BALA — Twenty-six years after they first gathered in large numbers to be shephered through the darkened streets here, Bala’s Trek to Bethlehem is forced to take a sick day. “It is with deep disappointment that we announce that Bala’s Trek to Bethlehem has been cancelled for 2020,” says a release today. “This event, with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Family, friends and members of the business community are “shocked” and mourning the sudden passing yesterday of Audrey Van Petegem. The busy and active Gravenhurst and Muskoka community leader died of a heart attack Sept. 15. She had just turned 58 in June, her husband Scott Harkness said this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BARRIE — A complex Ponzi investment scheme involving point of sale debit terminal — originating here in 2012 — that duped 515 people out of $56 million has led to fraud charges against a local man. Charles Debono was in court in Barrie today after being deported from the Dominican Republic. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — So why did McDonald’s close Friday when they learned an employee has the coronavirus? Shouldn’t they? And why less than 24 hours later did they re-open? Were all other employees tested? Did they get a clean bill of health? And what about their customers and the public? Good questions, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — As Ontario topped 300 reported new COVID cases today, an 80+ Huntsville man is among them. The cause was close contact. He was among 13 people listed in the daily 1 p.m. count released by the local health unit. That’s the second highest recent number of cases for the […]
ORILLIA — Gun calls are on the rise — again. Not only in cities — but especially in the country at this time of year, remind provincial police. So expect to hear more random shots fired in the coming months as men and women in orange vests and camo prowl the rural landscape for small […]
MINDEN HILLS — A father who saved his young daughter in a family canoeing accident Saturday afternoon in Haliburton drowned during the rescue. Provincial police in Haliburton say that shortly after 2:30 p.m. Sept. 12 emergency crews responded to a 911 call about a capsized canoe on Moore Lake, which is just south of Minden […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two Torontonians arrested Sunday on drug charges were the result of a two-month investigation and a month-long pursuit after a fleeing suspect evaded police in an arrest stop on Hwy. 11. Both were in bail court this morning in Bracebridge. Provincial police say their Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) […]