GRAVENHURST — Police are looking the driver and occupants of a vehicle that crashed into a gate here on Chamberlain Drive Saturday evening. Provincial police say that just before 7:30 p.m. a white Dodge Caravan hit a gate and the vehicle was found abandoned in a nearby driveway, after the occupants took off on foot. […]
GRAVENHURST — Not only are thieves stealing vehicles, but also licences plates. Provincial police are investigating after a number of licence plates have been stolen/swapped in the Clearbrook Trail area of Bracebridge. Three people have contacted police to report either a licence plate missing, or that a plate has been attached that isn’t theirs. Although […]
NORTH KAWARTHA TOWNSHIP — A Toronto couple who died while out riding Christmas night in Jack Lake have been identified. Provincial police says Gerald White, 76, and Patricia White, 69. The OPP were called to assist with a report of snowmobilers that had been located in the waters of Jack Lake south of the village […]
BRACEBRIDGE — While grocers and big box stores have had cop cars parked out front this month for annual “Fill a Cruiser” Christmas charity collections, a fun event featuring Cops and Kids raised more than $100 and a “whopping 350 items donated” for a local food bank. Members of the Bracebridge detachment of the OPP […]
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES — What’s $300 doing in a waste transfer site safe and why was it stolen? And committed this dirty deed? Those are questions provincial police in Peterborough are wondering, after they were called to investigate a theft from a transfer station on County Road 36 after 10 a.m. on Thursday morning. […]
GRAVENHURST — Traffic on Hwy. 11 was rerouted Wednesday after serious collision landed a vehicle passenger in the ditch entangled in downed power lines. Provincial say that at 3 p.m. December 19 a northbound vehicle left the highway, rolled and became entangled with a hydro pole. Emergency crews responded including Gravenhurst Fire and Muskoka EMS […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The first born in 2019 will start a new life and new year with some more cool stuff. It’s not exactly frankincense, gold and myrrh, but the plush toys will no doubt be much appreciated by some new families. A tradition at local hospitals to provide the New Year’s baby with a few […]
MUSKOKA — A housing shortage in the district just got a little help. Or a lot — as in $200,000 to finally put it over the top and make a dream a reality. After more than a decade of trying, a re-purposed plan by Audrey Brown and her late husband, Fred, that began as housing […]