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 […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A pick-up truck driver who collided with a larger truck carrying concrete this morning has died. Police say that just after 9 a.m., Wednesday Nov. 4, emergency crews responded to a motor vehicle collision involving the two trucks on Brackenrig Road, in Bracebridge. The 37-year-old male driver of the pick-up truck, who was alone […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — New public health restrictions on movements in and out of local long-term care homes have been issued by order of the region’s medical officer of health. As of yesterday, Tuesday Nov. 3, Dr. Charles Gardner says he will immediately restrict all indoor visits at long-term care homes to one essential visitor at […]
GRAVENHURST — Middle of the night drivers yesterday who spotted a truck bouncing off the Hwy. 11 median led police to stop and charge the vehicle operator with being impaired by drug. OPP say that on Nov. 3 at 2:30 a.m. police received multiple 911 complaints from northbound motorists in Gravenhurst, near Sparrow Lake Route […]
ROSSEAU — A Bracebridge man faces impaired driving charges in the death of the head of Rosseau Lake College who was struck while out for his morning run yesterday. Provincial police said today, Nov. 3, that Robert Carreau, 43, of of Rosseau died after being hit at 6:30 a.m. Monday, on Hwy. 141 in Seguin […]