GEORGIAN BAY, TOWNSHIP — A pair of bear carvings have been stolen from in front of a home here. Provincial police were called last Thursday about a theft report of a several bear carvings valued at over $3,200. These carvings were stolen from the front lawn of a home on Honey Harbour Road, Georgian Bay […]
CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES — A scary scam scenario in which door canvassers get into your home has police sending out yet another alert. Provincial police here are currently investigating thefts from homes in the area and are looking for the assistance of the public. It’s been reported to police that a lone male person […]
BALA — Add a little more time to the commute through Bala this week for blasting. Muskoka Road 169 will be fully closed at the North Bridge twice daily for periods up to 30 minutes, warns to the District and Township of Muskoka Lakes. At 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. The closures are required to accommodate […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO – It’s not just snow, but ice pelts are now being reported across Central Ontario late Saturday morning. Weather forecasters are calling for even more snow and freezing rain. Events are already starting to be cancelled. Including the Muskoka Concert Associations’s spring concert, featuring the Metropolitan Silver Band, from Toronto. Let us know […]
Dear Editor: The following piece was submitted by the Ontario Health Coalition. On this week’s swing through Northwestern Ontario PC Party Leader Doug Ford cited wildly incorrect numbers for hospital bed costs and raised the spectre of another round of hospital bed cuts. Mr. Ford was quoted in Thunder Bay’s media yesterday falsely stating that […]
TORONTO — A Huntsville woman is all-in with a big lotto victory. Karin Norman was an ‘ALL IN’ winner in the POKER LOTTO ALL IN jackpot worth $176,747.70 on April 5. She also won $5,000 on the instant portion of her POKER LOTTO play bringing her total winnings to$181,747.70. POKER LOTTO is a lottery game […]
HUNTSVILLE – An Alberta man driving a van — with his spouse and seven young children inside — has been charged with driving while being impaired by drugs and alcohol. And of not having one of his children safely secured in a seat. Provincial police say that on Thursday April 12, 2018, OPP officers were […]
GRAVENHURST — Prominent retired Gravenhurst lawyer Peter Stuart has died. He was 93. For many years he was a partner in the law practice of Stuart and (Jim) Cruickshank. A notice on the Cavill-Turner Funeral Home website said he died peacefully on Thursday, April 12, 2018, “in the quiet of his home surrounded by the […]