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December 2025

• Bracebridge Woman Fined, Banned From Driving After Impaired Driving Guilty Dec 16
• Final Push for Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions 2025 Holiday Program Dec 16
• A SEASONAL MESSAGE TO OUR LOYAL READERS: OUR ANNUAL APPEAL Dec 16
• Daily weather report Dec 15
• Bears Split Weekend as Degan Earns First Regular-Season Win Dec 15
• Bracebridge offering free recreation programming during the holidays Dec 15
• Flu season arrives early with cases rising in Simcoe Muskoka Dec 15
• Listen Up! Is Democracy dying? | Commentary Dec 15
• Concerned caller gets potential Bracebridge impaired driver off the road Dec 15
• GoFundMe organized to help family and 7-year-old Muskoka boy fight leukaemia Dec 14
• Daily weather report Dec 14
• Bracebridge OPP Seek Help Finding Missing 15-Year-Old Believed to Be in GTA Dec 14
• Muskoka Man Re-Arrested in East Algoma After Cutting Off Ankle Monitor, Breaching Release Order Dec 14
• Weekend weather forecast Dec 12
• Muskoka Bands Usher In Holiday Season With Three Community Concerts Dec 12
• Convicted Bracebridge Cocaine Dealer Back in Hot Water Dec 12
• Daily weather report Dec 11
• Ontario to build new Emergency Preparedness and Response Headquarters, and future home of Ontario Corps Dec 11
• OPP urges caution around bodies of water Dec 11
• Gravenhurst driver impaired by crack cocaine Dec 11
• Daily weather report Dec 10
• North Carolina man arrested at triple the legal limit in Muskoka Lakes Dec 10
• Wayback Wednesday: Muskoka Sands, Gravenhurst Dec 10
• Gravenhurst approves 6.87% tax hike Dec 10
• Daily weather report Dec 9
• Support the South Muskoka Bears U15—Every Like Counts! Dec 9
• Freda Joan Howell Dec 9
• Tourism operator fined $32,000 following sexual harassment ruling Dec 9
• Drug pushers are grooming our children, warns Muskoka mom Dec 9
• Daily weather report Dec 8
• Mactier man jailed after leading police on brief foot chase Dec 8
• Listen Up! No more questions for you, little girl!: A guest post by Sally Barnes | Commentary Dec 8
• Winter recreation session registration begins December 10 Dec 8
• Daily weather report Dec 7
• TLDSB welcomes a new face to the senior leadership team Dec 7
• Carney’s grand bargain sets an example for the world: Hugh Holland | Commentary Dec 7
• Ontario announces $3.9M funding to Ontario Federation of  Snowmobile Clubs Dec 7
• William Scott Caines Dec 7
• New carbon monoxide alarm rules start Jan. 1 Dec 6
• Weekend weather forecast Dec 5
• Update to Muskoka Hospitals’ Masking Requirement Dec 5
• Venture Muskoka launches video to promote career development in the manufacturing sector Dec 5
• Muskoka Lakes man fined, handed one-year driving ban for Over-80 offence Dec 5
• Daily weather report Dec 4
• This Guy Rocks! Dec 4
• TLDSB Students Outperform Provincial Averages in Latest EQAO Results Dec 4
• Respiratory outbreak ends at Bracebridge Hospital Dec 4
• Daily weather report Dec 3
• Hospice Muskoka–Andy’s House Launches First Annual Cram-a-Cruiser in Support of West Muskoka Food Bank Dec 3
• Health Unit: We can eliminate cervical cancer with the bulletproof HPV vaccine Dec 3
• Wayback Wednesday: The Muskokan Hotel, Gravenhurst Dec 3
• Youth charged in playground mischief incident Dec 3
• Daily weather report Dec 2
• General Committee Approves Bracebridge Sidewalk Use By-law Dec 2
• Bracebridge Committee to Review 19-Unit Condominium Project on Maple Street Dec 2
• Daily weather report Dec 1
• Police identify suspect vehicle in Gravenhurst mischief case Dec 1
• Temporary transit updates due to the Santa Claus Parade Dec 1
• Young driver faces multiple charges for allegedly leaving Baysville party intoxicated Dec 1
• Bracebridge OPP nab another pair of alleged impaired drivers Dec 1
• Four-Assist Night From Medeiros Not Enough as Muskoka Bears Fall 6–5 to Stayner Siskins Dec 1

November 2025

• Daily weather report Nov 30
• New Fraser Institute rankings place Muskoka high schools in the middle of the provincial pack Nov 30
• Leaving work allegedly intoxicated nets driver an impaired charge Nov 30
• YELLOW WARNING – SNOWFALL Nov 29
• Muskoka Lakes tax increase comes in at 8.6 per cent Nov 29
• Weekend weather forecast Nov 28
• Bracebridge OPP nab alleged impaired drivers on Hwy 11 and Wellington Nov 28
• Muskoka Lumber Community Centre recognized for innovative facility design Nov 28
• Daily weather report Nov 27
• Bob (John Robert) Burton Nov 27
• Police investigating mischief at playgrounds in Gravenhurst Nov 27
• Bracebridge Apartment Development Potentially on Hold Over Missing Technical Studies Nov 27
• Knife, threats and midnight robberies: Gravenhurst man gets 30 months for crime spree Nov 27
• Daily weather report Nov 26
• Annual door-to-door food drive in support of Salvation Army South Muskoka Ministries returns December 1 Nov 26
• Wayback Wednesday: Downtown Gravenhurst, 1950s Nov 26
• Bracebridge to Consider New Waste Depot Nov 26
• Daily weather report Nov 25
• 2026 Bracebridge Budget and Business Plan officially adopted Nov 25
• District Sees Strong Interest in Affordable Housing Head Lease Program Nov 25
• Man Under House Arrest Sentenced After Impaired Driving Incident Nov 25
• Daily weather report Nov 24
• Plant Based Treaty Advocates Ask Gravenhurst to Endorse Global Initiative Nov 24
• Listen Up! When is enough, enough? | Commentary Nov 24
• MAHC Imposes Mandatory Masking Hospital Wide Nov 24
• SMMH North Wing Under COVID-19 Outbreak Nov 23
• Daily weather report Nov 23
• District of Muskoka Declares November 24–28 as Muskoka Business Week Nov 23
• Ontario Invests Over $411K to Boost Emergency Preparedness in Parry Sound–Muskoka Nov 23
• District working with stakeholders to improve emergency response in Muskoka Nov 22
• Food Drive for Manna Food Bank Runs Nov. 21–Dec. 13 at The Owl Pen Bookshop Nov 22
• Weekend Weather Forecast Nov 21
• Bracebridge making annual installation of the floating snowmobile bridge Nov 21
• Canadian Songwriter Zachary Lucky Set for Intimate Performance in Port Carling Nov 21
• Table Soup Kitchen makes $1.2 M request from District council  Nov 21
• Daily weather report Nov 21
• Greib and Tuli win silver at Worlds Nov 20
• Bracebridge Releases 2026 Mayor’s Budget: 4.9% General Tax Rate Increase Proposed Nov 20
• Muskoka Lakes Building By-law Advances to Council Nov 20