MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — A homeowner who forced a break-and-enter suspect to flee was quickly caught after police called in their police dog last night. Provincial police at Bracebridge say that on Wednesday, May 13, at 10:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to the B&E in Muskoka Lakes Township. They say the homeowner was present and […]
MUSKOKA — Local hospitals are getting some help from a Muskoka hydro provider. Elexicon Energy’s Gravenhurst advisory committee recommended a donation of $2,500 to support the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund at the South Muskoka Hospital Foundation and the Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Foundation. It’s part of a larger $50,000 in donations to help hospitals in […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Tests of more than 300 residents and staff that the Pines for the corona virus have come back clean. The province forced the District of Muskoka and other retirement homes to conduct COVID-19 testing at the long-term care home, which took place in Bracebridge May 4-7. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit released […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Your neighbours are hurting and you can help. It may take a village to raise a child — but it takes a town to feed a community affected by COVID-19. Every Thursday food packages are prepared and delivered by two dozen G.A.P. (Gravenhurst Against Poverty) volunteers to those in […]
GRAVENHURST — It’s curtains this summer at the Opera House. Due to COVID-19, the Town of Gravenhurst has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Muskoka Summer Theatre season at the Gravenhurst Opera House. Scott Lucas, the town’s director of community growth and development said in a release today: “This was a very difficult decision to […]
HUNTSVILLE — An auto theft that led to a police chase today and apprehension has a Huntsville man facing a dozen break and enter and drug charges. Provincial police here say that on Tuesday, May 12, at 4:35 a.m., officers attempted to pull over a pickup truck westbound on Hwy. 60, in the Hidden Valley area. […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In these times of COVID-19 cats take your mind off the terrible things that are happening. Every winter for the past few years I have helped various animals with food and shelter. The turkeys got scratch grain. The squirrels got peanuts by the bird feeder and also peanuts tucked into a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORO — Muskoka missed an inspiring Canadian spectacle this morning. The Snowbirds took off from Lake Simcoe Regional Airport at 9:45 a.m., en route to Thunder Bay via Sault Ste. Marie. I caught a fleeting glimpse of them just as they zoomed across Hwy. 11 near Burl’s Creek, after their takeoff […]