Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Town council here has recruited the deputy fire chief from Bracebridge to head its emergency services and fire department. Jared Caley takes over May 3 — after an in-depth interview process with candidates from across the country, says a town release Tuesday. Caley has been with the Bracebridge fire […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An OPP officer has been taken off the street and is under investigation after a kid at the skateboard park here appeared to be shoved to the ground by the cop Sunday during a COVID check. OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique has asked Peel Regional Police to conduct an investigation […]

MUSKOKA LAKES — The season’s first water accident turned out safely Sunday afternoon after a pair of overturned canoeists were rescued by a woman on shore. Police say that on April 18, at 1:30 p.m., officers were called to Bass Lake in response to an overturned canoe which left two people in cold water. Before […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — For the second straight day another large gathering of people has been broken up by police here. Officers dispersed the crowd of protesters outside the Manitoba Street constituency office of MPP Norm Miller late this afternoon. A police media release about 90 minutes after the incident today said OPP […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The local weekend COVID toll climbed along with the province Monday, including 10 cases in Muskoka since Friday. In releasing its figures late this afternoon, the health unit added 281 cases to the provincial total of 4,447 and 15 deaths. The province is reporting 114 regional cases Monday, while […]

HUNTSVILLE — A speeding novice driver faces a half dozen charges including being impaired and driving with cannabis at his side after leaving the road and smashing in to a drive-thru sign and hydro pole — then running away. Provincial police charged Corey Howard, 29, last Friday night at 7:45 p.m. after being called to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — COVID charges were laid Sunday morning against a pastor in Bracebridge who police say refused to shut down a “large” religious gathering near the OPP detachment. Provincial police, which are wrestling with enforcement of new provincial emergency lockdown laws, say they responded to a public complaint at a warehouse […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MINDEN — There’s a new rink here. And the first players getting and taking shots are hoping to score a win against COVID. The S.G. Nesbitt Arena (named after the pioneering family and the reeve at the turn of last century) was built last year and was due to open in […]