.m. Saturday reporting a sledder escaping an icy plunge. Bystanders watched the man get out of the water and […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist We got a big old trucking convoy headed toward Ottawa … a convoy! I have been to protests and demonstrations, but only peaceful ones. I’ve never been to one where the crowd was beat on by batons or arrested. I’ve heard of such protests, from a professor with a doctorate […]
GEORGIAN BAY – Police charged a Caledon trucker with impaired driving yesterday after a single vehicle collision on Hwy. 400. They say that on Thursday Jan. 27, at 7:17 p.m., officers received a call from a driver who was involved in the accident. The transport had jack-knifed on Hwy. 400 NB in Georgian Bay Township. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Canada’s top doc says Omicron has “peaked,” 8 new COVID deaths in the region today were all aged 80+. They include 3 from outbreaks in Muskoka. Male 80+, community, Jan. 24, Simcoe Female 80+, community, Jan. 22, Simcoe Male 80+, outbreak, Jan. 22, Simcoe Female 80+, community, Jan. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A woman missing for more than a week has police and her family asking for public help finding her. The OPP have launched a missing person search. The family of Catharine MacMahon, 62, of Huntsville have not had any contact with her for more than a week and are concerned for her wellbeing. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A woman released by police on drug and weapons charges Tuesday was arrested again yesterday charged with possessing a stolen rifle and shotgun. Kayle MacLeod, 31, of Armour Township, and two other men were held over in bail court Thursday after facing gun and drug charges Wednesday. They will be back in court again […]
“Grandfather had a farm; his son had a garden and his grandson has a can opener. NOW, his great granddaughter has a garden.” NANCY THOMPSON | How does your garden grow? Chatter and concerns about food security and supply — along with COVID isolation and the movement toward locally-grown produce — are encouraging more of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With the prime minister in self-isolation, local public health reports 239 COVID cases today. That’s up from 204 yesterday. But it’s the 61 people in hospitals that are of note Thursday. That’s 6 more than yesterday. And 9 people are in ICU, up from 7 the day before. There […]