SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka apartment and condo smoke-free housing advocates are among this year’s Tobacco-Free Champions who want to make tobacco-free living a reality. The six winners of the 2018 Tobacco-Free Champion awards have contributed on two important fronts – helping people quit smoking and increasing the number of smoke-free condos and apartment options available […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — A registered dietitian with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is joining a call during the provincial election period to get party leaders to address the need for immediate action on food insecurity. The health unit’s “No Money for Food is Cent$less” campaign was adapted by Ontario Dietitians in Public Health (ODPH) to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — With the Emerald ash borer creeping its way north, local officials continue to be on the lookout and guard. The ash-eating beetle has been detected in Barrie and Ramara Township. As a result, the Muskoka Conservancy is one of the first to actively advocate against it. The Town of Bracebridge presented Aaron Rusak, […]
LAKE OF BAYS — Students were evacuated from an elementary school here this afternoon, after a box left on a stove turned the element on causing a fire. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a reported fire in the kitchen at Irwin Memorial Public School in Dwight Wednesday afternoon just after 1 p.m. […]
GRAVENHURST — An injured Toronto driver in a stolen vehicle faces numerous charges after fleeing an accident on Hwy. 11 NB, just south of downtown Gravenhurst Saturday. Provincial police say that on May 26, 2018, at 4:10 p.m. officers from the Bracebridge OPP were dispatched to a multiple vehicle collision. Witnesses said that when the […]
GRAVENHURST — Love cars, trucks, classic and antique automobiles? And your community? And a free swag? Then contact the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce. It is hosting the 25th Annual Gravenhurst Car Show and they need your help Saturday June 17. This is one of the biggest events on the local calendar and draws thousands of auto enthusiasts, […]
HUNTSVILLE — An unlicensed driver in a stolen Land Rover — along with three teenage passengers, all of them aged 15 to 16 — full of stolen goods face a number of charges after a police stop. Provincial police say that on Sunday May 20, just after 1 a.m. Huntsville OPP stopped a vehicle for a […]
GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst man and a Ramara man face numerous charges Provincial police say that on Thursday May 24, 2018, members of the Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) “made a dent in the local drug trade,” when they arrested and charged two men who were in possession of several […]