Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — For Kyung-A Lee’s legion of fan — of which there are hundreds, if not thousands throughout Muskoka — it’s hard to believe she be any better. Those who’ve marvelled at the pianist’s pounding beauty, precision, deft and delicate touches she could never sound better. Not to speak of her […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The word on the street is that Bay Street won’t be fully open until at least November. Trisan Construction was going door-to-door this afternoon informing residents and businesses located in the second phase area of the redevelopment of the Bay & Beyond road construction that it will be the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An annual spike in summer ER visits at MAHC will have patients seeing five new emergency doctors in south Muskoka and Huntsville. They are among a staggering 134 new hospitals hires since the beginning of the year. In a release today, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says it has hired […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 14-year-old dirt bike rider involved in a serious collision last month has been charged with careless driving and their parent was charged with allowing it to happen. On July 25, shortly after 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a single motor-vehicle collision on Domtar Road, north of Old Muskoka Road. […]
ORILLIA — More drivers, more charges. An increase in residents and visitors this summer enjoying the scenic roads, lakes, and cottage areas has unfortunately led to an increasing number of impaired drivers endangering lives of those on our roads and waterways, say police. As of Aug. 6 the OPP’s Central Region has laid 1,496 impaired-related […]
GRAVENHURST — Reports about glass and sharp objects creating hazards at town beaches this summer have prompted precautionary measures. Muskoka Bay Park and Muskoka Beach Park were closed temporarily for maintenance while hazards were removed. Both have since reopened. However, the Lorne Street Beach is temporarily closed for maintenance while staff work diligently to address […]
HUNTSVILLE — Soaring Muskoka summer temperatures that have hit 30 degrees have seen firefighters here rescue children locked inside vehicles. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says it has been “actively responding to incidents this summer where children have been accidentally locked inside vehicles.” Firefighters have been called out several times this summer to free […]
MUSKOKA — It may be the summer of Summer McIntosh in Paris. But in Muskoka it’s the summer of impaired driving charges as police charged four more people over Civic Holiday Long weekend with impaired operation the past five days — including a boater on the Severn River who was to appear in court this […]