BRACEBRIDGE — Continuity amid the COVID-19 crisis appears to be behind an announcement today on a new CAO for the town. The mayor and council stayed in-house while promoting its treasurer and CFO to the top civil servant job. In a release Thursday, April 16, officials say that “after a comprehensive recruitment process,” Stephen Rettie […]
HUNTSVILLE — Pandemic fears are heightening ongoing efforts here to control short-term rentals like Airbnb. Town officials say today that in response to the province’s April 3 update of essential services, the Town of Huntsville has issued a Letter for Short-Term Accommodations with restrictions for any booking after April 4. Reports out of Toronto say some condo residents […]
ORILLIA — A driver who recently had her snow tires changed has been charged with unsafe operation of her vehicle after a tire came off and hit another vehicle on Hwy. 11 late yesterday afternoon. Provincial police at Orillia said today that they have charged a female driver with operate unsafe vehicle after the wheel […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 19-year-old resident here faces two pornography charges. Provincial police said today that on Tuesday the Muskoka Crime Unit, the OPP’s child sexual exploitation unit and the Bracebridge detachment arrested and charged the Bracebridge man following a child pornography investigation. They say that on April 14 officers from the OPP’s child sexual exploitation […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — An overnight snow dump has the MNRF warning about rising water levels and dangers around melting ice. This morning, April 15, it issued a “Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety” advisory. It indicates high flows, melting ice or other factors could be dangerous for such users as boaters, anglers and swimmers but […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you see more personalized masks around Muskoka this week, they may be the handiwork of a virtual sewing bee. Barb McCabe and Pam McDivitt are just two of about 50 sewers across town who have produced almost 1,000 colouful cloth facial covers to combat “the spread of this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Rotarians here are practising what they preach — Service Before Self. Their Rotary Youth Centre, on Wellington Street, is one of two COVID-19 assessment centres in Muskoka. And on March 21 the Bracebridge service club started a special Rotary Cares Covid-19 Assistance Fund Program to support working families in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — They said stay at home. So Dave Ramer and Michelle Harbridge got married in their driveway Tuesday. Then again in Hespeler four hours later. The next day, Wednesday, April 8, the essential workers were back on the job — he as a paramedic with Muskoka Paramedic Services and she […]