Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — It’s more than 50 years since the Orillia Silver Band took a competitive rest. You’d never know it. Saturday’s night’s winning concert was no contest; they were in a class by themselves playing their absolute best. Billed as a “preview,” it was more “praiseworthy” as the 35 musicians went […]

BRACEBRIDGE — A police traffic stop here Wednesday night led to an impaired driving charge against a Gravenhurst woman. Police say this morning that at 8 p.m., March 26, an officer was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 118 East in Bracebridge and stopped a vehicle to investigate a traffic infraction. As a result of their […]

GRAVENHURST — A huge sink hole that closed Hwy. 11 NB Thursday afternoon comes amid half load limits on municipal roads. Traffic was detoured to allow repairs. Just before 2 p.m. on March 27, 2025, Bracebridge OPP officers were dispatched to reports of a large sinkhole on Highway 11 North near Sparrow Lake Route D […]

HUNTSVILLE — A Milton man who was out on Lake of Bays Saturday was found in the water, but was unable to be revived. Police say that on March 22 emergency services responded to a call of a male who had gone through the ice on Lake of Bays, near Baxter Lane in Algonquin Highlands Township. […]

MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — The driver of a vehicle was ejected Wednesday morning in a single vehicle accident. Police closed Muskoka Road #118 in Muskoka Lakes Township closed due to a serious collision at 8:17 a.m. They say that on March 26 officers, along with Muskoka Lakes Fire Department and Muskoka EMS, responded to a […]

HUNTSVILLE — A fast food assault Tuesday has led to charges against a 16-year-old youth. This morning, police say that on February 24, at 11:40 a.m., officers responded to a report of an assault at McDonalds restaurant on King William Street. The investigation recently concluded and revealed the accused, a male youth, had attacked another […]

HUNTSVILLE — A woman accused of driving “erratically” in school zone has been charged with impaired operation yesterday at the start of the school day. Police say that on March 24, at 9:09 a.m., officers conducting school zone patrols on Muskoka Rd 3 North say they observed a vehicle driving “erratically.” After a traffic stop […]

TORRANCE — A “suspicious” fire yesterday has police investigating. They say the Muskoka Crime Unit and officers from the OPP’s south Muskoka detachment are probing the cause of the blaze reported at 8:45 a.m. March 24. With the Muskoka Lakes Fire Department and Muskoka EMS, they responded to an emergency call from a resident Elizabeth […]