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 […]
Now, it’s not about what’s closed, but what’s open. Here are a few more updates. Let us know if you know of any others. The Town of Gravenhurst announced today, April 8, that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the necessary, but unfortunate, cancellation of various spring/summer programs it offers at this time of year. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Two Gravenhurst women in their 60s are the latest Muskoka residents to come down with COVID-19. One was community-acquired and the other contracted the coronavirus through travel to an unknown destination. That makes them the 11th and 12th victims in the latest count reported to the Simcoe Muskoka District […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Essential workers and front-line staff are getting a lot of love. Even the odd tip at the grocery store. David Rechtsman left $50 in the trunk of his car today — as a “thank you” for YIG store employees — when a busy staff member loaded his car trunk […]