BRACEBRIDGE — A hunter who doesn’t know the difference between a live bird and decoy will pay the price. The Angus man has been fined $2,000 for a violation under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Joseph Beirness pleaded guilty and was fined $2,000 for trespassing to hunt. Court heard that on April 28, 2018, […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police hope neighbourhood video surveillance will help them find two stolen dirt bikes. They say that on Saturday July 14, just before 4:30 p.m. officers were notified that the bikes were taken from a residence in the Hidden Valley community. Huntsville OPP learned that sometime since between the Thursday before and the weekend […]
GRAVENHURST — One of the hottest summers in years has been devastating for swimmers and bathers at the Gull Lake Rotary Park beach. Just weeks after opening following a beach debris scare, it is under another swim alert. This time, the culprit is a seemingly annual occurrence of bacteria. Based on beach water samples collected […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The Muskoka Watershed Council is “excited to announce the release of the 2018 Muskoka Watershed (MWC) Report Card” on July 19. And it’s an impor This marks the fifth time MWC has reported on the health of our local watershed since the first was released in 2004, they say in a release this […]
MUSKOKA — Muskoka Pride week this year will celebrate not only LGBTQ+, but locally they and their friends and families will be marking a decade as a group in Muskoka. Muskoka Pride has announced the week of July 20-29 as the Muskoka Pride Festival. They plan a week of activities to celebrate the Muskoka lesbian, […]
MUSKOKA — With a long-awaited recommendation on the future model of hospital in Muskoka expected by the end of July, the MAHC task force studying the complicated, controversial issue got down to the local economic impact at their latest July. And while there were no dollar amounts cited, it appears the recent provincial election results […]
Bobbi Dawkins, left, and Jamie Eaton perform a number after they and Matthew Lacroix, right, received Muskoka Concert Band bursaries Thursday night in Bracebridge, as MCB committee member Roger Bolt looks on.BRACEBRIDGE — Thursday’s Memorial Park Bandshell Concert Series features more than another great performance by the Muskoka Concert Band (MCB). Three young Muskoka musicians […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are looking for vehicle stolen from a home here Wednesday. Provincial police are investigating the theft of a vehicle that occurred overnight on July 11 from an address in Gravenhurst. The white 2017 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon bearing Ontario license plate CDMS 358 had been parked in front of the owners residence when […]