Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Stuart McLean called Joe Trio “the court jesters of classical music.” Funny, but talented, the late host of the Vinyl Café dubbed his friends and sometimes collaborators. Cameron Wilson (violin/fiddle), Allen Stiles (piano) and Charles Inkman (cello) are a mix of highbrow and lowbrow music and mirth. And they’re […]
VICKY LYNN BUTT July 21, 1956 ~ April 10, 2023 Vicky Lynn Butt, 66, passed away unexpectedly on April 10, 2023, in her hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Vicky is survived by her husband, Graydon, their daughter Lindsay BeauParlant (Paul) and son Michael Butt (Jenna). Forever remembered by her siblings Steve and John Waite, and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — A special weather statement warning about freezing rain starting Wednesday shows winter’s grip is cruelling hanging on. And April showers will bring more bad weather before flowers in May, prompting more warning to be very cautious around rivers, lakes, ponds and anywhere where water gathers. The Ministry of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The long-awaited decision on the “preferred property in Bracebridge” for the site of the new South Muskoka Memorial Hospital will be announced April 17 at 7 p.m. in Dwight. That’s the first of eight public meetings to update residents of the location after months — if not years — […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Give peace a chance. That’s what optimistic art students at GHS are painting. The Rotary Club has embarked on yet another installation at Gull Lake Rotary Park and the Grade 9 class — brushed up on their paint skills — and is all over it. When Rotarian Kay Godden […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Some of Muskoka’s best hockey players have come out of west Muskoka — like the Mortimers, Metcalfes and McMullens. Many of the teams over the decades have been sponsored the Royal Canadian Legion branches around the lakes. So the rivalry for championships between Bala, Port Carling and MacTier can […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An Orillia man stopped for driving the wrong direction on Hwy. 11 Friday night also faces dangerous driving and two charges of impaired operation of a vehicle. Officers arrested and charged 52-year-old Garret Allison after he failed to stop for police after March 24 at 7:30 p.m. Police received numerous calls reporting a […]
GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst man charged with stealing a work vehicle March 19 was arrested and charged three days later with new theft and firearms violations. Police say that on March 22 officers with the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance of the Barrie Police Service, and the Orillia, Southern Georgian Bay […]