Category Archives: Local News

Due to the Fire and Ice Festival taking place tomorrow on Saturday, January 27th, the Town of Bracebridge will implement temporary road closures and detours. Please follow all on-site signage and plan...

Members of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command will be conducting routine training in the area this week. The Department of National Defence says the training will involve up to four CH-146...

A memorial has been set up in downtown Orillia, following the weekend death of a young girl Saturday evening. OPP say two cars collided at West and Colborne Streets, and one of the vehicles then struc...

The Township of Muskoka Lakes is looking for feedback from the business community through its annual business survey. The Township's Economic Development Division is reaching out to the business commu...

Town of Gravenhurst road crews will perform snow lift (snowbank removal) operations on Thursday, Jan. 18 from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 19 on Town of Gravenhurst main roadways. Residents are re...

The Snow Squall Warning continues for our region. Today’s forecast predicts additional snowfall accumulations of 10 to 15 cm. Peak snowfall rates exceeding 5 cm per hour are possible with signif...

At last evening’s Barrie City Council meeting, the City’s Affordable Housing Strategy was approved. This document will be the guiding strategy for the City to act on housing affordability ...

A Rogers Communication Inc. telecommunications tower has been proposed at 2819 HWY 118 East in Bracebridge. The proposed installation would be composed of a 90-meter guyed telecommunications tower, in...

On Jan. 15 the Rotary Club of Bracebridge and the Canadian Mental Health Association Muskoka Parry Sound announced a partnership in support of people with mental health challenges. The Rotary Club of ...

We are less than two weeks away from the Bracebridge Fire and Ice Festival and organizers say they are in urgent need of volunteers. If you know of a group, student or family/friend that might be able...