Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — You know your party’s in trouble when half the caucus wants to be leader. But there’s hope for Ontario Liberals with a new MPP — once a Tory — a promising poll and half a dozen contenders running to erase the tarnished legacy of Kathleen Wynne. Then there’s rebuilding […]
Melanie McLearon | Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions Let’s talk about Child & Youth Mental Health in Muskoka. On a day that in its 10 years has become a very successful method for breaking the silence about mental health, Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions (SMFC) wants to keep the conversation going and make sure families in Muskoka […]
HUNTSVILLE — What price democracy? Voters suffered another hit here Monday, as councillors elected alone to fill a second vacant seat within five weeks by themselves, rather through public election. At their January 27 council meeting, council chose to fill new Mayor Karen Terziano’s vacant Huntsville ward council seat by “appointment.” A town release said […]
DEAR EDITOR: Re: “Red for Ed” teacher protest, against “the Ford government’s draconian cuts to our shared public education system.” In my opinion, this is a disgrace to our soldiers and all Canadians who have been quietly supporting our soldiers and veterans for years with a simple act. For years (since 2006) my husband and […]
GRAVENHURST — A Sunday driver turned out to be a danger to himself and others on Hwy. 11. Provincial police say that on January 26, at 7:40 p.m., OPP officers were sent chasing a vehicle that was travelling northbound on Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst in a reportedly “very erratic manner.” The vehicle eventually crashed into […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Bank staff suspicious of a man withdrawing large sums of money Friday, summoned police who arrested and charged a Quebec man with identity theft and forged a document. He was in bail court this morning facing two additional related charges. Provincial police say that on Friday, January 24, officers were alerted to the […]
GRAVENHURST — Liam Brearley is a tried, tested and true Olympian. The Gravenhurst snowboarder is still buzzing after his quick return last week from Switzerland, where he won three medals at the Youth Olympics in Laussane. He had to rush back for exams at GHS, where the 16-year-old is a student. He turns 17 Feb. […]
LAKE OF BAYS — Police are investigating after multiple break and enters at a property on Muskoka Road 117 Friday. The OPP say that on January 24 Huntsville detachment officers were called to investigate three B&Es in the Township of Lakes of Bays, east of Huntsville and Bracebridge. They say the thief entered buildings on […]