Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — A massive, raging fire took out a corner block store and building with apartments in historic downtown Orillia this morning. The blaze at the intersection of Peter and Mississaga streets where the Mr. Comics is located, engulfed the old main street property just after 7:30 a.m. Firefighters battled icy […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — We’ve seen the end of tailing winds for a few days. Thank goodness. Drivers and police agree. The OPP responded to multiple motor vehicle collisions over the course of yesterday across south Muskoka and police are encouraging drivers to slow down and use caution. As another winter weather event began […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It used to be said that behind every successful man was a strong woman. Never more could have been said of Marion Fry, who died today in retirement at Aurora. She turned 99 Jan. 5. In a death notice the family admitted that while her husband, Cyril, was “not […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Bears had a better weekend — relatively speaking. Even though they lost both Saturday and Sunday. They’re improving however so slowly after 30 games. And though they remain on the bottom rung of the PJHL’s North Carruthers Division, they at least are in some games now — even […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.comBRACEBRIDGE — The Bears head in to weekend play hoping to erase three losses following a stunning 5-4 upset last Friday in Alliston, which ended the division leader’s 28-game undefeated streak. Muskoka hosts Innisfil Saturday at 7 p.m. and are in Stayner Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. That after a 5-0 home […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Friggin’ freezing enough for you? Wait till Sunday when a polar vortex strikes us. And we don’t mean Premier Danielle Smith — who is freezing out the rest of Canada. This Alberta Clipper is sweeping out of the west with temperatures that will plunge most of Canada below zero […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — What price your living and district government doing business? As Trump tariff talks send more shivers out than next week’s polar vortex, yesterday the District of Muskoka passed a first two-year budget that lets you plan core housing expenses for 2025 and 2026. A district release said officials said […]
MUSKOKA — A pair of drivers in Bracebridge and Gravenhurst face impaired operation of their vehicles Saturday afternoon and Monday night. On January 11, at 2:40 p.m., while officers were conducting an investigation, they had an interaction with a driver in the area of Southbank Drive in Bracebridge. As a result of that interaction, police arrested […]