Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — COVID case counts are back up locally and provincially Sunday the day before students return to indoor classes and Ontario moves to re-open more businesses. Simcoe-Muskoka reported 43 cases — an increase of 8 over Saturday — bringing the regional total to 5,770. Public Health Ontario did not differentiate […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSOKA — Monday schools will open. The following Monday more businesses will be able to open. That’s part of the province’s plan to be announced Monday by Premier Doug Ford as Ontario’s COVID case numbers dipped again Saturday. According to Public Health Ontario (PHO) today, 1,388 people still tested positive and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Local cases may be down more than 100 this week, but it’s too early to let down your guard with two men and a woman in Muskoka reported with COVID today. And three more variant finds in the North Bay Parry Sound, Sudbury and Porcupine health units. The trio […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two Huntsville residents charged Feb. 1 — and ordered not to associate — were arrested again Feb. 3 charged with their second drug offences after a police chase Wednesday. Police say that on Feb. 3 the OPP’s Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) spotted the pair travelling in a vehicle together contrary to […]
GRAVENHURST — Police arrested a Bracebridge man and are looking for a suspect who fled after a stolen car landed in the snowbank just after midnight Wednesday. At 12:30 p.m. officers were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Hwy. 11 southbound, near Highway 118 in Gravenhurst. They say witnesses had observed the vehicle weaving […]
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 […]