Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Experience won out over local knowledge tonight, as Muskoka councillors voted in former Barrie mayor Jeff Lehman as the district’s new chair. At their first meeting the 2022-2026 term Lehman beat out five other applicants in a secret vote of the 22 town and township mayors and council representatives. […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are looking for two thieves who made off with three snow snowmobiles and a trailer early yesterday at the north end of Gravenhurst. Video surveillance shows the suspect vehicle may be a light-coloured pick-up truck with two occupants. OPP say that overnight early Friday, Dec. 2, thieves entered a gated compound as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “We expect our elected MPP to protect our communities’ interests and to protect Ontario’s natural resources and forests,” says Climate Action Muskoka spokesperson, Tamsen Tillson. “We are calling on (Graydon Smith) to do the right thing and fight like hell to get the bill rescinded.” Climate Action Muskoka (CAM) and Almaguin Climate Action (ACA) […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Bill 23 failed the Greens “smell test” — but passed into law this week with a Tory majority. One of Ontario’s most controversial bills received third reading and will now allow homes to be built on the previous greenbelt surrounding Toronto. A last ditch attempt by the Green […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The Ontario Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a large industrial fire at the Fowler Construction headquarters last evening on Rosewarne Drive. Two fire station crews from Bracebridge — with help from Gravenhurst — battled the supper hour blaze for several hours, which began late Thursday afternoon, Dec. 2. Fire officials say the fire […]
GRAVENHURST — A close call early this morning closed Hwy. 11 south of Gravenhurst. Emergency crews were called out at 3:52 a.m., Dec. 2, for a tractor trailer fire near Sparrow Lake Route D. on the northbound lanes. The vehicle was hauling diesel fuel and it was initially feared the contents may ignite. After a […]
GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst man’s driving behaviour early this morning gave police cause to stop the vehicle. Police say that at 2:35 a.m., Dec. 2, an officer on general patrol on Muskoka Rd. 169 in Gravenhurst became concerned after watching a motorist. The officer conducted a traffic stop and subsequently arrested and charged 29-year-old Nickolas […]
BRACEBRIDGE — What’s with catalytic converters and thieves’ sudden interest in them? They are an exhaust emission control device that transforms hazardous gases and pollutants in your vehicle’s exhaust into less-toxic pollutants. Police say they contain precious metals, such as platinum, palladium, and rhodium which make them attractive to thieves. They range in cost from […]