GRAVENHURST — A 37-year-old Brampton man is dead after a swimming accident here Saturday afternoon at the Muskoka Beach. Provincial police say that just after 4 June 29, emergency services from the OPP, Gravenhurst Fire Department and Muskoka Paramedic Service were called to a public beach in Gravenhurst, in response to a report of three […]
BRACEBRIDGE — It’s a sad fact that over the past nine months, police from the Bracebridge OPP detachment have investigated more than seven sudden death occurrences they believe are linked to opioid use the past nine months. That’s one every 38.5 days. Provincial police hope they can change that. It’s possible, they suspect, that some […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The iconic Muskoka chair is the centre of legal dispute between a local craft brewer and one of the world’s biggest brewers. Muskoka Brewery announced today (June 27) that it has issued a claim in the Federal Court of Canada against Molson Coors Canada and Molson Canada 2005. It’s […]
Photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A long shadow that has cast doubts on the Muskoka Airport’s future received a ray of sunshine Thursday, as Porter Airlines chair Robert Deluce landed his company in Muskoka for what he hopes will be more than just a one-year pilot. A small pilot himself, he brought […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It was 30 minutes late, but the first regularly-scheduled Porter air flight landed at Muskoka Airport this afternoon to thunderous applause and a water cannon salute. It touched down from the north at 2:14 p.m., a little more than 20 minutes after leaving its Billy Bishop Airport hub on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — It was an ironic sight here in the parking lot beneath the Bracebridge Falls early this morning. Muskoka mayors and provincial MPPs gathered in a sunny idyllic summer setting on the shoreline of the Muskoka River that two months ago was several feet deep in flood water and a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s the end of June and the end of school. And the end of the latest plans for a Chinese school at the former Muskoka Centre. And an expected start of an open-market sale, with possibly less use restrictions. Gravenhurst’s planning council accepted a staff recommendation to end its […]
ORILLIA — Police want good Samaritans to call 911 when they see a person overdose. And to do it without fear of police involvement, if they want. To encourage people to seek life-saving assistance the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is launching the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) public awareness campaign. They say opioid overdoses are claiming the […]