HUNTSVILLE — A man and woman are in bail court this morning accused of violence in motel robbery robbery yesterday. Police and the Muskoka Crime Unit are investigating the robbery Monday, Nov. 16, at 12:35 a.m. on King William Street. They say two suspects were in the victim’s room and a physical altercation ensued, after […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What a difference a few days makes. And not just in weather. Wednesday, Remembrance Day, the parade square around at the local cenotaph was virtually void — save for 14 legionnaires bravely cloistered inside, lest anyone forget. By order of the legion command — on the recommendation of public […]
ORILLIA — An attempted abduction downtown here Saturday evening has police looking for help from the public to find the suspected kidnapper. Provincial police say that on Nov. 14, just after 6 p.m., a female was walking on Front Street near Elgin Street when she was approached by a male who had gotten out of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — COVID is “definitely going to get worse before it gets better.” And “a third wave always follows a second.” That’s the stark messages delivered this morning to Gravenhurst Probus members in a virtual briefing from one of the country’s top medical advisers. Dr. Andrew Morris, a Muldrew Lake cottager, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — If you needed any more proof that the pandemic is going to make winter worse, latest local stats confirm everyone’s worst fears. Today the health unit reports 86 positive tests over the weekend. Two of them are women from Muskoka. One is aged 45-64 in Bracebridge. The other is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It was a dark and stormy night …. “It was a crazy day, all day and night,” said one person on social media. Yesterday’s winds whipped up a nasty night and day for residents across much of southern Ontario Sunday as wild gusts knocked down their usual trees and […]
HUNTSVILLE — The driver of a car that left the road and hit a pole faces numerous driving and theft-related charges Saturday. Police say they responded to a single motor vehicle collision on West St., Huntsville. They say the vehicle had driven off the road into a ditch and hit a pole and that he […]
HUNTSVILLE — An “unwanted” customer yesterday led to an impaired woman being charged with opioid possession. Police were called to a business on Hanes Road Sunday Nov. 15, where officers found a “highly intoxicated” female in the parking lot of Circle K convenience store. Dayna Lewis was arrested and an investigation resulted in the the […]