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 […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A man and woman spotted in a vehicle in a restricted area Saturday face drug and probation charges. Provincial police say officers were patrolling area roads April 18 at noon when they noticed a vehicle leaving an area closed to public. Officers conducted a traffic stop to investigate the circumstances and subsequently arrested […]
MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — A novice driver faces an impaired driving charge after an accident early yesterday between Gravenhurst and Bala. Provincial police say that on Sunday April 19, at 12:30 a.m., they responded to a report of a vehicle that had left the road on Muskoka Road 169 near Walkers Point Road in Muskoka […]
HUNTSVILLE — A police pursuit Saturday night has led to two drivers in the same vehicle being charged with impaired driivng Provicial police here say that Saturday April 18th, 2020 at approximately 8:30 p.m. an Officer of the Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a car travelling on West Road, Huntsville at an excessive rate […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A suspended Bracebridge driver — charged just last Friday with multiple drug and driving charges — was arrested again 48 hours later and charged with stealing a vehicle. Provincial police said today that on Sunday April 19 at 11 a.m. Bracebridge detachment officers were dispatched to a complaint where a known suspect had […]