HUNTSVILLE — A spate of drinking and driving charges here has provincial police noting concerns. They say four out of five recent cases involved local drivers in the Huntsville OPP detachment areas. On Friday, January 24 police were called to a suspicious vehicle that was parked in the Otter Lake area of Lake of Bays […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Under a full moon on a frigid Friday night, Devon Morley’s crew of a half dozen ice makers were straightening boards, putting out nets and turning a huge patch of Lake Muskoka into 22 pristine sheets of pond hockey ice as the temperature plummeted toward minus-22. “Perfect conditions” for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Teachers were back on the job today, after an information picket Thursday. Across the Trillium Lakelands District School Board and province classes were suspended yesterday as hundreds of elementary teachers marched around school perimeters to bring attention to their ongoing labour talks and strife in Ontario. Here at the […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — With slightly warmer weather this weekend, police remind those planning on outdoor adventures to do so safely. Especially if out on water. Kawartha OPP say if your plans include being on the ice in any capacity, whether that be for a game of hockey, to walk the dog, do some ice fishing, […]
GRAVENHURST — Muskoka Founders Circle, a group of Muskoka business leaders dedicated to economic development in Muskoka, is pleased to announce that the number of Founders Choice Awards will increase from two to three in 2020. Total prize money will increase from $20,000 to $30,000. First prize is $15,000, second prize is $10,000 and third […]
MINDEN HILLS — Provincial police and the new Provincial Animal Welfare Serivces are investigating alleged ill treatment and poor living conditions of 14 hunting dogs here. They say that on January 22 officers from the Haliburton Highlands OPP detachment were called to an address on County Road 121 in the Township of Minden Hills to […]
BARRIE — Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) 33rd annual MASH BASH an ‘Epic Winter Party’ is taking place tomorrow, Friday, January 31 at Snow Valley Ski Resort in Minesing. Tickets are $25 and all proceeds from the event will be used to support much-needed renovation and expansion of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). […]
HUNTSVILLE — Who says you have to wait until May 2-4 to crack open Muskoka-time? After a sold-out bus tour to local craft brewers last fall, Deerhurst is bringing even more local and Ontario beer makers to the resort March 7. Some of Ontario’s finest craft breweries are coming north for the first BEERHURST-at-DEERHURST, a […]