ORILLIA — If you haven’t downloaded the COVID alert tracker app, here’s another one you may consider to save yourself. Today the OPP launched the internationally-recognized and used mobile application ‘what3words’ in its provincial communications centres (PCCs) — like the one at its Orillia headquarters. They say that in an emergency, if you call 911 […]
MUSKOKA — A couple of local drivers received medical attention after being impaired in separate weekend incidents, one involving a head-on collision while driving the wrong way on Hwy. 11 in Gavenhurst. Provincial police said today they are disappointed that their Festive RIDE campaign, which began last Thursday, has netted two impaired drivers over the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com RAMARA — A shed fire back in September now has police revisiting the case after trail cam video came to light showing two suspects beside the building. And the OPP want to know if you can recognize them — because they can’t. Provincial police are investigating the cause of the blaze […]
MUSKOKA — Cops love kids, kids love toys: a match made in heaven for the corps. Members of the OPP’s Muskoka-Georgian Bay Auxiliary Unit are teaming up with the Salvation Army Corps in Muskoka for their annual Stuff a Cruiser event. You can help make a child’s Christmas brighter without lights by dropping off new […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka residents are among 96 reported COVID cases today. A Bracebridge man, aged 45-64, who obtained it through the community; a Huntsville woman, also 45-64, who got it through travel; and an 18-34 Muskoka Lakes woman with close contact are the latest to test positive. And if you’re […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two men face drug charges after police stopped a vehicle Friday morning. The OPP say that on Nov. 27 at 10:30 a.m. officers pulled over an auto on Howland Drive and arrested the driver for impaired operation of a motor vehicle by drugs. Further investigation led a seizure of cocaine, and fentanyl. Driver […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A complaint about a suspected impaired driver Tuesday afternoon on Taylor Road led police to charge a local woman. The OPP say that on Nov. 24 at 1:15 p.m. they received anonymous tip. Officers located the vehicle a short time later on Dudley Drive, where they arrested and charged 42-year-old Naomi Brouse, of Bracebridge, with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With a worrisome 30 cases of COVID today, Simcoe and Muskoka could be below last week’s total of 200. As of Thursday Nov. 26 the health unit is reporting 149 people locally have contracted the coronavirus since Sunday. So unless there is a spike of 51 in tomorrow’s Friday […]