RAMARA — Police are looking for a missing bird and possible suspect after pet hawk was reported stolen Wednesday. They are investigating the theft of a pet Ferruginous Hawk from a Ramara residence. On Feb. 3 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., the hawk disappeared from outside the home. One-year-old “Arsenal” was reportedly securely tethered […]
HUNTSVILLE — An overnight break-in at a home here Monday has police looking for help. On Feb. 1 police were called to a residence at the north end of the town for a break and enter. They say that 3 a.m. an unknown person or persons gained entry by forcing open the front door causing […]
ORILLIA — An Orillia man who was caught holding a bag of meat after being pursued by the store owner has now been charged. Police say they arrested and charged a shoplifter with theft and recovering numerous stolen items. The say just after noon that back on Jan. 3, officers received a phone call from […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As kids and parents prepare for indoor classes, 6 families are planning funerals today for loved ones who died of COVID. The number of dead rose to 164 in health unit reporting Thursday as a further 58 corona cases emerged — all in Simcoe. None were in Muskoka. But […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With news that Muskoka schools will re-open for classes Monday, Feb. 8, Simcoe-Muskoka is reporting 36 new COVID cases today. Two of them are men in Muskoka: One was said by the health unit earlier to be from an outbreak Jan. 22 at Muskoka Shores in Gravenhurst, and reported […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The health unit reports 36 new COVID cases Tuesday. And 51 people have now tested positive for the UK B.1.1.7 variant. That’s 32 more than reported yesterday. An additional 94 cases have screened positive and are awaiting confirmation. And 5 more people in Simcoe have died. None of the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Waking up today is like the movie Groundhog Day. Instead of worrying about the daily dip in temperature — to decide whether to go outside — people hanging on the corona case numbers feel doomed to repeat at least six more weeks of the deadly virus. Confusing COVID counts […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A woman who claimed she was injured in a hospital parking lot altercation with police on Halloween has lost her bid to have her complaint investigated further by the SIU after they say she refused them access to her medical records. Special Investigations Unit director Joseph Martino ended the investigation into the “interaction” […]