HUNTSVILLE — Five people are without a home to stay in place today after a fire forced from their apartment. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department said this afternoon that they responded to a report of a structure fire on Meadow Park Drive in Huntsville at 9 a.m. Responding firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Construction companies scrambled this week to make sure Easter eggs are available this weekend for those affected by the coronavirus. In just five days the Muskoka Home Builders Association (MBA) raised more than $80,000 to help. The Relief Effort delivered $24,000 to four local food banks Wednesday to […]
HUNTSVILLE — Another targeted traffic stop here yesterday has led to the arrest of a man and woman and the seizure of $5,700 in cocaine, $994 in cash and trafficking charges. On April 9 Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and members of the Huntsville OPP detachment conducted pulled over a vehicle on West Street. […]
DWIGHT — A double takedown yesterday has led to two Huntsville residents being arrested and charged with cocaine trafficking and possession of a replica handgun modified to appear as a real firearm. Provincial police say Thursday, April 9, the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) with the OPP’s SWAT team and canine unit used a drug […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — More on that commercial “diesel fuel” spill in Henshaw Lake — which took place Monday — prompting a drinking water warning from the province. An Ontario Environment Ministry spokesperson told MuskokaTODAY.com today that on April 6 a local resident notified the ministry about a “hydrocarbon sheen on the water […]
MUSKOKA — Muskoka’s hospitals “will struggle with the patient surge that is anticipated” as COVID-19 continues to hit the community hard. In a frank blog this week, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare CEO Natalie Bubela says “as a smaller community hospital, we have limited personnel and limited space.” She says “health care practitioners fill many roles in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — There was no ‘Quiet Zone’ or signs indicating such so this afternoon on Kelly Drive. It wouldn’t have mattered anyway — for a few minutes after 2 p.m. Sirens wailed as eight emergency vehicles — led by a Gravenhurst Fire Department pumper truck, four OPP vehicles and three Muskoka […]
MUSKOKA LAKES TOWNSHIP — Residents on Henshaw Lake are warned not to use private water sources due to the threat from a fuel spill. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) sent out the advisory today, April 9, advising the public of a “small diesel fuel spill” into Henshaw Lake. They say private drinking water […]