GRAVENHURST — Police are looking for vehicle stolen from a home here Wednesday. Provincial police are investigating the theft of a vehicle that occurred overnight on July 11 from an address in Gravenhurst. The white 2017 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon bearing Ontario license plate CDMS 358 had been parked in front of the owners residence when […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A new chapter in the long book that is Woodchester Villa began Thursday. Deputy Mayor Rick Maloney, councillors Archie Buie, Steve Clement, Lori-Lynn Giaschi-Pacini , Don Smith and Chris Wilson celebrated the grand reopening of Woodchester, the town’s newest event space, says a town release Friday. “After a long restoration journey, I am […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Transit users here can Ride the Wave more easily Monday by just waving their card over the fare box. Starting July 16, Bracebridge Transit will be offering the reloadable, re-useable “waveCARD” for the conventional bus service. The cards will be available for purchase at the Town of Bracebridge Municipal Office, Bracebridge Sportsplex and […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Government MPP Norm Miller is touting today’s throne speech as a way to protect hospitals, schools and “other vital public services.” That’s a bit of a rare departure for a party know to oppose big government and spending. The Parry Sound-Muskoka member of Provincial Parliament says he is “proud to be a […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Social media reports rusing to claim the sale of child ID safety kits as a scam are wrong, say police in Muskoka. The say that on Wednesday July 11, OPP officers conducted an investigation into a suspected scam operating in the area involving the sale of “McGruff” child ID and safety kits. The […]
BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION — Fire ban orders are spreading like — well, wild fire. Following all of Muskoka and nearby Tay and Tiny Townships earlier this week, the most recent one comes from a First Nations territory in the west of the district. Midland, Penetanguishene and fire departments in Haliburton have announced similar total fire bans. That’s […]
Throne Speech Opens Parliament to Take to Help the People TORONTO — After cleaning house at Ontario Hydro, today Premier Doug Ford promised to cut hydro costs and end the York University strike. In a Speech from the Throne at Queen’s Park on Thursday, July 12, Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell officially opened the 42nd Parliament and “set out […]
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 […]