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 […]
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 […]