Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WINDERMERE — Despite inclement weather, late this afternoon police divers recovered the body of a second victim of a Lake Rosseau boating accident last night in Windermere. Police reported this afternoon that a 4 p.m. they found Donna Wiley, 51, of Oakville. She was in one of two boats that collided […]
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The flood of COVID cases may be over — down to a trickle of 3 today Simcoe — according to the health unit. But on the eve of the second last stage of re-opening with 96 Delta variants of concern we’re not high and dry yet. The three local cases are 2 in […]
HUNTSVILLE — The owners and the director of a residential motel here were yesterday fined almost $12,000 for smoke detector violations. On July 14, in the Bracebridge Provincial Offences Court, the corporation that owns the Highland Court Inn & Suites in Huntsville and its director each pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to ensure […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — High water levels and flows will continue the next week as runoff from recent rain moves through the river systems. The weather forecast from Environment Canada is calling for 15mm to 25mm today, Thursday July 15, with thunderstorms possible. The forecast over the weekend and into early next week […]
On July 10, 2021 at 1 p.m., Hugh Carlton Fairfield passed away peacefully in the arms of his loving wife, daughters and family. Hugh was born Dec. 9, 1931, in Selkirk, Manitoba. The oldest child of Finlay Robert Fairfield and Esther Jean Carpenter, Hugh loved to spend his time with his father in the Fairfield […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — A multiple boating accident last night resulted in the death of a 13-year-old girl from Toronto and Thursday morning police divers were still combing Lake Rosseau for a 51-year-old woman from Oakville. Police say four others were injured when two boats collided in front of Windermere Marina […]
GRAVENHURST — Two local residents faces drug charges after being arrested in the downtown here yesterday. The OPP’s Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) says they charged them after a drug trafficking investigation Tuesday, July 13, at 3:50 p.m. With the aid of the police they arrested the pair. A search resulted in the seizure […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An ambitious plan to “finish off” the Muskoka Wharf would see an extension of the board walk north leading to more than 100 condo units and retail spaces next to the Segwun and Wenonah II ships. The Rosseau Group behind the multi-million-dollar Cherokee Lane project wants to “pick up […]