HALIFAX – A shooting scare here Friday afternoon proved false, the RCMP said after a few hours. CBC and other media were reporting another shooting Friday afternoon about 3:30 p.m. ET in Halifax. That after an official emergency alert went out and one report said it’s an active shooter and shots had been fired. Residents […]
GRAVENHURST – Mayor Paul Kelly said today that this is the third day without a case of COVID-19. In his seventh pandemic report Friday, April 24, he also spoke of a number of local groups that received funds from the province, including GAP, the Salvation Army, the United Church, the Catholic Church and the Bukers’ […]
GRAVENHURST — Financial help for local COVID-19 sufferers is reaching closer to home with a special fund by the town. The town is also seeking a slice of upper tier relief funds as it deals with the municipal fallout that could cost it an estimated $1.2 million in staffing and lost revenue. Gravenhurst is also […]
GRAVENHURST — A North York man suspected of multiple shoplifting sprees here at a Shopper’s Drug Mart was arrested and charged yesterday early afternoon. Provincial police said today that on Thursday April 23, at 1:35 p.m., officers were dispatched to a complaint of a shoplifting at the store on Muskoka Road in Gravenhurst. Police said […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A wide-open community fund to help groups that are supporting pandemic assistance programs has been established by the town. Yesterday, council created the COVID-19 Community Relief Fund (CRF) to offer grants to impacted organizations in specific areas. An initial $40,000 is available in the first intake period until May 8, but could be […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A “preferred” design for the town’s new multiuse community centre (MUCC) was approved by councillors today with major new library changes. When it will be built still remains a question of additional funding from provincial and federal governments. But when they’re ready to put the shovel in the ground — beyond general site […]
Letter to Editor: In these depressing times of COVID-19, I thought about sending in a few suggestions Canadians could do to help themselves. Some people die from the virus. Some do not. So, boot up your immune system with lots of vitamin C and zinc. Linus Pauling, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, suggested […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Canadians united apart today in sorrow at the senseless killings in Nova Scotia yesterday are heart-broken as they continue to cope with mounting COVID-19 death toll around the world. Flags already flying at half staff for the coronavirus victims have more reasons to come together virtually in spirit. Coast […]