Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com CENTRAL ONTARIO — The cold and snow that is causing chaos for pedestrians and drivers up and down Muskoka through to Barrie yesterday continues. More accidents, including an early morning crash yesterday had police and emergency services busier than normal at this time of the new year. On Friday January 23, […]
HUNTSVILLE — Counterfeit cash is being spread around town by residents here, say police, causing businesses to lose money as a result of this criminal activity. They say that in the past few months numerous businesses and financial institutions have reported receiving counterfeit $50 and $20 bills. The suspects count on people not paying close […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Huntsville driver and his Bracebridge passenger were charged yesterday morning after the vehicle they were in ran into a snowbank. Police say that on January 22, at 9 a.m., officers were notified of a vehicle partially stuck in a snowbank at an address on King William Street in Huntsville. Muskoka EMS and […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: I think Canadians are ready for some strong medicine and solutions of action. We have 40 million people and an immense pool of resources. Remove interprovincial barriers. Build pipelines. Cut the size of government and reduce taxes. Get rid of supply side management. I think Donald Trump keeps mentioning the last, not […]
HUNTSVILLE — This week’s wintry blast yesterday led police to an early morning highway rollover on Hwy. 11. The OPP were notified Wednesday, January 21, at 7:15a.m., by a ONSTAR satellite alert after a motor vehicle collision on Highway 11 northbound near Stephenson Rd. between Bracebridge and Huntsville. Reports were the vehicle was on its […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION When Doug Ford rolled in to Deerhurst Resort this summer for Mark Carney talks, his convoy of premier vehicles was led by a GM SUV. Followed by a half-dozen other gleaming back gas guzzlers — most driven up from a Toronto fly-in. Save for Ontario’s premier who breezed in to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION In the “new world’s” daily parlance of hyperbole, to say Donald Trump got “iced” today at Davos is no exaggeration. An irony on its own — and Golden moment — I’d both suggest. The bullying 45-47 U.S. president was shot down today in the face of allied resistance and public […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Ed. Note: At a Township of Muskoka Lakes planning meeting Jan. 15, council directed staff to look into the possibility of a Municipal Contractor Licensing System after a resident blamed “illegal work” on a contractor he claimed told him he “didn’t need permits.” While that resident now has to take remedial action […]