BRACEBRIDGE — It may seem like a Christmas concert — or at least a hopeful wish. But the Muskoka Men of Song are an optimistic bunch and their spring/summer concert next month is a testament to that. Let Their Be Peace on Earth, Saturday June 16, 7 p.m., at is pretty much preaching to the […]
HUNTSVILLE — Timing is everything — so the Ontario Greens could have the jump. The night before the provincial electrion writ is dropped on Wednesday, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner will be back in the local riding Tuesday night rallying the troops for the June 7 run. He will be visiting Huntsville on May 8, […]
BARRIE — RVH hospital officials are working on two essential features to speed up care and treatement for the public. Patients can now view real-time emergency department (ED) wait times for Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) on the health centre’s website and in the ED waiting rooms. And RVH and County of Simcoe Paramedics […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Two contaminated beaches are back open here. Bracebridge residents and visitors are advised that Kirby’s Beach Park and Bracebridge Bay Park beach areas have re-opened as town staff have completed clearing the beachfronts of hazardous material. Back on April 24, town staff said they and the OPP had been alerted to vandalism at […]
PETERBOROUGH — Female real estate agents are being asked to check their communication records for inappropriate and unwanted texts and phone calls. The OPP’s Peterborough County Crime Unit is investigating after police received numerous complaints from female real estate agents of inappropriate and unwanted text messages and phone calls over the past three months. On […]
ORILLIA — A downtown assault has police on the lookout for an aggressive suspect. Provincial police say that on Wednesday May 3 the Orillia detachment of the OPP received a report of a robbery downtown. An investigation revealed on May 2, between the hours of 9:30-10:30 p.m., the victim was walking on Mississaga Street between […]
GRAVENHURST — With warm weather expected this weekend — and a yard waste pickup day planned for Saturday — this is the perfect time to remind property owners to be “FireSmart” around your home and cottage. This is grass fire season – as its now known, wildfire season. May 5 is National Wildfire Preparedness Day […]
CLEARVIEW — A 33-year-old ATV operator is dead after being trapped under the vehicle for several hours before first responders could get to him. Provincial police say that on April 28 members of the Huronia West OPP, Clearview Fire Department and Simcoe County Paramedics responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Lavender Hill Road […]