MUSKOKA LAKES — A driver stuck a driveway during the night is stuck with an impaired driving charge. Police say that early today, Feb. 28 at 2:35 a.m., they got an anonymous tip about a vehicle stuck in a driveway on Muskoka Road 118 West in Muskoka Lakes. Officers arrested and charged 23-year-old Konrad McQuilter, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A day after and two days before: Simcoe-Muskoka sees 35 more cases of COVID. That’s one more than the 34 the health unit reported Friday. And no one’s happy about that. Meanwhile, Monday’s return to “Grey-Lockdown” status has local residents on edge. Yesterday’s provincial “emergency brake” caught many off-guard. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — With a return to lockdown Monday, local businesses are calling for a balanced Ontario budget. They mean one that keeps both their interests and the public’s at heart. No grey area here for them Yesterday, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) — with input from the Muskoka Lakes […]
GRAVENHURST — A couple of alleged shoplifters could be in for a lockdown if police can identify them. The OPP say they are investigating a theft at the Shoppers Drug Mart on Muskoka Road South in Gravenhurst two weeks ago. They say a woman and man entered the store Friday Feb. 12, just after 3 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — The province has taken the advice of Dr. Charles Gardner and Simcoe-Muskoka is returning to the grey-lockdown zone this Monday, March 1. That’s the same highly restrictive zone the region recently emerged from. The province announced the “emergency brake” late this afternoon, Friday Feb. 26. The order didn’t say […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Four Muskoka men have been fined of $3,200 for illegal moose hunting in 2019 — including a Gravenhurst hunter who received a 15-year suspension. Conservation officers and police found them on Crown land in the south-east area of the town. The hunters had a cow moose and officers found […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — After four days of cases, Muskoka finished the week with no reports of COVID-19, while Simcoe saw 34 positive tests. The province reported 25 for the region this morning. That’s 169 this week, according to local public health officials. And while residents are already reporting on social media they’ve […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Vaccine bookings have begun with people reporting on social media they already have appointments for early next week. Simcoe-Muskoka is among health units that yesterday allowed residents to go online or call by phone to get injected in Bracebridge and Huntsville. Those 85 and older — along with Indigenous […]