HUNTSVILLE — A Huntsville man faces numerous charges after a police stop, involving unauthorized weapon, drug and proceeds of crime. Provincial police say that on Saturday March 23, 2019, officers conducted a traffic stop on Muskoka Road 3 North, in Huntsville. An investigation led to several charges. Dwayne Gagnon, 39, has been charged with the […]
HUNTSVILLE — It may be getting late for snowmobiling, but at least one thief thinks otherwise. Provincial police here received a report, Sunday, of a stolen snowmobile. The sled was stolen from a resort in the Oxtongue Lake area sometime between 11 p.m. Saturday, March 23 and 8:30 a.m. March 24. The snowmobile is described […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY TORONTO — The gang at Betty’s are going to raise a glass to Bill Reddall Monday afternoon. And it won’t be any old toast to a friend at the Queen St. watering holy. It will follow a morning Funeral Mass for the former St. Mike’s College student, priest and teacher at […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Two Muskoka men face heroin drug charges after a joint police stop here Thursday. OPP from the Bracebridge and Huntsville Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) conducted an investigation that led to a traffic stop on Eccelstone Drive in Bracebridge. The two men were arrested and heroin with an approximate street value of $2,000 […]
GRAVENHURST — An armed robbery at a gas bar on Hwy. 11 Thursday night had police responding to an employee alarm. Provincial police from the Bracebridge detachment raced to the scene just before 11 p.m. March 21. Officers arrived to find that a male suspect had entered the store, indicated he had a weapon and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A prayer vigil tonight to remember the 50 people killed in the New Zealand mosque massacre was personal for Muna Bek. She lost a friend and his son in the shooting — Khaled Haj Mustafa, 44, and his son, Zaid, 14. Bek knew them from Jordan, where they were […]
QUEEN’S PARK — The annual handout of money from the province to municipal governments Will see Parry Sound-Muskoka communities get back $12.5 million. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announced the one-time investment for many of Ontario’s small and rural municipalities. The 26 municipalities across Parry Sound-Muskoka will receive a total of $12,579,480 […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A driver caught in a highway police speed check has also been charged with impaired driving. Provincial police at Bracebridge say that on Wednesday, March 20, officers were conducting speed enforcement activities on Highway 11 near Alpine Ranch Road. Shortly after 10 p.m. they observed a vehicle travelling at 30 km/h over the […]