Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Firefighters from across Muskoka have been getting a lot of praise for their efforts battling blazes in Bracebridge last week, including the multimillion-dollar fire at Timber Mills. Public and political praise has been heaped high. And deservedly so, as most of them are volunteers. Alive, everyone loves firefighers; and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Ontario’s next wave of health care changes could include “Muskoka and Area” as one of 31 Ontario Health Teams that will try to define the new ways to deliver health care in Canada’s largest province. Muskoka, along with Orillia, were announced last week by the Ford government to proceed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Muskoka is taking pride in its LGBTQ+ community this week. Across the district rainbow flags are popping up everywhere. On Monday, July 22, members of the Muskoka Pride committee and supporters, joined Bracebridge Mayor Graydon Smith in raising the rainbow flag at the Town of Bracebridge town hall, says […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The man who drowned Sunday afternoon at the Bracebridge Falls has been identified. Provincial police say that shortly before 1 p.m. Roberto Carmona, 20, of North York was swimming at the public beach area below the falls and failed to surface. Members of the Bracebridge detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and […]
ORILLIA — Orillia may not be the only Ontario Health Team (OHT) in the area, it turns out. An application from a Muskoka group has also been approved to apply for an OHT, Janine van den Heuvel, who represents the the group, said Monday morning, four days after the provincial annoucement. More later. Meanwhile Orillia, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Recent complaints about Amber Alerts may be nothing compared to the problem with “pocket dials.” Provincial police in Bracebridge responded to almost 400 pocket dials and unintentional 911 calls during the first three weeks of July, says an OPP news release this week. Did you know, police must follow […]
BARRIE — A Hepatitis scare in Barrie has health officials urging people who may have eaten at a local restaurant here the past month to get to one of their immunization clinics. Three days of Hepatitis A immunization clinics began Fight night (July 19) and continue Saturday and Sunday. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Fatigued Fire Chief Murray Medley says a devastating day of battling blazes across town Wednesday was made a relative success with the only significant losses being to properties. July 17 began a 24-hour marathon for firefighters who got their first 911 call around noon at the east end of […]
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 […]
OTTAWA — A flood expert from Winnipeg is to lead Ontario’s new flood strategy. The province may not be a true or firm believer in climate change, but they’ve now been forced to recognize natural effects from over man-made events and human over-consumption are having a devastating effect. Friday, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry […]
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 […]
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 […]