HUNTSVILLE — A five-week RIDE campaign here ended with an average of two people a week being charged with impaired driving over the run-up to Christmas and after New Year’s. Starting Nov. 26, the Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) Program started across Ontario and ended Jan 2. The provincial police detachment at Huntsville set […]
ORILLIA — A suspected impaired driver who fled police has been charged with a pair of break and enters. Police arrested the Bracebridge man with numerous offences after he refused to stop for them, then they say he unlawfully entered two houses. They say that on Saturday Jan. 2, just after 9 a.m., a 911 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — It’s a double-digit day for Muskoka as the health unit reports 248 cases for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That’s an average of 82.66666666666667 over the past three days to start 2021. Ten of them ranging in age from under 18 to up to 79 were in the northern half […]
GRAVENHURST — Classes may be out for another week, but the kiddy hill behind the Gravenhurst Public School is still filled with shrieking sounds of the laughter of children slipping and sliding, climbing and rolling down the little bank. And into the waiting arms of parents who watch over the winter antics — and occasionally […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — A couple of former premiers — including a one-time Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP — are among appointees to the Order of Ontario today. Lt-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, chancellor of the Order of Canada, announced 47 appointees for 2019 and 2020 on Friday. Among them are Ernie Eves and his predecessor Mike […]
GRAVENHURST – The king of the castle-making is Andrey Petrov. The ice sculptor we told you about on Boxing Day has crafted his annual winter masterpiece in his front yard. Using a blue box, some help from his son Nikolas and lots of talent and sweat equity, he carved out a couple of castles on […]
ORILLIA — You rock Cool FM/Rock 95 and OPP Det. Sgt. Tanya Tremble. The pair combined to bring some extra Christmas joy to pets and pet lovers. As a result of a generous donation of a large quantity of pet toys, members from Central Region OPP were able to deliver a holiday toy to many fury […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A new year, new start and plans for the future of downtown are on the books for 2021 in Bracebridge. A master plan to guide core political actions the next decade will be up for virtual discussion Jan. 7. The town wants to know what you want and offers […]