Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Police who may often look like they’re lying low or inactive caught up with some outstanding criminal activity this week in what they’re calling a “street sweep.” Which may account for a lot of police presence on your street the past three days. They say that Tuesday, Wednesday and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Thirteen new local COVID cases are part of more than 250,000 cases in Canada. Friday’s numbers in Simcoe bring to 1,497 the total in the health unit’s reporting region. Six people are in hospital. There were no cases in Musoka, Friday Nov. 6. Seven people today are from Barrie, […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are cracking down again on fraudsters. After a Ramara contractor was charged this week, OPP in Huntsville initiated fraud investigations Sept. 7 concerning an air conditioning unit that was listed for sale in July on a Facebook buy-and-sell group. As a result Alexandra “Alee” King, 29, of Huntsville was arrested Oct. 31 […]
GRAVENHURST — A man here is in custody tonight facing a bail hearing in the morning on child pornography charges. David Ashe, 71, faces four counts of possession of child pornography CC 163.1(4), accessing child pornography CC 163.1(4.1) and making, printing, publishing or possessing for the purpose of publication any child pornography CC 163.1(2). Members […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The coronavirus continues to get worse in Simcoe and Muskoka. Two Huntsville women are among 15 new cases today and 132 this week. The health unit says the four-day total is the highest weekly total since the start of the pandemic and the third straight week or record numbers. […]
UPDATE- Luke Pombiere was located earlier today and is in good health. Huntsville OPP would like to thank the public for their assistance. LAKE OF BAYS — The public is being asked to be on the lookout for a missing person here. Provincial police are asking for help in finding 38-year-old Lake of Bays resident […]
ORILLIA — A local contractor who took deposits then didn’t start work has been charged with fraud. Provincial police from the Orillia Crime Unit have arrested and charged the man with fraud in two separate investigations in Orillia. They say that on Aug. 28 and Sept. 28 the OPP undertook investigations in relation to alleged […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE — Another day another 17 cases of COVID in Simcoe. And none in Muskoka, reports Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. They are among 987 people to test positive for the coronavirus Wednesday, Nov. 4. Quebec count was back in four digits at 1,029. Meanwhile, in Manitoba Health Minister Cameron Friesen […]