GRAVENHURST — Two Muskoka residents face charges after a police investigation in Orillia led to vehicle being stopped here Saturday night. Provincial police say that on Saturday June 6, at 10:40 p.m., the were assisting with an investigation stemming from an incident in Orillia, and OPP officers stopped a vehicle on Fernwood Drive in Gravenhurst. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A COVID-19 scare at the TD Canada Trust branch here has been averted. The bank closed Tuesday, June 1, for employee testing after it was feared a case of the coronavirus was present in a staff member who self-isolated after last being at work May 29. Carla Hindman, their […]
MUSKOKA — At last, Muskoka’s two COVID-19 Assessment Centre are now offering asessment and testing for all individuals in Muskoka. In a release Friday, May 29, they say: “We have recently streamlined our process and have increased our capacity to service the health care needs of our communities. Effective immediately testing is available for the […]
MUSKOKA — Social distancing in the great outdoors gets a little easier tomorrow when Ontario opens day-use camping in provincial parks and also allows recreational camping on Crown land. As of June 1, backcountry camping will be available at Ontario Parks, including access points, paddle and portage routes and hiking trails. It says Ontario Parks […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — “Tourism is probably the part of our economy that has been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norman Miller, who is encouraging industry operators here to let the province know how they’re doing. Ontario’s standing committee on finance and economic affairs wants to hear from them about the […]
HUNTSVILLE — The town and its two business associations are co-ordinating the local supply of PPE for merchants. If you are a local business in need of pandemic survival supplies, the town, the BIA and chamber of commerce will connnect you with someone else in town who has extra masks and gloves you can use. But […]
HUNTSVILLE — A decked-out custom trailer and contents worth $42,000 have been reported stolen here. Provincial police say that on Tuesday May 26 officers began investigation into the theft of a utility trailer and its contents from an address on Aspdin Road in Huntsville. They say the Triton PR187 trailer was taken sometime Monday, May 25 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Roland Perret had a “very interesting life” before succumbing to the effects of Alzheimer’s at age 91. A missionary who “felt called to India,” he was “very bright,” said his son Merrill, a retired Air Canada pilot who lives in Port Sydney and is taking part in this Sunday’s […]