GRAVENHURST — A June boating accident has led to impaired charges after the boat hit shore on Kahshe Lake. Police say that on June 27 at 2 a.m. they were called to the collision in south Gravenhurst. The operator of the vessel and his passenger were transported to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. A search […]
GRAVENHURST — An Oakville man headed north in a hurry was clocked at 98 km/h over the speed limit Wednesday. Police say that at 11 p.m., Sept. 16, an officer was on radar patrol on Hwy. 11 north, just south of Gravenhurst’s core, and spotted vehicle travelling at a very high rate of speed. The […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police here need your help solving a pair of crimes. One that saw four tires slashed on a car dropping it to the ground. And the other, unrelated, is a generator that was stolen. They received a mischief complaint in which sometime between 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 and 9 a.m. the next […]
HUNTSVILLE — A tri-level government project that will see the town get another new transit bus and one to help wheelchair passengers commute is part of a $413,000 Ridership Growth Plan for Huntsville. MPP Norman Miller said Friday that Ontario is investing more than $122,000 in the plan by nominating it under the Public Transit […]
MUSKOKA — As Ontario experienced a huge spike in COVID-19 cases reported today at 401, two Muskoka residents have also tested positive, says the local health unit. The man and woman are both under investigation as the origins of their diagnosis. A woman from Gravenhurst is listed as aged 18-34. And a man from Huntsville […]
MOOSE DEER POINT — A man accused of unlawfully being in a woman’s house faces sexual assault charges. Provincial police say that on Aug. 30 officers from the Bracebride OPP detachment were dispatched to Moose Deer Point First Nation regarding an allegation of a man entering her home and assaulting her. After an OPP investigation, […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The health unit is calling for social circles to shrink at home an in public. They say today that a “worrisome” spike of COVID-19 is a rallying cry for smaller cohorts. They say in a release Sept. 18 that as coronavirus caes “sharply rise to numbers not seen since the spring,” the Simcoe […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A man who crashed a stolen auto into a tree on the main street here early yesterday has been charged with impaired driving. Police say they were dispatched on Sept. 16, at 6:30 a.m., to the collision on Manitoba Street. The driver was transported to hospital with minor injuries and an investigation revealed he […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Here’s a switch for you. While many aging seniors leave small towns to be closer to big city hospitals, a Gravenhurst couple has done the opposite. And to show their love and appreciation of local health care, Bary and Brenda Gray have donated $2 million to the South Muskoka […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Local hospitals are getting $2 million from the province to help deal with COVID-19. In Parry Sound-Muskoka, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare will receive $1,119,642 and West Parry Sound Health Centre will receive $ 1,006,394 for 2020/21 through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund. Ontario is investing $175 million this year to address critical upgrades, repairs […]
HUNTSVILLE — As demand for COVID testing ramps up across the country, Huntsville’s political efforts to keep at least part-time testing in town has paid off. The District’s Muskoka Paramedic Services, Huntsville physicians and the Town of Huntsville have united together to keep the Assessment Centre, which closed a permanent site at the hospital two […]
GRAVENHURST — Janet O’Connell has a big job ahead of her. The Muskoka Tourism Marketing Agency’s new executive director will have to navigate rough waters as businesses struggle with the pandemic’s second wave. “My fellow board members and I have great confidence that Janet is the right person to lead Muskoka Tourism during our recovery […]
BALA — Twenty-six years after they first gathered in large numbers to be shephered through the darkened streets here, Bala’s Trek to Bethlehem is forced to take a sick day. “It is with deep disappointment that we announce that Bala’s Trek to Bethlehem has been cancelled for 2020,” says a release today. “This event, with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Family, friends and members of the business community are “shocked” and mourning the sudden passing yesterday of Audrey Van Petegem. The busy and active Gravenhurst and Muskoka community leader died of a heart attack Sept. 15. She had just turned 58 in June, her husband Scott Harkness said this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BARRIE — A complex Ponzi investment scheme involving point of sale debit terminal — originating here in 2012 — that duped 515 people out of $56 million has led to fraud charges against a local man. Charles Debono was in court in Barrie today after being deported from the Dominican Republic. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — So why did McDonald’s close Friday when they learned an employee has the coronavirus? Shouldn’t they? And why less than 24 hours later did they re-open? Were all other employees tested? Did they get a clean bill of health? And what about their customers and the public? Good questions, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — As Ontario topped 300 reported new COVID cases today, an 80+ Huntsville man is among them. The cause was close contact. He was among 13 people listed in the daily 1 p.m. count released by the local health unit. That’s the second highest recent number of cases for the […]
ORILLIA — Gun calls are on the rise — again. Not only in cities — but especially in the country at this time of year, remind provincial police. So expect to hear more random shots fired in the coming months as men and women in orange vests and camo prowl the rural landscape for small […]
MINDEN HILLS — A father who saved his young daughter in a family canoeing accident Saturday afternoon in Haliburton drowned during the rescue. Provincial police in Haliburton say that shortly after 2:30 p.m. Sept. 12 emergency crews responded to a 911 call about a capsized canoe on Moore Lake, which is just south of Minden […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two Torontonians arrested Sunday on drug charges were the result of a two-month investigation and a month-long pursuit after a fleeing suspect evaded police in an arrest stop on Hwy. 11. Both were in bail court this morning in Bracebridge. Provincial police say their Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) […]