Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Another man has been charged twice in the same day — 12 hours apart — this time in Bracebridge, where he will appear in court a week apart on the two separate theft and drug charges. Dean Mann, 36, was charged with theft from the Home Depot just before […]
WASHAGO — Rising water levels on Lake Simcoe are a concern for boaters on the Trent Severn Waterway. Parks Canada began warning boaters Aug. 22 to expect higher than normal water flows around the Washago dams. They blame recent rains and in the interests of safety, the public is urged to exercise extra caution on […]
HUNTSVILLE — A couple of impaired driving charges on the weekend were the result of citizen complaints to police. On Friday, Aug. 21 just after 1 a.m., the OPP received a report of a car driven in a dangerous manner downtown Huntsville. Officers located the car within minutes parked in front a business on Cann […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The body of a man who helped in the rescue of a distressed swimmer yesterday afternoon at Kelvin Grove Park has been recovered. OPP divers found Kevin Schell, 51, of Bracebridge, in the bay at the base of the Muskoka Falls last night. Police say emergency services responded about 2 p.m. Monday Aug. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A local man is believed to have drown after trying to rescue a person in the Muskoka River this afternoon. Emergency crews were called just after 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, to assist with a person in distress at a beach area at Kelvin Grove Park in Bracebridge. They say three men noticed […]
GRAVENHURST — Rotarians love Marie Kondo — and a summer sale. And you’ll love the treasurers they’re sharing this Saturday at the arena parking lot from 8 a.m. to noon. Club members will be fundraising for their various community and international charity projects by selling goods from their car trunks. Call it late spring cleaning […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What do you do when cutbacks go too far? Invade your space and take away your privacy. You fight back. That’s what Laurie Dixon and Ray Evans are doing after public works staff “butchered” a hedge on Bethune Drive. “Some people don’t have appreciation for 100-year-old trees … and […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 34-year-old driver faces a charge this morning of impaired by drug after ditching his vehicle on Hwy. 11. Police were dispatched to the single vehicle collision northbound just north of Cedar Lane in Bracebridge on Thursday Aug. 20 at 8:20 a.m. They say the vehicle left the roadway, collided with a guardrail […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The COVID learning curve is about to spike. “There is no risk-free option with COVID-19 and it would be unrealistic to think that we can get through the next few months without some risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the school classroom,” says Dr. Gardner, the region’s top […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — In Toronto and Ottawa we may be known as Parry Sound-Muskoka, but in the rest of the province we will hence be known now as Muskoka-Parry Sound. That’s after Bracebridge Mayor Graydon Smith was elevated to president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario — the municipal voice outside […]
MUSKOKA — Swimmers are best advised to use caution at popular public beaches this summer. While all waterfronts should be places of safety, a couple of troublesome stretches are particularly vulnerable to bacteria counts in 2020. Port Sydney Beach is just one. The health unit has placed another swim advisory on it. The Town of Huntsville […]
HUNTSVILLE — COVID drive-through testing continues here today and tomorrow at the hospital campus and Summit Centre here. Janine van den Heuvel, executive director of the Algonquin Family Health Team that runs the permanent testing cites in Bracebridge and Huntsville, reminds people that on Aug. 18 and 19 that Muskoka Community Paramedics will be doing […]
GRAVENHURST — A 14-year-old ATV rider is home after sustaining serious injuries that landed him in Sick Kids Hospital. Police say they are still investigating the circumstances surrounding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) collision last week at the KOA. Police were called to the campground Aug. 9 after the youth had taken the ATV for a […]
HUNTSVILLE — Coping with increased costs and losses of COVID-19 is being met by the province with some off-setting funds here worth almost $700,000 to the town. The Ontario government announced Huntsville will receive $661, 600 priority pressures and a further $33,890 for transit. It’s part of $4 billion in emergency assistance under the Safe Restart Agreement […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A driver who is said to have ignored advice not to call a cab has been charged with being impaired behind the wheel. Police said they received a report from a member of the public that a person had been drinking alcohol at a local establishment and in spite of encouragement to use […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A pair of indecent acts and a driving while impaired charges have a local man in the courts. Police say that on Saturday Aug. 15 officers entered into two separate investigations involving the same person after receiving complaints from the public. They say that at 7:45 p.m. an employee from a Bracebridge restaurant […]
GRAVENHURT — A teen faces an auto theft charge after a vehicle reported stolen in Bracebridge yesterday morning was found in Gravenhurst. Police say that on Sunday Aug. 16, just before 6 a.m., the OPP received a complaint about the vehicle being stolen from an address on Wellington Court in Bracebridge. With the assistance of […]
GRAVENHURST — A local man kept police busy here Saturday. OPP who had been investigating theft from vehicles charged Randy Shanks at his home where they found stolen goods. Then later that day they got a report of the shoplifting of butane tanks Friday at the Canadian Tire, and they had to go back and […]
GRAVENHURST — A local man faces a theft charge after butane torches were stolen from the Canadian Tire here Friday. Police say that on Saturday they were called to the Talisman Drive business for the reported theft of butane torches worth $250, which had occurred the previous day, Aug. 14. Officers viewed surveillance footage and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Provincial police here say they are again being investigated by the SIU. It’s the second time this month the province’s independent Special Investigations Unit has been called in to look at an interaction by the local constabulary service policing south Muskoka. But don’t expect any more clarity on this issue […]