A 62-year-old male from Woodbridge, Ont. has been charged in connection to the May 2010 death of 45-year-old Morris Conte. Gosia Puzio with the Central Region OPP says he has been charged with first-degree murder. The first person was charged in July 2011. Puzio explains on May 22, 2010, human remains were...

A Huntsville man has been charged with aggravated assault after an early morning dispute. Huntsville OPP says officers responded to a house on Ravenscliffe Rd. just after midnight Monday, and arrested a 66-year-old man. Officials say the man’s victim was airlifted to an out-of-area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The accused is being...

The Bala Cranberry Festival is set to return and organizers are set to "bump up the excitement." The festival runs from Oct. 14 to 16. This year's edition will have more vendors, according to organizers, following a "scaled-back" festival in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nick Jensen, Chair of the...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has launched a new tool on its website to monitor the current level of risk of COVID-19 in its medical region. The tool is based on five indicators: percent positivity of PCR tests, local cases, hospitalizations, institutional outbreaks, and wastewater surveillance. Health unit...

Until Sept. 30, hundreds of orange ribbons will hang on a trail at Riverside Public School. Students each wrote the name of Indigenous children who died at a residential school on each ribbon, and hung them on trees along the trail, ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. “We need...

With the municipal election set for Oct. 24, Sunday night was the first time Bracebridge residents got to see the three mayoral candidates square off. James Bowler hosted Your Vote on YourTV. It featured Incumbent Mayor Rick Maloney, Michael Opara, and Paul Campbell. In his opening remarks, Maloney cited his two...