OTTAWA — A flood expert from Winnipeg is to lead Ontario’s new flood strategy. The province may not be a true or firm believer in climate change, but they’ve now been forced to recognize natural effects from over man-made events and human over-consumption are having a devastating effect. Friday, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry […]
BALA — Canada Day celebrations ended in violence that left a Burlington man with series injuries. Provincial police say that on Tuesday July 2, 2019 at about 2:30 a.m., OPP and Muskoka Paramedic Services responded to an assault that occurred on Bala Falls Road near Muskoka Road 169 in Bala. The involved people had left […]
ORILLIA — A Parry Sound was arrested in Barrie Wednesday and will be in court for a bail hearing Thursday facing two bank robbery charges in Orillia. Barrie police arrested Avery Nickerson, 35. Provincial police at Orillia say that on July 11, 2019, shortly after 3:30 p.m. a lone male walked into a downtown Orillia […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Living in the past is a lot of fun — and it’s also about keeping up with the present. That’s the story tomorrow as old friends in Gravenhurst gather at Gull Lake Rotary Park for their annual bag lunch. It’s the brainchild of Betty Allen, who will be on […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Visitors to one of the largest craft events of the summer can expect traffic tie-ups and long lines around the Muskoka River and Santa’s Village Road this weekend. That means a temporary road closures and detours. The 57th annual Muskoka Arts and Crafts Summer Show is taking place at Annie Williams Memorial Park […]
GRAVENHURST — The town’s downtown park is the summer’s newest swim facility with a beach alert. Based on beach water samples collected by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit on Monday July 15, it has been recommended by the health unit that Gull Lake Rotary Park Beach be posted with swim advisory signs. It is the only beach in Muskoka under alert. The […]
SMOKE LAKE — Three nights lost in the woods of Algonquin Park ended at noon Monday when police found two young teenage girls from Kitchener missing since Friday. After a massive air, ground and water search, the pair who went astray while camping with friends were found safe. An OPP Canine Unit located them late […]
GRAVENHURST — A second person has drowned in Gravenhurst this summer, after a group of friends were swimming from a boat on the Trent-Severn waterway near Morrison Landing, south of town Sunday afternoon near Sparrow Lake. Provincial police from the Orillia detachment, with the assistance of the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), have recovered […]