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The Bracebridge Fire Department will be performing targeted wellness checks with members of the community that are still without power due to the winter storm event. Specific locations have been determined based on information supplied by Hydro One and other local community agencies.

The Town of Bracebridge’s Emergency Control Group continues to monitor the outcome of the weekends winter storm event. Public Works crews have been working tirelessly to maintain road operations and are now focusing on pushing snow back to increase storage capacity and maintain visibility.

Due to the winter weather event that brought significant snowfall to Bracebridge over the past weekend, the door-to-door food drive in support of the Salvation Army South Muskoka Ministries has been postponed.

Town of Bracebridge recreation facilities are experiencing power outages due to the winter storm. As a result, some amenities are unavailable. All user groups and rental parties have been contacted.

Town cemeteries will close for the season beginning Wednesday, November 27. No interments or monument installations will take place.

The Festival of Lights Moonlight Shopping Party and Street Festival takes place on Friday, November 22 from 6 to 9 p.m. As a result, parking lot and trail closures will be in effect.

Beginning Monday, December 2, the intersection at Rosewarne Drive and Taylor Road will be revised from a one-way stop on Rosewarne Drive, to an all-way stop.

Enbridge Gas Inc. (Enbridge Gas) is helping the Bracebridge Fire Department purchase firefighting training materials, through Safe Community Project Assist–a program with the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council (FMPFSC) that supplements existing training for Ontario volunteer and composite fire departments in the communities where Enbridge Gas operates.

The Town of Bracebridge is seeking sponsors to support programming and events at the Muskoka Lumber Community Centre during the holidays