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 […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Hockey fans in a hey day of Jr. C. play will want to drop into the South Muskoka Curling and Golf Club Friday night for meet and greet with some of the best players from the Bracebridge Bears. They’re having a reunion of the 1970-1982 teams this weekend. And it starts with a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Who knew the fiddle and the violin were so interchangeable. Fans of the Blazing Fiddles knew, for sure, long before the quartet made their second straight summer performance at the Opera House Saturday night. No wonder the versatile group were back by popular demand for the Muskoka Concert Association’s […]
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 […]
By Sam Robinson, president Manna Food Bank BRACEBRIDGE — With the availability of seasonal employment opportunities in the warmer months, the number of clients requesting help from the Manna Food Bank of Bracebridge is traditionally not as high as it is during the busy winter months. Unfortunately, food insecurity does remain a reality for some […]
By Paul Feist, Special to TODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If like me, in the ’50s, you found great enjoyment watching and listening to the velvet voice of Dean Martin combined with the zany antics of his sidekick, Jerry Lewis, then you are in for a rare treat. Gravenhurst Opera House’s latest production highlights the super stardom […]
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-MUSKOKA — The race to replace Independent MP Tony Clement is getting crowded and more interesting. Michelle Smith, year-round Muskoka resident and business owner, has been named the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) candidate for Parry Sound-Muskoka in the upcoming federal election. The PPC are the party of disgruntled former […]
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 […]
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 PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Call him the great Green hope. With two federal MPs now — and their numbers up in the polls rivalling the NDP — the Green Party of Canada hopes to turn that small wave into a national tidal wave this fall. And Parry Sound-Muskoka could go along for […]
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 […]