BRACEBRIDGE — Booming real estate is paying off big time for the Children’s Foundation of Muskoka. Muskoka realtor and businessman Dave Smith, of Chestnut Park Real Estate in Baysville, recently made good on his commitment to donate a portion of his commission to the foundation. The property recently sold was one owned by foundation president […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With more than 1 in 4 residents in the region still unvaccinated, look for teen influencers to spread the word among peers urging them to get jabbed in the middle of their tattoo. Dr. Charles Gardner acknowledged today what the province says about Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSOKA — If you spotted a red moon last night, don’t worry. It’s not a reflection of wild fires in northwestern Ontario. Or the fact that it was 52 years ago today that American Neil Armstrong took “One small step for man and one giant leap for mankind,” by setting foot […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are looking for home security video from residents in the Settler’s Ridge subdivision after multiple thefts from vehicles last Friday and Saturday. They say anyone living around Selkirk Road and Homestead Lane is asked to contact the OPP after autos there were entered overnight July 16 and early July 17. Check your […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Scarborough man picked up by police for probation violations faces numerous additional charges including drugs and possession of explosives when he appears again in court Thursday. Provincial police arrested and charged a Hanad Ahmed, 26, after pulling him over in a RIDE check. They say that on Sunday, July 18, at 1 […]
GEORGIAN BAY TWP. — An afternoon accident today resulted in a person being taken to hospital after a transport and an SUV with a camper collided on Hwy. 400. Provincial police from Bracebridge and Muskoka EMS responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer and an SUV hauling a camper southbound near Iroquois Cranberry […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The first weekend of the latest COVID opening in Ontario sees 7 new cases in Simcoe. Two of them yesterday and none in Muskoka the past three days. There was also 1 new death in Simcoe. Today the health unit hosted a pop-up vaccine clinic in Gravenhurst, at the […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist My dad has been gone now for more than 40 years and I’ll remember him for many wonderful reasons. He had an incredible work ethic and tried to instil the same in me. I don’t believe I ever passed my father’s litmus test. I always thought I excelled much better […]