GRAVENHURST — An explosive fire at an auto repair shop Sunday morning destroyed a vehicle and sent clouds of dark oily smoke spewing across Hwy. 11 South. Gravenhurst firefighters from Stations 1 and 2 had their hands full May 26 at Dave’s Auto Repair in Kilworthy, after a passerby saw smoke billowing from the shop […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Call it catch-as-catch-can. And what goes down, must come up. A debris catcher? Or something like that. This week, Bracebride public works staff were able to finally remove the snowmobile bride that crosses the Muskoka River near Kerr Park. After a busy spring trying to tame the river effect, they got around to […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Music for Everyone couldn’t be better name for their annual Muskoka Men of Song spring concert June 7 at the Rene Caisse Theatre. The 36 voices in the choir will not only be pleasing as always to your ear, with tuneful numbers from their own repertoire; but this year they welcome back the […]
OTTAWA — As floods spread across Ontario, including Toronto, the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, John Yakabuski, concluded a week of post-mortems on flooding in Muskoka and the Ottawa Valley area. He called the three meetings “very productive.” Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller was among the government representatives on hand. In a statement he released […]
HUNTSVILLE — A deadly strain of heroin may have contributed to the deaths of Muskoka residents, say police. During the past week members of the Huntsville detachment of the OPP say they have been assisting the Office of the Chief Coroner in several death investigations in the Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes area. Police believe the […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The Ford government, accused of spending cuts, has found money for festivals in Parry Sound-Muskoka this summer. MPP Norman Miller announced that the Ontario government will be “investing” more than $130,000 in six festivals and events in the riding. He said in a release Friday: Celebrate Ontario supports local festivals and events […]
GRAVENHURST — A Toronto man charged with impaired driving after reports of a suspicious vehicle circling downtown Gravenhurst a week ago, has also been charged with nine counts of slashing tires in a parking lot next to the downtown community policing office here at the same time. Provincial police say that on May 17, at […]
GRAVENHURST — District water and sewer work will make travel along John Street here tricky this summer. Crews began work this week on the stretch from Bay Street north to Peter Street. Sewer work is taking place from Bay to Brown Street; and Brown Street between Muskoka Road and John Street. And water pipe replacement […]