CENTRAL ONTARO — Home and business owners are warned to be on the lookout for a paving scam. Dufferin OPP say paving company identified as Q-Line Paving has been connected to numerous complaints to police about paving scams in their area. OPP say Q-line is offering low-cost paving as they have a “surplus” of asphalt […]
GRAVENHURST — If you live in the core of town and you smell smoke — call 911 immediately. Remind your neighbours far and wide that that acrid taste filling your mouth and nostrils at dusk must stop — now. It’s “zero tolerance” — or it will cost you hundreds of dollars. With major forest fires […]
CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES — A gun threat and a thief in a row boat kept police here Friday. A 911 call about road rage July 6 had officers scrambling to respond to a traffic complaint. The driver of a vehicle travelling on Peace Road was being passed when the passenger of the passing vehicle […]
MUSKOKA — Don’t believe the numbers you’re hearing from MAHC? See for yourself July 16 and 17. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is inviting members of the community to information sessions about hospital funding and operating budgets. The purpose of the sessions is to educate the public about the provincial funding formula for hospitals, the current capital […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Neil Barlow and the Muskoka Concert Band pick up the baton Thursday night where they left it last week on the Dwight Beach. The second in a series of five evening performances takes place at the Bracebridge Bandshell, at 7 p.m., on the main street. The annual summer concerts, by the 40-piece brass […]
HUNTSVILLE — A South Portage Road cottage undergoing renovations was severely damaged early Sunday morning. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to an address on South Portage Rd. in Lake of Bays for a reported structure fire early this morning at approximately 2:30 a.m. Fire prevention officer Mike Vadlja reports the first arriving crews […]
GRAVENHURST — Residents and drivers from West Muskoka who take a short cut up Bay Street heading north are reminded that the lower Brown Street hill will undergo an almost year-long water and sewer work starting today. Orange cones are out along the sides of Brown and Greavette Streets as preparation begins this summer and […]
BARRIE — Passionate about cooking, eating, entertaining and music? Well, Barrie’s revitalized waterfront is the place for you July 20-22. The Medley Food & Drink Festival is a three-day experience for Ontarians looking to rediscover time together. Launching this year on the shores of Lake Simcoe in Barrie, this food and drink festival is packed […]