FREE FRIDAY AT PROVINCIAL PARKS PARRY SOUND — Provincial parks in Muskoka will be open for free day-use Friday as part of an Ontario-wide program to encourage use of their own “great tourist attractions right in our own backyards.” All operating Ontario Parks will offer free day-use on Friday, July 19 until 10 pm. Many […]
GRAVENHURST — With another heat wave, swimmers can return to the water at Gull Lake. The swim advisory issued for Gull Lake Rotary Park Beach on Tuesday July 16, has now been lifted effective Thursday, July 18. The Town in partnership with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit will continue to monitor all municipal beaches […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An afternoon fire Wednesday on a busy day for Bracebridge firefighters may be arson. Hours before the massive blaze at Muskoka Tmber Mills, firefighters were at a structure fire at an abandoned building on the former Bangor Lodge property on Bowyers Beach Road. Police say it was called in at 2:20 p.m. July […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A massive fire last night at the Muskoka Timber Mills lumber yard on Manitoba Street north could burn for several days. The blaze just after 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, saw fire departments from Bracebridge and surrounding communities battle the flames that burned logs and cut wood and sent huge plumes of smoke […]
BALA — Canada Day celebrations ended in violence that left a Burlington man with series injuries. Provincial police say that on Tuesday July 2, 2019 at about 2:30 a.m., OPP and Muskoka Paramedic Services responded to an assault that occurred on Bala Falls Road near Muskoka Road 169 in Bala. The involved people had left […]
ORILLIA — A Parry Sound was arrested in Barrie Wednesday and will be in court for a bail hearing Thursday facing two bank robbery charges in Orillia. Barrie police arrested Avery Nickerson, 35. Provincial police at Orillia say that on July 11, 2019, shortly after 3:30 p.m. a lone male walked into a downtown Orillia […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Visitors to one of the largest craft events of the summer can expect traffic tie-ups and long lines around the Muskoka River and Santa’s Village Road this weekend. That means a temporary road closures and detours. The 57th annual Muskoka Arts and Crafts Summer Show is taking place at Annie Williams Memorial Park […]
GRAVENHURST — The town’s downtown park is the summer’s newest swim facility with a beach alert. Based on beach water samples collected by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit on Monday July 15, it has been recommended by the health unit that Gull Lake Rotary Park Beach be posted with swim advisory signs. It is the only beach in Muskoka under alert. The […]
SMOKE LAKE — Three nights lost in the woods of Algonquin Park ended at noon Monday when police found two young teenage girls from Kitchener missing since Friday. After a massive air, ground and water search, the pair who went astray while camping with friends were found safe. An OPP Canine Unit located them late […]
GRAVENHURST — A second person has drowned in Gravenhurst this summer, after a group of friends were swimming from a boat on the Trent-Severn waterway near Morrison Landing, south of town Sunday afternoon near Sparrow Lake. Provincial police from the Orillia detachment, with the assistance of the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), have recovered […]
Dear Editor: Open letter to Gravenhurst Council Re: Backyard burning Ward 1 & Ward 5 I see that you are considering allowing residents of Wards 1 and 5 to have fires in their yards. (The issue is on the town’s committee agenda Wednesday.) This while we are living in a time of climate emergency. While […]
PORT CARLING — What are smart skin care lovers using this summer? A survey at the Gees Beauty and 6 By Gees pop-up store tells you a lot about taking care of yourself during hot, humid days and how to maintain that fresh, naturally-hydrated body glow. Customers going into the final weekend of the seasonal […]
GRAVENHURST — A half-million-dollar fire late Wednesday afternoon has destroyed a cottage on the Severn River in southwest Gravenhurst. Fire officials say the massive blaze happened just before 5:30 p.m. on July 10. More than a dozen people were quick to call 911 and report the fire on Flanagan Trail, a small cottage road near […]
. MUSKOKA — Circles® South Muskoka needs your help! What is Circles®? Circles® Muskoka is a community-based poverty reduction initiative that creates relationships across economic boundaries. It matches people of low-income who have graduated from our District of Muskoka and United Way funded Getting Ahead program with people of middle and upper income who have attended Bridges out of Poverty training […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are tight-lipped after a male was airlifted to hospital in Toronto with life-threatening injuries late Sunday afternoon following a 911 call. They say that on July 7, shortly before 6 p.m., provincial police and Muskoka Paramedic Services were dispatched to an address on Alice Street in Bracebridge. The male was transported to […]
GRAVENHURST — Rotarians said au revoir to their youth exchange student Sunday. But not until after lone last ski on Kahshe Lake with member John Cooper. Axel Guggino flew out yesterday, back home to Grenoble, France, after 10 months living with four Rotary families. The club’s annual student program saw him attend classes at Gravenhurst […]
GRAVENHURST — If you like blazing hot weather, you’ll love the Blazing Fiddles. Back by popular demand, the Muskoka Concert Association (MCA) returns this high-energy quartet. They were such a hot ticket last summer, Opera House organizers had to ratchet up the air conditioning to high to in order to keep them from burning down […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The Tories have their man. As widely expected, Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison won the federal party’s Parry Sound-Muskoka nomination Sunday afternoon, here at the Sportsplex. He ran against Holly Thompson, Meghan Shannon and Ian Fraser. Thompson was an early leader, who appeared to have the backing of a large number of the Progressive […]
GRAVENHURST — And then there was one …. A swim advisory for Muskoka Bay Park Beach posted on Thursday July 4, has been lifted. The town and health unit made the annoucent late Friday afternoon for the West Gravenhurst park. Earlier Friday, Port Sydney’s main beach was cleared to reopen. That just leaves Muskoka Beach […]
HUNTSVILLE — The swimming advisory for Port Sydney Beach has been lifted as of July 5. The Town of Huntsville just sent out a notice at 3 p.m. Friday. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed that the water is safe for swimming based on July 4, 2019 test results. Town of Huntsville swimming lessons […]