ARDTREA — A wrong-way driver involved in a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon drove several kilometres down Hwy. 11 SB before the crash. Traffic was closed both directions between Menoke Beach Rd. and Grand Tamarack Cress. April 11, about 15 kilometres north of Orillia. Police first tweeted about the crash just after 7 p.m., before an […]
MUSKOKA — The Town of Bracebridge and the Town of Huntsville would like to remind residents that Parry Sound–Muskoka MPP Norm Miller has recently launched another petition, calling upon the Minister of Health and LongTerm Care, to commit to maintaining core hospital services at both South Muskoka Memorial Hospital site in Bracebridge and the Huntsville […]
HUNTSVILLE — Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Tony Clement will be hosting a Marching for Veterans event tomorrow (April 12) at his Huntsville constituency office, accepting and packing donations for a shipment to our soldiers serving in Latvia on a NATO mission. Toiletries, snacks, lip balms, sunblock, towels, socks, sweats and sewing kits are welcome – along […]
HUNTSVILLE — With global attention on election engineering, municipal voting is coming under a harsher light as the threat of third- party tampering emerges. To highlight and avoid that threat, the Town of Huntsville is reminding the community that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs will be hosting two free webinars focused on rules pertaining to […]
GRAVENHURST — FedNor grants and loans worth $7.1 million announced Wednesday at the Muskoka Airport in Gravenhurst will go to a dozen businesses — including a pair of craft brewers — and two Community Futures groups supporting them. The money is provided through FedNor’s Northern Ontario Development and Community Futures Programs, which support projects that […]
BRACEBRIDGE — While the prospect of commercial air service circles over Muskoka Airport, regional tourism officials are going ahead with plans to market Central Ontario in four top U.S. cities. Explorers’ Edge has developed a new international marketing initiative to attract Americans from four major urban centres and to also build a database of leads […]
GRAVENHURST — Local manufacturing and tourism businesses are being backed by FedNor again. In an annual announcement at the Muskoka Airport Tuesday, Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Minister responsible for FedNor announced $7 million in local funding for the Parry Sound-Muskoka riding. People, businesses and communities in Parry Sound–Muskoka […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Muskoka Brewery is praising the provincial Liberals for tax changes and a government grant that will let them expand and enhance their beer-making experience at their location at the south end of town. The recent re-location and opening of the Re-Store in part of the old Zeller’s building has freed up space at […]