Bracebridge Mayor Rick Maloney may be set to write to Premier Doug Ford on behalf of Hospice Muskoka in hopes it spurs the province to provide permanent funding for Andy's House in Port Carling.  In a letter discussed during the town's Dec. 5 General Committee meeting, Donna Kearney, Executive Director...

The Salvation Army South Muskoka Ministries will have food to distribute to people in need in Bracebridge and Gravenhurst well into the New Year.  An estimated 11,771 lbs. of food was collected Tuesday night.  "People are just really grateful for the help," says Lt. April Keeping with the Salvation Army. She...

Police are asking for help identifying two people who tried to break into a seasonal property in Muskoka Lakes.  Bracebridge OPP officials say the owner of the Peninsula Road property contacted police on Nov. 26 after being alerted to a daytime break-in attempt by surveillance cameras. Police say the suspects...

Paul Hammond has been honoured after a "lifetime of service to the community." The Rotary Club of Bracebridge named him its 2023 Citizen of the Year. “I’m very surprised and I’m also very honoured,” said Hammond. “I was raised to give back to the community and to be acknowledged for that...

The Bracebridge Fire Department will be out in full force tonight with lights flashing and sirens blaring, but they will not be on their way to put out a fire.  They will be going door-to-door with a slew of other volunteers collecting food for the Salvation Army between 6 and...

Police arrested three people for unrelated shoplifting incidents on Friday.  Bracebridge OPP says at 1:00 p.m. on Dec. 1, officers were called to a retail store on Muskoka Road North after a Port Sydney man was caught stealing heated coats. Officials say they located the 52-year-old after he dropped the items...