Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A hydro worker who died on the job last month was hit “in a ditch” while pushing a broken-down UTV — but he was not driving it on the road — say his grieving parents. Nathan Reynolds, 27, died June 15 on Hwy. 11 when he was struck by […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police divers are searching for a swimmer who may have drowned here on the Muskoka River tonight. Emergency services were called Saturday, July 3, shortly after 7 p.m. The OPP and Bracebridge Fire responded to a swimmer in distress on the south branch of the river off Golden Beach Road. Police say the […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man here faces four charges of “historical” sexual assault following a complaint and joint local police investigation. Provincial police say today that officers from the Huntsville OPP detachment and Muskoka Crime Unit conducted an investigation into a complaint that a series of sexual assaults occurred in the years between 2001-2003 involving a […]
GEORGIAN BAY — A search for a swimmer who went missing early this afternoon has ended tragically with his death. Police from Bracebridge were dispatched at 1:10 p.m. Friday July 2 after a call about a possible drowning in Arnolds Bay near Moon Basin Marina. They say members of the public saw a man having […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While Canada Day celebrations were reserved, some Muskoka musicians still managed to “make a little (respectful) noise.” Albeit muted. In an annual tradition at the home of Muskoka Concert Association president Diane Harrop in Gravenhurst, “O Canada” was heard loud, proud clear across town. Members of the Gravenhurst Bifocals […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — Tourism is taking off again. With Stage 2 of Ontario’s re-opening plan underway this week Explorers’ Edge is again offering permanent and seasonal residents in the region a “Cottage Country Spirit Package” to explore your own backyard — and to shop local. “There’s no catch,” says James Murphy, executive director of Explorers’ Edge (RTO12), […]
GEORGIAN BAY — Police divers this afternoon are searching Arnolds Bay near Moose Deer Point after a report of a possible drowning. OPP at Bracebridge say they were called at 1:10 p.m. today, July 2, after members of the public saw a man having difficulty in the water. They say he slipped under the surface […]
GRAVENHURST — A Severn township man already in custody — for leading police on a mobility scooter foot chase last week — faces new separate charges involving an altercation between a transport truck driver and pedestrian at the end of May. Police were called to the first incident on Bethune Drive near Violet Street in […]