Story and photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A fatal overnight fire today in which a woman, 49, died and more than a dozen people, including her family, escaped has shaken the devastated residents of the small five-unit apartment building — some of whom openly speculated it may be “arson.” Erica Curtis-Nickason died […]
MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst health professional is among four new women board of directors of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC). They replace four other board members who are leaving management of the two local hospitals in Bracebridge (SMMH) and Huntsville (HDMH). Marsha Barnes was approved last week at the annual virtual general meeting last Monday, Aug. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Fifty cases reported this weekend — including one in Muskoka — come as the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit ramps up vaccinations clinics on the second-last day of August. Three of them will take place in Gravenhurst on Thursday. The Gravenhurst man, aged 65-79, is under investigation as to […]
RUSTY DRAPER Contributing columnist In my home there is no question as to who ranks as the “superior grandparent.” My wife, Pat, wins hands down. But I ask: “Why?” When we go for a visit to see our grandchildren, I’m the one who brings them all the treats and I’m the first they run to. […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist A common story is a kid throws a party and no one comes. Even worse are the kids who weren’t even invited to that party. Now imagine all the pictures of all the parties online so kids can see exactly what they are missing out on. Like the pit parties […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Summer’s been a busy time for local police who have charged 20 people with impaired driving since mid-July. Provincial police say they are “disappointed” at the unusual number of drivers charged during the past six weeks. Thursday morning was their latest arrest. They say that on Aug. 26, just before 8 a.m., a […]
GRAVENHURST — A local man charged with impaired driving gave police a brief foot chase before being caught. OPP responded to a complaint of a pick-up truck that crashed into a tree near a residential area on Beaver Ridge Road in Gravenhurst, Tuesday Aug. 24 at 12:30 p.m. Officers arrived and the located the driver […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Union workers with the town here have come to terms with the municipality on a four-year wage hike that will see a 1 per cent increase as of June 1, with further increases each year of 1.5 per cent in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Mayor Graydon Smith confirmed some the terms of the […]