BRACEBRIDGE — Six weeks out from a leadership convention, local provincial Liberals get a look this afternoon at five of the six candidates vying to resurrect the party from near oblivion. After a devastating loss to Doug Ford in 2018, in which the government for 15 years fell from 54 seats to seven and lost […]
Letter to the Editor: This is a synopsis of a letter of objection sent to both the Town of Huntsville and the District of Muskoka in the past year, to register my objection to the proposed 29-lot development on South Mary Lake Road in Port Sydney. This development, known as Pine Haven Estates, is now […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Alcohol was involved in almost half the 175 snowmobile fatalities in Ontario since 2009. Provincial police say that with snowmobile safety week (Jan. 18-26) underway now, the OPP have released a 10-year data report on sledding fatalities that they hope will encourage snowmobilers to avoid the recurring “bad behaviours” that contributed to […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Parents stuck with added alternative care costs due to school labour disruptions can apply for funding assistance. According to MPP Norm Miller, the province has launched its “Support for Parents” initiative to help families pay for those unexpected childcare costs. In a statement Wednesday, following the latest employee job action that has […]
GRAVENHURST — Tired of winter, yet? Well, how about a good, ol’ weekend sing-along? The Elderberries Choir has just the hour-and-a-half to cheer you up Saturday night and Sunday afternoon in Gravenhurst. They present a selection of winter songs, including “A Marshmallow World,” “Slow Dancing in the Snow,” and “Jingle Bells (sort of). Director Louise […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Bracebridge man on probation was in bail court today after what police are calling a “serious assault” involving a weapon last night. They say that on Sunday Jan. 19, 2020, at 8 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call at a home Bracebridge. They say a dispute erupted within the residence that […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Muskoka Lakes man is to appear in bail court tomorrow, Jan. 21, on a number of drug and auto theft-related charges after being arrested in police stop last Wednesday. Provincial police say that on Jan. 15, 2020, at 10:45 a.m. officers at Bracebridge made a traffic stop on Woodchester Avenue after they say […]
HUNTSVILLE — A missing person search here ended in a death today. Yesterday, Jan. 19, provincial police at Huntsville were asked for help finding a missing 45-year-man. The male was last known to be in the Hoodstown Shores Road area of town. With the help of the Huntsville Fire Department and OPP specialty units, uniformed […]