Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — The floods continue but no longer at emergency levels here. So says the town, which lifted its state of emergency effective Wednesday, May 1. They say river flows and lake water levels within the Huntsville and Port Sydney area are steadily decreasing. As of noon Thursday, they say in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A driver who broke down on a flooded road — and tied up provincial police and military police who had to rescue stranded passengers — has been charged with driving on a closed road. Provincial police say this afternoon that they charged a motorist after a small car drove […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A break in the rain Thursday will let some people catch their breath after on and off showers this week that have made life miserable for all who are caught up in the Flood of 2019. With 200 troops in town now assisting those who are flooded, helping town […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com QUEEN’S PARK, TORONTO — The Flood of 2019 isn’t anywhere near over, and as aid continues to pour in for victims, the province which has been criticized for its handling of the disaster is coming to the table with possible funding for those affected. On Thursday Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As emergency help pours into Muskoka, an army of amateur photographers have been flooding social media with vivid images. As of Thursday, 160 Canadian Armed Forces reservists from Toronto have arrive in Bracebridge and have spread out across the stricken Heart of Muskoka community. As well, a team of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Military’s might was apparently no match for Mother Nature. A 10-ton Canadian Armed Forces truck delivering aid to flood victims on Golden Beach Road Monday lumbered off the road. And it was listing quite bit, said a witness who thought it might tip over — even after soldiers disembarked […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Amid the crisis and chaos of the flooding, which could yet get worse in the days ahead — especially to the west in Bala and on the Moon River — Muskoka taxpayers will be interested to learn that the government costs may not amount to as much as most […]
Photos © by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — In 1892 when entrepreneur William Shaw built Bracebridge’s first power-generating station, he never would have dreamed of the flooding today. And the immense, angry falls that has emerged in 2019. He drew his first water from a source owned Henry J. Bird. But in 1894 when […]
Photos © by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — There was a lot of talk Tuesday about receding water levels. But the damage has been done. Here’s another look at some of the flooding so far, in around Bracebridge — just one of the communities hit hard. And which is getting a lot attention, thanks […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com QUEEN’S PARK, TORONTO — Damn the flood of torpedoes aimed at the government, it’s full speed ahead for John Yakabuski, the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, who continues to defend Ford government actions in the wake of record water levels again in Parry Sound-Muskoka. He said today that dams on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — There’s no flood emergency in Gravenhurst says Todd Clapp, the town’s Community Emergency Management Coordinator. But don’t tell that to Jane and Doug Bowman, whose West Gravenhurst home has been an island for days. Twice they put in emergency calls to the town with the help of 211. Once […]
Photos © by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A look down the Muskoka Rivers Saturday saw a picture(s) of Muskokans at their best and worst coping with flooding, while continuing to carry on with their lives knowing they were helping friends and neighbours. If you have any pictures of the flooding, send them to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As the army arrives to help Bracebridge, and days after Premier Doug Ford toured devastated areas of Muskoka, the MNRF is defending its actions on flood control. After the 2013 flooding the ministry faces fierce criticism for allegedly mismanaging the river and lake levels, which local resident this week […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — As the armed forces arrive to help with a flood emergency here, the province is going on the defence by saying the “ministry has taken action to mitigate flooding.” Sixty Canadian Armed Forces resevists from Toronto are coming to the town’s aid after Bracebridge officials asked for their help […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “My community is under water. That’s why I’m here.” So said Griff Ferguson, who was at the Fowler Construction yard Saturday afternoon. Along with about 100 other people, mostly volunteers and homeowners, filling or picking up sand bags as a skiff of snow remained from the night before. They […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKKA — Heavy rains that continued into Friday night — and which could exceed 50 mm — along with a continuing snow presence in Algonquin Park have everyone fearing the worst is not over for flooded parts of Muskoka. As a result the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reminds residents that a Flood […]
BRACEBRIDGE-HUNTSVILLE — MP Tony Clement toured the flooded towns of Bracebride and Huntsville Friday afternoon to assess the impact of water levels, as rain continued and it was forecasted to last until late in the day. He said in a release that he is monitoring the situation, as the towns affected by the most devastating […]
GRAVENHURST — Rising water levels have all local governments on alert. A As Muskoka communities to the north have declared flooding related emergencies, officials in the Town of Gravenhurst say they are closely monitoring local waterways, just as they have been for the past six weeks. “The town’s infrastructure services staff instituted enhanced monitoring in […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The ASHMuskoka Project kicked off this week. On Tuesday, MPP Norman Miller and Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) rep Patricia Arney met with the Friends of the Muskoka Watershed at Brooklands Farm to learn more about an innovative study that’s being done, thanks to a three-year, $733,600 OTF Grow grant awarded last fall. This […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The downtown is about to undergo further great new changes. Ian and Tara McNaughton, owner-operators of Gravenhurst Home Hardware and Stedmans V&S Department Store, today announced plans for two new stores. The hardware will move into an expanded and renovated Stedmans building; and they will open a new separate […]