ORILLIA — Unconfirmed reports of the B.C. homicide suspects being in Ontario are being taken seriously by the OPP. The Ontario Provincial Police said Friday morning that they are currently investigating numerous reports from across the province of suspicious vehicles and or young males believed to be the British Columbia homicide suspects. The unverified accounts […]
GRAVENHURST — Wartime Houses residents received a jolt Wednesday evening when vehicle ran off the road, crashing across a lawn and striking a pole. Police say that July 31, at 6 p.m. on Kingswood Road Muskoka Paramedic Services were called to help the driver, who was transported him to hospital. As a result of an […]
GRAVENHURST — Just in time for the Civic Holiday weekend, an advisory for the beach at Gull Lake Rotary Park has been lifted. On Thursday, Aug. 1, the Town of Gravenhurst tweeted that the health unit had tested the water and deemed it safe again for swimming. The swim advisory was issued July 23, encouraging […]
GRAVENHURST — After a busy night fighting another summer structure fire on North Muldrew Lake Road Tuesday, the Gravenhurst Fire Department wants you to let them know how they’re doing. As part of its ongoing commitment to community safety and continuous improvement, the department is reaching out to the community with a survey that aims […]
MUSKOKA — A couple of days of rain has resulted in a slight downgrade in the district-wide fire ban — from ‘extreme’ to ‘high,’ which means the ‘total fire ban’ is now off. The change is effective Tuesday, July 30. But district fire chiefs still say extreme caution must be taken with all open flames. […]
MUSKOKA WHARF — The on-again, off-again fireworks are a go for this Saturday, Aug. 3. After being cancelled due to the total fire ban, now that some rain has come and gone, the Town of Gravenhurst has opted to proceed with the annual Civic Holiday Weekend fireworks. They take place at dusk, about 9 p.m. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Three months after flooding began and the damage was done, there’s only a month left for victims to apply for provincial assistance. Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norman Miller is reminding residents and small businesses who are eligible for Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians (DRAO) that they have a limited time to apply for assistance […]
GRAVENHURST — A client of the federal government who “eloped” on the weekend is back behind bars. Saturday, Gordan Putnam, 56, was reported as an escapee from the Beaver Creek prison (medium security section) at the north end of town here. On July 28, 2019, provincial police (OPP) at Bracebridge say they “began investigating the […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 48-year-old Bracebridge man who died July 10 has been identified by police. Provincial police say that on July 7, 2019, shortly before 6 p.m., officers from the Bracebridge OPP detachment and Muskoka Paramedic Services were dispatched to an address on Alice Street in Bracebridge in regards to an injured male. They say […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Georgian Bay Volunteer Search and Rescue team is back in Muskoka Saturday. Only this time it’s not for emergency efforts, which included sandbagging during spring flooding — and the more recent successful search in Algonquin Park for two missing teenage girls from Kitchener. They will be participating in […]
BARRIE — A third group is entering the next stage of application for an Ontario Health Team (OHT). The Barrie OHT planning group, led by the Barrie and Community Family Health Team, has been given the green light to proceed with a full application to become an Ontario Health Team. They join groups in Orillia […]
VAUGHAN — A police case involving a missing and presumably murdered Muskoka family is so cold an iceberg would be warmer. Some are saying today’s OPP announcement about the four deceased was much ado about nothing new. At least one CBC reporter covering the news conference said the same. Stumped provincial police are desperate for fresh […]
MUSKOKA — With another hot day Friday and possible rain or thunder showers expected over the weekend, local fire chiefs aren’t taking any chances with a dry climate right now. Temperatures are expected to be 27 or 28 right through to Monday. All the chiefs have set the Fire Danger rating at EXTREME. That means there is […]
SEVERN BRIDGE — A 48-year-old North York man has been identified as the person who drowned yesterday on the Severn River. Provincial police divers recovered his body Wednesday, July 24, after he was reported as missing in the morning. OPP say that on Tuesday, just after midnight, a group of coworkers were swimming in the Severn […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Samuel de Champlain will once again look out over Lake Couchiching. But he will do it alone. He won’t be surrounded by the subserviant fur trader, missionary and First Nations characters of yore. At least not now — if ever. And there will be context in the form of […]
GRAVENHURST — You’ve all heard it before — “Lock it or lose it.” The OPP’s catchy slogan about vehicle “break-ins” always bears reminding, especially with a rash of new thefts. Provincial are investigating reports of several thefts from vehicles that occurred overnight in Gravenhurst last night, July 24-25, and police are asking that anyone affected […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — An almost $3 million federal investment in Bracebridge Generation today promises clean, affordable, reliable, sustainable and self-sufficient energy one day for this Georgian Bay community. It comes months before a federal election that will see the environment and clean energy play a key role in a green battlefield […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police have a person in custody after a Bracebridge man was seriously assaulted early today. Provincial police here says that OPP officers and the Bracebridge Crime Unit are investigating the assault on Wellington Street North shortly after midnight, Tuesday morning, July 23. The man, who they have not identified, was located by a […]
PORT CARLING — 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 to form […]
GRAVENHURST — The summer of fun is turning in to challenge for water worshippers. Yesterday (July 22), the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit returned to Gull Lake Rotary Park Beach to test the waters again. Today, they recommend that swim advisory signs be re-posted — a second time this month. During a swimming advisory, the beach […]