PARRY SOUND — After weeks of working around the edges to contain Ontario’s largest forest fire, crews got inside Thursday And they are now making good progress in the interior of the fire, using air support as needed. This includes areas of deep-seeded ground fire along the northeast flank. Infrared scanning is taking place to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — The hospital ball is now in Doug Ford’s court. As expected recently, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s (MAHC) board has endorsed a recommendation by its task force calling for a two acute sites service delivery model. Premier Ford said during the provincial election he supported the two full-service model. And MPP […]
PARRY SOUND — Finally, some good news on Ontario’s largest forest fire front. After three weeks of battling it from the air and ground, firefighters have succeeded in containing Parry Sound 33 to its current size for the past few days, and have upgraded its status as of noon Thursday. The status of the fire, […]
HUNTSVILLE — A delinquent motel owner here learned being tardy can be costly as well as a safety risk. Huntsville Fire Department Fire Prevention Officer Mike Vadlja says the owner of Motel 6 in Huntsville pleaded guilty to a charge for failing to ensure that smoke alarms were replaced within the time frame indicated in […]
NORTH KAWARTHA TOWNSHIP — A female camper suffered serious but non-life-threatening burn injuries while refueling a cook stove Monday and had to be airlifted to hospital. Provincial police say that on Monday Aug. 6, at about 6 p.m., members of the Peterborough County detachment were called to assist a female who had been injured in […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 36-year-old Toronto man is dead after a drowning accident late Monday afternoon on the Muskoka River in downtown Bracebridge. Provincial police responded to Kelvin Grove Park Aug. 6, 2018, at 5:10 p.m. They say a man had been swimming from the dock alongside the park and failed to resurface. Police, the OPP […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are pursuing the operator of boatload of people who allegedly swamped a group of kayakers, knocking them over in their watercraft. Provincial police say that on Monday, Aug. 6, the Huntsville detachment received the marine complaint. They say a concerned citizen reported to police that on Sunday August 5, 2018, at about 1:30 p.m. […]
HUNTSVILE — Muskoka’s hospital towns are welcoming a recommendation that they continue as is to be the two full-service sites of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC). Wednesday afternoon, a MAHC task force surprised some by endorsing the communities’ call for the status quo to remain in place going ahead. Some expected the group to call for […]