Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Georgian Bay Volunteer Search and Rescue team is back in Muskoka Saturday. Only this time it’s not for emergency efforts, which included sandbagging during spring flooding — and the more recent successful search in Algonquin Park for two missing teenage girls from Kitchener. They will be participating in […]
BARRIE — A third group is entering the next stage of application for an Ontario Health Team (OHT). The Barrie OHT planning group, led by the Barrie and Community Family Health Team, has been given the green light to proceed with a full application to become an Ontario Health Team. They join groups in Orillia […]
VAUGHAN — A police case involving a missing and presumably murdered Muskoka family is so cold an iceberg would be warmer. Some are saying today’s OPP announcement about the four deceased was much ado about nothing new. At least one CBC reporter covering the news conference said the same. Stumped provincial police are desperate for fresh […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Hockey fans in a hey day of Jr. C. play will want to drop into the South Muskoka Curling and Golf Club Friday night for meet and greet with some of the best players from the Bracebridge Bears. They’re having a reunion of the 1970-1982 teams this weekend. And it starts with a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Who knew the fiddle and the violin were so interchangeable. Fans of the Blazing Fiddles knew, for sure, long before the quartet made their second straight summer performance at the Opera House Saturday night. No wonder the versatile group were back by popular demand for the Muskoka Concert Association’s […]
MUSKOKA — With another hot day Friday and possible rain or thunder showers expected over the weekend, local fire chiefs aren’t taking any chances with a dry climate right now. Temperatures are expected to be 27 or 28 right through to Monday. All the chiefs have set the Fire Danger rating at EXTREME. That means there is […]
SEVERN BRIDGE — A 48-year-old North York man has been identified as the person who drowned yesterday on the Severn River. Provincial police divers recovered his body Wednesday, July 24, after he was reported as missing in the morning. OPP say that on Tuesday, just after midnight, a group of coworkers were swimming in the Severn […]
By Sam Robinson, president Manna Food Bank BRACEBRIDGE — With the availability of seasonal employment opportunities in the warmer months, the number of clients requesting help from the Manna Food Bank of Bracebridge is traditionally not as high as it is during the busy winter months. Unfortunately, food insecurity does remain a reality for some […]